RE: 2nd time! Vegas on DS??

["Chasteen, Howard" <Howard.Chasteen(at)fotf.org>]

Files from HDV or XDCAM equipment. Just a way to get it on the drives and then edit it with DS.

 

H

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Timothy Duncan
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:47 AM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: 2nd time! Vegas on DS??

Ingestion for?

td

On 1/18/06, Chasteen, Howard <Howard.Chasteen(at)fotf.org> wrote:

We are just considering it as an ingestion tool.

 

Howard

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Timothy Duncan
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:17 AM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: 2nd time! Vegas on DS??

Judy asked "In what way does Vegas suck at that?"

Print to Tape controls are rudimentary, and in general, it's fussy and not nearly as simple and smooth as it should be.   No way to enter a TC number to start the PTT without manually parking the machine at the start frame, for one example.  And -- no machine control in the dialog box for printing to tape.  IMHO that sucks.  It seems PTT was an afterthought.   So -- I use Vegas to edit, composite, mix audio, convert files and formats, and be creative. But, i don't use Vegas to either capture or PTT unless absolutely necessary. 

I think the NLE to really keep a watch on is Edius from Canopus and soon to be from Thomson. I've seen 7 major upgrades in the software in just 14 months with no end in sight.  Yesterday, I was playing back uncompressed HD (1080i) in small segments over a Gig ethernet connection with it. (Source was on a SAN captured with Kona card from Mac). 

Maybe one day, there will be an NLE that has all the tools in one package and all the tools done well enough to stay within that package.  For now -- I use the tool for the job.

td

On 1/17/06, Judy Ranelli <jranelli(at)ewtn.com> wrote:

In what way does Vegas suck at that?

 

JUDY

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of Eric Falkner
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:27 AM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: 2nd time! Vegas on DS??

 

He means Print to Tape

Eric