Posted by Smarty on 12/30/55 11:36

Gary,

Ulead does promote their smart rendering approach, but others like Vegas and
Power Director make the same claims yet take considerably longer to render.
I will be exploring Media Studio Pro to see how well it performs. It may
also be that Ulead has a better algorithm, tighter and faster code, a
compromised rendering quality, or some combination of these 3. The bottom
line seems to be an extremely fast but very acceptable result.

Smarty

"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Smarty wrote:
>> Gary,
>>
>> My comments were related to Video Studio 9, a program which is typically
>> sold for around $79 and occasionally less through different Ulead
>> promotions. It is the 'amateur' version of their more deluxe program
>> called Media Studio Pro. Apparently both use the same HDV plug-in, but
>> they differ substantially in other ways. I've had no experience with the
>> more deluxe product, and therefore can't really offer an opinion.
>>
>> I too switched from an earlier version of Video Studio to Adobe Premiere
>> (version 6) for much the same reason as you describe. I switched out of
>> Premiere when HDV editing was required, and thus began my search for
>> something fast and competent for editing.
>>
>> Despite the 'amateur' status, it does what it claims to do very well, and
>> is especially fast for HDV, particularly compared to the much more
>> expensive alternatives. I find it too limited for many editing tasks, but
>> it certainly does the basics well in HDV.
>>
>> Smarty
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> Thanks. It must be that they are not re-encoding all of the footage and
> others are. If anyone knows why Ulead should be so much faster than the
> "other guys" I would find it interesting.
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> So, I imagine Media Studio Pro would be something to really look into.
>
> Gary Eickmeier

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