Video Editing on a PC
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The latest version of Razor supports sound. Just use any Windows sound card.
P.
>The latest version of Razor …..
I was going to get Razor Pro for editing ( for use with the upcoming
DPS perception Video Recorder) but last week I won a copy of Adobe
Premiere 4.0 for Windows….. and it is great also Premiere won the
PC mag editors choice (I know…. Adobe advertises, Razor
doesn't……. but I this case, it seems to be truly better) Can
anyone please tell me what makes Razor better than Premiere? Would
it be helpful to have both? I know that for awhile, Premiere didn't
directly support the PAR, it does now and it appears to have more
features. Am I missing something? When I first won it I thought
about trading it for Razor, but after playing with Premiere I
starting to really like it. Any thoughts on this would be greatly
appreciated.
David Camp
>>When I first won it I thought about trading it for Razor, but after playing
with >>Premiere I starting to really like it.
>>Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
I have both Premiere and Razor Pro.. Razor Pro with TransJammer is
really a cool cookie. I am useing it with the PAR.. I dont know how
it will work with the DPS perception Video board.. but currently I
can do realtime scraps of video on the PAR drive without any
modifications.. While editing in Preimiere I noticed something..
You can have effects and multiple channelsin Premiere but it is
difficult to see which effect is where. You also have to cut the
clips to adjust where the effects begin and ends.. not so with
Razor..
Adobes control of scaleing and flybys is superior.. The text editing
is a little crude ( not very well integrated) but useful.
Adobe also just has more of everything and a broader user base.
This works for and against you.. You will always get more
but not always more of what you need.. (they currently have no
direct of the PAR)
All in all you need to use both for different styles of editing..
but for me so far Razor being integrated directly with the
PAR wins hands down and is the one I reach for first..
Combined with TransJammer by Elastic Reality and
its really something.
Bob from The Design Shop..
Thanks for the info…..
As I said, I won Premiere, so the
decision was made for me. I keep hearing that there is (or soon will be) a
direct connection between Premiere and the PAR (PVR?).
Do you find that you use both programs at all, or does Premiere just kind of
sit around on your hard drive collecting cyber-dust?
I haven't yet sent in my registration card for Premiere, I might be able to
trade it for Razor plus the price diff. ( with a little cash incentive for the
dealer) Or do you think that I'll find uses for both programs together?
I do computer animation, logos, etc.
Also … how can I integrate Transjammer into Premiere?
Thanks again ( I'll probably learn Premiere, get the PVR, and when I can afford
it pick up RAZOR. you talked me into it…<g> )
Thanks again
Bye
David Camp
>>The text editing is a little crude ( not very well integrated) but useful.<<
Not to get huffy, but what do you consider crude? Premiere's titler does
antialiasing, gradients, multiple shadow types, dynamic size fitting, variable
opacity, support for Type 1 and TrueType, blah blah blah. What's missing? What
does any competitive system give you that's lacking in Premiere?
Nick
No dont take this wrong I think haveing to create the effect then
save it and then import back into the program a little strange.. Its
the I/O I/O stuff I see as a little crude.. Not the type effects. I
think they are top notch and to be able to use them as any other video
clip and twist and create motion paths is wonderful.
Bob from The Design Shop..
Bob:
PMFJI
Don't mean to butt in, … but…. having battled for years with badly
integrated or just plain not integrated graphics, Premiere seems easy. Here's a
handy techinique I've found for designing and working with graphics and titling
within Premiere, and which gets around always saving then importing the graphic
–
Make a quick graphic, or even a scratch graphic and import it when you start
your edit so something is available to put into the edit. Drag the graphic into
the edit at the appropriate point and then double click it to reopen it. You
now can change the graphic, resave it and see instantly how it works in you
video edit. Since most of my titling and graphics need to work with or within
images this has become a very quick way to design titling and even complex
graphics.
Just a thought….
Arnie
– Arnold Jones, Written 18-Apr-1995 @ 21:50:06
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