Edius, Premiere better than Vegas for HDV?

Chris Barcellos · May 15th, 2006, 04:55 PM

Okay, I m answering my own questions. A site for free 30 day trial. Will look at HDV aspects tonight. Looks like I was misreading on the pricing issue.

Michael Bott · May 16th, 2006, 01:10 AM

Yes, as I said earlier, I can consider this option because there is an 'any NLE to Edius promotional upgrade' on offer at the moment. To me the cost is only £149.00. That's about $280.00. Unfortunately I just looked and the offer is not available in the US.

Chris Barcellos · May 16th, 2006, 01:51 AM

Michael:

Here is a simple edit done with Premiere Pro. Took 4 seconds of a track run, and slowed to 40% to make a 10 sec clip. Took about 45 seconds to render. About 33 mgbs:

http://www.makeyourfilm.net/downloads/slowrun.m2v

Michael Bott · May 16th, 2006, 02:14 AM

'Morning Chris.

Sorry, clip wouldn't play for some reason.

But I'm sure it's great. Anyway, this isn't about my NLE's better than your NLE - Premiere, Vegas FCP, Avid Liquid are all way more sophisticated as editing tools than Edius. But, with Canopus HQ beating at its heart, Edius has got to be a heavyweight HDV contender.

George Ellis · May 16th, 2006, 05:34 AM

Michael, if you want to try Liquid, there is a free trial version at http://www.avid.com/forms/infoLiquid...LDVDTRYOUTQ106

But, with working with 1080i, Liquid wants a 256MB PCIe graphics card. Liquid heavily relies on the GPU for real-time playback and rendering. Liquid has handled native HDV format since version 6 without rendering it to a format the editor can handle. But, Liquid will work with a lesser video card. Performance will not be premium though.

I edit SD with a dual Xeon and a AGP ATI X800XT All-In-Wonder (256MB.) I have also created Ken Burns style slideshows in 720p using stills (using a CPU effect - talk about processor intensive!)

Scott Vystrcil · May 16th, 2006, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Barcellos

Well, that settles that. If I am too cheap to buy Aspect, it looks like Edius is too far out there... Looks like you into $1,400 to get the HDV level. Am I reading that right ??

The price is actually $499 US and that includes a free upgrade when v4 comes out in June/July.

http://store.yahoo.com/yhst-58626189988044/edprso.html

May 15th, 2006, 04:55 PM	#16
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Okay, I m answering my own questions. A site for free 30 day trial. Will look at HDV aspects tonight. Looks like I was misreading on the pricing issue. __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

May 16th, 2006, 01:51 AM	#18
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Michael: Here is a simple edit done with Premiere Pro. Took 4 seconds of a track run, and slowed to 40% to make a 10 sec clip. Took about 45 seconds to render. About 33 mgbs: http://www.makeyourfilm.net/downloads/slowrun.m2v __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

May 16th, 2006, 01:10 AM	#17
Michael Bott Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK Posts: 47	Yes, as I said earlier, I can consider this option because there is an 'any NLE to Edius promotional upgrade' on offer at the moment. To me the cost is only £149.00. That's about $280.00. Unfortunately I just looked and the offer is not available in the US.

May 16th, 2006, 02:14 AM	#19
Michael Bott Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK Posts: 47	'Morning Chris. Sorry, clip wouldn't play for some reason. But I'm sure it's great. Anyway, this isn't about my NLE's better than your NLE - Premiere, Vegas FCP, Avid Liquid are all way more sophisticated as editing tools than Edius. But, with Canopus HQ beating at its heart, Edius has got to be a heavyweight HDV contender.

May 16th, 2006, 05:34 AM	#20
George Ellis Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Suwanee, GA Posts: 1,241	Michael, if you want to try Liquid, there is a free trial version at http://www.avid.com/forms/infoLiquid...LDVDTRYOUTQ106 But, with working with 1080i, Liquid wants a 256MB PCIe graphics card. Liquid heavily relies on the GPU for real-time playback and rendering. Liquid has handled native HDV format since version 6 without rendering it to a format the editor can handle. But, Liquid will work with a lesser video card. Performance will not be premium though. I edit SD with a dual Xeon and a AGP ATI X800XT All-In-Wonder (256MB.) I have also created Ken Burns style slideshows in 720p using stills (using a CPU effect - talk about processor intensive!)