Posted by Mr. Tapeguy on 10/04/06 13:10

leekazimir@gmail.com wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I've just shot 100 hours of HDV tape for a documentary I'm making. I'm
> now facing the question of how to edit it all.
>
> Back when I bought into the format last January, there was no clear
> editing solution for HDV. Edius Canopus, Final Cut HDV, Vegas, and
> several others were all being talked about. I've been totally out of
> the loop for 9 months now and I'm wondering if there is a clear
> favorite yet.

I also have to recommend Final Cut Studio. Getting away from
individual preferences and a variety of solutions which will do the
job, FCS offers you a very good packaged deal on the suite, the ability
now to run well on laptops or non-PCI desktops and an extremely wide
base of support due to the popularity of the program with not only
independents but higher-end facilities. I prefer the Mac OS interface
personally but objectively speaking the platform overall is very stable
due to OS X overall and the integration of hardware, software and OS.

There are a number of good solutions for either platform but this is
the way the industry is going and there are compelling reasons why.

Craig

http://www.pro-tape.com

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