slekyr
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Hello,
I have been out of the editing game for a little while now but I am starting to get back into it. I recently made the switch from Mac to PC and therefore had to find a new NLE.
I was fairly familiar with FCPX and I liked my workflow I had created. I downloaded the trial version of Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13 and I appreciate it quite a bit. With the exception of a few key things, I actually prefer Movie Studio more than FCPX; zooming in with the scroll wheel is amazing .
That leads me to my first question:
1a) Movie Studio comes in several varieties Movie Studio, MS Platinum, and MS Suite. I've been leaning towards Platinum but I was wondering if the other programs that come in the "Suite" package is worth the extra money. They include:
I don't really know how beneficial these programs would be for the purpose of fanediting.
1b) Using the trial version, I seemed to be able to do just about everything I wanted to do when testing out the program; the $60 price tag for the MS Platinum is also a huge bonus. Sony Vegas Pro 13 is 10 times that amount at $600. I was wondering if anyone would recommend me saving up and upgrading in the future or if MS Platinum should suffice.
2) ProRes was the codec of choice for FCPX and it seems that there isn't a single codec that people agree upon when using PC. It seems that people here seem to prefer Lagarith, which is a lossless codec. When it comes to editing in Vegas how do people feel about somewhat lossy codecs similar to ProRes, like DV and DNxHD?
3a) I have been doing some intense Google searches as well as searching this forum to try and establish a workflow that somewhat resembles my workflow I had created for FCPX. I looked at both Boon's and Throw's guides and wondered how those compared to something like the one presented on the Doom9 forum I found.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=163649
3b) Part of my Mac workflow was using PavTube BD Magic to rip the Bluray/DVD directly to ProRes. They have a windows equivalent which works the same way. There is also another program that looks like it has more output options. Both of these cost money but I was wondering if anyone has successfully used any type of program like this with Sony Vegas and/or fanediting on a PC.
I apologize if any of these question have been answered in other threads. I would gladly navigate there if links could be provided. Thank you to all those who take the time to reply, it is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I have been out of the editing game for a little while now but I am starting to get back into it. I recently made the switch from Mac to PC and therefore had to find a new NLE.
I was fairly familiar with FCPX and I liked my workflow I had created. I downloaded the trial version of Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13 and I appreciate it quite a bit. With the exception of a few key things, I actually prefer Movie Studio more than FCPX; zooming in with the scroll wheel is amazing .
That leads me to my first question:
1a) Movie Studio comes in several varieties Movie Studio, MS Platinum, and MS Suite. I've been leaning towards Platinum but I was wondering if the other programs that come in the "Suite" package is worth the extra money. They include:
- DVD Architect Studio
- NewBlueFX 3D Titling and Video Effects
- BorisFX Units*
- FXHOME HitFilm Effects
- Jump Start Tutorials
- Sound Forge Audio Studio
- ACID Music Studio
- 50 Production Music Track
I don't really know how beneficial these programs would be for the purpose of fanediting.
1b) Using the trial version, I seemed to be able to do just about everything I wanted to do when testing out the program; the $60 price tag for the MS Platinum is also a huge bonus. Sony Vegas Pro 13 is 10 times that amount at $600. I was wondering if anyone would recommend me saving up and upgrading in the future or if MS Platinum should suffice.
2) ProRes was the codec of choice for FCPX and it seems that there isn't a single codec that people agree upon when using PC. It seems that people here seem to prefer Lagarith, which is a lossless codec. When it comes to editing in Vegas how do people feel about somewhat lossy codecs similar to ProRes, like DV and DNxHD?
3a) I have been doing some intense Google searches as well as searching this forum to try and establish a workflow that somewhat resembles my workflow I had created for FCPX. I looked at both Boon's and Throw's guides and wondered how those compared to something like the one presented on the Doom9 forum I found.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=163649
3b) Part of my Mac workflow was using PavTube BD Magic to rip the Bluray/DVD directly to ProRes. They have a windows equivalent which works the same way. There is also another program that looks like it has more output options. Both of these cost money but I was wondering if anyone has successfully used any type of program like this with Sony Vegas and/or fanediting on a PC.
I apologize if any of these question have been answered in other threads. I would gladly navigate there if links could be provided. Thank you to all those who take the time to reply, it is greatly appreciated.
Thanks