Posted by TonyP on 01/15/06 03:38

Specs wrote:

> Be advised Gary is an Avid Forum moderator and legendary SPAMMER so don't
> expect unbiased views.

That might be, but he has also reviewed Canopus products and likes them,
along with Premiere. So what does that make him? He sells these products
and has access to use them. Biased? Maybe. You have to be the judge of
that.

> There are plenty of unbiased reviews on the net that question why Liquid was
> promoted to Liquid 7 as there isn't much added to warrant the "7." Liquid
> has stood still.

That depends. How many NLE's do background rendering where you can
continue to work while rendering takes place? There are other features
that have put Liquid out in the forefront.
As for the v7, that is a matter of personal opinion. If anyone wants to
see what new features were added to make Liquid v7 here is the link. You
decide if it is worth it or not.
http://www.avid.com/products/liquid/whatsnew.asp

Also, add Commotion compositing effects to that list.

> Having said that Liquid 7 outperforms Avid Xpress Pro HD on many levels such
> as 5.1 audio support, background rendering, GPU assisted rendering and
> full-screen preview. Now that Liquid is part of the Avid line up expect its
> development to slow. Avid develop their products as slowly as they think
> they can get away with to protect the stupid prices of their system
> products. Avoid Avid as you product will stagnate behind the likes of
> Apple, Adobe, Sony and Canopus. Not only that expect to become an unpaid
> beta tester of updates. Avid has typically taken until a .5 release to
> produce a stable version of its latest release.

These new additions (v7) came after Avid bought Pinnacle. Now, Pinnacle
might have been working on these during the "negotiations", it is still
Avid. And only time will tell with this product. I have not used any of
Avid's products, so can't speak on their "upgrade" or "revisions"
timeframe. I do know from Liquid, owning it from v5.5. I am very happy
with it.

> Better integration and more cost effective of NLE, DAW and DVD authouring
> can be found elsewhere.

List them. I would be interested.

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