Posted by Gary Eickmeier on 01/02/06 14:57

Smarty wrote:
> Bill,
>
> You are correct. I use both. And iMovie is not only free, but is a
> remarkably competent program, both on my dual G5 as well as on my wife's
> MacMini. The fact that I can do HDV editing with free software on a MacMini
> is still astonishing to me, given it's tiny price and size. For those who
> own Macs, it is indeed the lowest cost option available for HDV editing.
>
> On the other hand.........the HDV rendering on the Mac (regardless of
> hardware and software) is horrendously slow. In particular, rendering on the
> top of the line Final Cut Studio Pro HD on a dual 2.5 GHz G5 is pitiful.
> iMovie is also slow beyond belief when it comes to rendering.
>
> Ulead Video Studio 9 on a cheap single 3.2 GHz Dell (a $400 computer)
> renders HDV at (at least) 10 times the speed of the dual processor G5 Mac.
> It also (remarkably) renders HDV much faster than Sony Vegas 6.0, Power
> Director 5, or any other PC-based HDV solution I am aware of.
>
> Thus.....the bottom line in my view in price and performance in Ulead Video
> Studio 9 on a PC. I love the Mac to pieces, but it just doesn't cut it in
> getting the rendered results done. I still routinely use the dual G5 with
> FCP Studio, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, etc. for some jobs since the quality is
> truly outstanding. I just walk away from the Mac and come back 16-20 hours
> later (literally) when the rendering is done.
>
> Smarty

Smarty -

I see you are still raving about the Ulead VS9. Does it do regular SD
editing as well? Real time preview? Do you need any additional plug-ins
to do HDV, like the Premiere does? Is there a DVD authoring program with
it, or do you use a stand-alone? I imagine the Blu Ray DVD authoring
will be a future product.

GAry Eickmeier

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