Razor Pro questions
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Hi
Razor Pro arrived today and I have been playing with it a little. I really
love how you can play your PAR animations from within the software. I use
Adobe Premiere quite often at work, so Razor will probably take some getting
used to. I would just like to ask a few questions….
First of all, is there any way to keep my libraries from being in reverse
alphabetical order? They seem to have came up that way when I built them from
my existing files.
It seems somewhat frustrating to have to zoom way out to be able to move the
active area marker to my start and end points. I wish the time-line would
scroll as you drag your mouse past the visible edge of the window. A marker
line extending down across all clips from the point you are dragging would be
really helpful for alignment. Some type of snap-to would be nice, too. Is
there any way to give each clip some type of marker line on the time ruler? It
just seems so much easier do these things (active area select, alignment) in
Premiere.
Please let me know if I am overlooking something that might be useful. Like I
said, I just started using it today.
Thanks
Mitch
Mitch,
As we discussed on the phone, the new version which will be
available free from your dealer on Friday incorporates the
features you are looking for and answers the problems you
had.
Jamie Carr
in:sync
Is it possible to post some sort of technical summary of the Razor Pro
capabilities in relation to the PAR.
I try to follow this thread, but 'm clearly missing the global picture. I read
your ad/flyers but still don't know the answers to some basis questions:
how does Razor compare to Premiere 4
can you do time-code (SMPTE) sound related to the PAR video
do you need additional hardware to use Razor Pro with a Par.
Maybe a sort of FAQ related to Razor in the library section is a solution ?
Fremer,
RAZOR PRO reads and writes ANI files which are the files
that the PAR stores on its hard drive. The affect of this
is:
1. Only the sections of the ANIs where there are transitions
and effects are decompressed and recompressed which means
that recompression artifacts are kept to a minimum and it is
also extremely fast to compile the final output.
2. The ANI files can be read extremely fast owing to the
fact that we communicate with the PAR in a very direct manner
What do you mean by can you do time-code sound ? We can output
sound (.WAV files) with the PAR animations and videos.
RAZOR PRO comes with an upgrade chip for the PAR which allows
you to edit more quickly.
RAZOR PRO has infinite video tracks and infinite audio tracks.
It comes with a myriad of image effects and transitions. All
of these effects and transitions have parameters which can be
altered over time allowing you to customize them in a multitude
of ways.
We are currently releasing about 4 new effects/transitions a
week. The latest include iris wipe (which even lets you do
elliptical wipes), freeze frame effect which allows you to
hold an image from an animation on the screen for as long as
you want, gaussian blur/fast blur/circular blur.
We have an orient effect which allows you to move video clips
around the screen in three dimensions, and a character generator
which allows you to create titles in any color, or position.
All effects and transitions are field rendered and all movements
are done on the sub pixel level giving extremely smooth motions.
The best way to understand what RAZOR PRO is all about is to see
it in action. If you like I can put you in touch with a local
dealer.
Jamie Carr
in:sync