If you could create a from scratch video suite.....

[K9EZ]

What would it include?

One thing I am looking at is using SONYs Vegas Video Pro.....it has DVD authoring built in.

[rockmanac]

What would it include?

One thing I am looking at is using SONYs Vegas Video Pro.....it has DVD authoring built in.

Final Cut Suite... Fully loaded Mac Pro... Capability to read P2, XDCAM, HDV, DV/miniDV/DVC-Pro, etc.

I could go on...

-Adam

[w9wi]

What would it include?

One thing I am looking at is using SONYs Vegas Video Pro.....it has DVD authoring built in.

Final Cut Suite... Fully loaded Mac Pro... Capability to read P2, XDCAM, HDV, DV/miniDV/DVC-Pro, etc.

I could go on...

-Adam

I've found that Vegas will read just about anything. If you're likely to get source video from a variety of sources you should consider it.

[K9EZ]

What would it include?

One thing I am looking at is using SONYs Vegas Video Pro.....it has DVD authoring built in.

Final Cut Suite... Fully loaded Mac Pro... Capability to read P2, XDCAM, HDV, DV/miniDV/DVC-Pro, etc.

I could go on...

-Adam

I've found that Vegas will read just about anything. If you're likely to get source video from a variety of sources you should consider it.

DING DING DING! That is one of the main reasons I am looking at it -- we have seen sources from just about everything. That and it is a breeze to run through. Yes yes, I have done the complete AVID thing. But with their attitude of late, me thinks they are in deep trouble (ie no show at NAB).

I have not worked with Final Cut, but just get so-so responses back from people for the most part.

[rockmanac]

I love FCP. The only drawback, it it's only on Mac...so no cheap hardware. But that's ok, 'cause you get the stability of OSX. Avid...well I'm not a fan. I can work so much faster in FCP than I can in Avid. Especially since you don't have to flip modes in FCP to do things in the timeline.

Btw... Have you checked out Premiere Pro? I've been told by several editors that it's made LEAPS and BOUNDS over Premiere 6.

-Adam

[Baylink]

Premiere Pro was *quite* spiffy... as long as you had transitioned to single-timeline editing; Pro dropped split-timeline. I had to switch on the fly...

[TheSigma]

Premiere pro CS5 is quite sweet, they now have multicam editing and can use the video cards GPU as hardware acceleration for rendering (certain Nvdia cards only, more if Hacked but still only nvdia). but since the op was made in 08......theyv'e probably already made a decision. I've used Vegas and found it easy. Here at work I am just the tech thoguh, but the editors seem to like Adobe Premiere CS5. of course we have been a premiere shop since the begining.