Posted by doc on 09/14/05 16:32

how well satisfied are you with Liquid Editioin Pro? we have a trial
version of LE6 and we're trying to determine if we ALSO need Canopus Edius
Pro 6 or if LE6 Pro will do it all for what we want to do?

doc

"TonyP" <arpierre@hooptonline.net> wrote in message
news:dYTVe.363$zN6.244@fe10.lga...
>I know what you mean Anthony R.
> I had programs that ran thru Arexx scripting for doing a lot of "stuff"
> with the Toaster. I spent time "pre-thinking" of what I wanted to do
> before doing it. Knowing what wipes I was going to use and where, along
> with what CG. I then sat down with my "crib notes" and let the tape roll!
> It would be an intense session of doing it on the fly, but one that the
> finished product had rave reviews from the customers.
> When the Amiga finally went bust, I had hopped for a reasonable PC
> solution from NewTek (which had lost some key people as they split to form
> Play Inc), but it didn't come. So, I went DPS Editbay. From there, DV500
> and now Liquid Edition Pro.
> I still have my Toaster/Amiga, but haven't powered it up in ages.
>
>> TonyP.
>>
>> I know exactly what you mean, I did some jobs way back with my Amiga
>> video toaster and with such little effort
>> had made videos that till this day people are amazed how creative they
>> looked, and it was so simple, lol
>> They had amazingly easy to use canned effects but also was simple to add
>> onto those and get so creative with
>> such little learning curve. Even with todays NLE's, you just don't see
>> kiki type effects, with the pre made mattes
>> in the switcher, the sports effects etc... it was so different and you
>> can spot an amiga made video instantly if
>> you've ever owned one. :)
>> I miss it and still use lightwave but wish NewTek had entered the PC
>> market on the same level as matrox or Canopus,
>> with more affordable hardware and software using DV-AVI editing for more
>> prosumers like me than the uncompressed video and it's higher
>> requirements
>> than they chose to do.
>> Remember the original Toaster Promo video, wow, that had me sold
>> immediately!
>> $50,000 worth of broadcast equiptment for only around $5,000, wow it was
>> a bargain then but
>> in today's PC prices the hobbyist or prosumer doesn't want to no longer
>> spend $5000 on a video card
>> that will be replaced in 6 months to a year with new technology, not when
>> an entire PC is less than $2000.
>>
>> I wish the toaster ported over to the PC and miniDV (AVI) and DVD format
>> immediately after the death of the Amiga,
>> we'd all be still editing on toaster now if they had. That's my opinion.
>> :)
>>
>> AnthonyR.
>>
>>
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