I have been downloading trial editors. From Video Pad, to Edius 3.5 which is probably the best. But you can`t remove the time code display which covers a large part of the monitor. So far I am not very impressed with what I have seen, and downloading some of them is a nightmare, taking you to pages that do not have what you expect.
Pinnicle and Avid won`t download, although I have registered! Cyberlink for all it`s gold awards crashes on full screen playback, but otherwise works. Shame you have to change rooms to do anything, which I think makes it child like. But most do playback HD well, which is one niggle I have with Sony.
So it`s back to Sony MSP 10 or 12. which apart from the small niggles, does a good job quickly and with not too much effort. Although I did find it a steep learning curve when I first moved from Premiere.
John
Have you considered Magix.
They have 30 day trial downloads. Check out Magix Video Pro X7
Gordon
John,
I do not know if it works in Edius 3.5 but Control + G toggles the timecode display in Edius 6. Or go to View / On Screen Display / Status. Could be worth a try.
Best wishes.
Ken
Thanks mediaed and kch.
Magix was ok, but there was no pause when it played preview or timeline.
I couldn`t find a short cut for that in Edius 3.5, but in both cases, and editors in general today, I find the dark interface difficult to use.
(Wishful thinking mode ON)
There is a big gap in the market when it comes to editing programs.
An enterprising firm could fill it by buying from Adobe the rights to Premiere 6.5 and updating to a true Premiere 7 with HD and surround sound capability. That means keeping ALL the features* of 6.5 (including A/B, picture icons, global link/unlink, smooth scrubbing, etc, etc). Make a fortune.
*all features except the 3 hour timeline limitation.
(Wishful thinking mode OFF)
Ray
Hi Ray.
I remember that, and also the rendering of transitions and any changes. The good thing about the newer software, is that rendering is either very fast or in the background. Progress.........
Hi John
Who's to say that a Premiere 7 designed around today's processors, massive RAM and blindingly-fast display hardware wouldn't offer the same real-time features* as any other modern editing software?
* Of course, even back in 2001, the owners of Premiere 6.5 who also invested in a Canopus DV Storm enjoyed buckets of real-time transitions and a raft of real-time video effects. If you compare the clunky feel of Edius or Sony Vegas to the speed and smoothness of of Prem 6.5 running on Storm hardware it makes you sigh for the old days . . . . .
Here's a little story. A few years ago I went down to DVC to try and find an upgrade route into HD editing that gave me the features and speed and smoothness that I'd come to expect from my 6.5/Storm setup. David Clarke was very good. He let me play on the demo systems and he gave me a good deal of his time for a detailed discussion but in the end he said frankly that there was no modern software that was going to come up to the standard of smoothness or the many features that I'd come to expect. Sad but true.
Ray
Hi Ray.
The nearest I got to a Storm system, was a Pinnicle 500 and Prem. 6.5. playback was not that smooth, but it was faster at doing everything. But DV didn`t need the power that HD requires these days. Who knows what the future may bring.
My PC is an i7 3.4Gig with 8Gig of ram. I trialled I think it was Premiere CS5, and it still took time to render a simple cross fade. I have Elements 10 64bit, and that is slow rendering anything.
I had a play with Sony Movie Studio and was surprised at how fast it was. Going from Premiere, it was a bit of a steep learning curve, but rendering transitions and effects seems to be a thing of the past. Full screen playback is not as good as many other editing programs with HD. Even Serif MoviePlus does it very well. So it`s a case of wait and see what`s next.....