Recommended workflow

[Martin_Gleeson]

Yes, I did search, and found some answers. However,

Just how much of a performance hit does Edius take when editing 16:9 HDV footage on the timeline? I have a quadcore which is fairly fast, but since Edius doesn't use all cores, I'm wondering what good it will do me? I usually have colour balance, white balance and perhaps some slow motion and blur effects. I presume the system could handle that?

For multi-cam, I usually have three camera tracks with colour balance and white balance on all three clips.

Would I be better off capturing as Canopus HQ (with 4x larger files!) or using HDV on the timeline?

Finally, I presume to capture HQ using the NX card, I simple select a preset in the Edius project of HQ and the footage is automatically captured as HQ? Is it that simple or do I actually need to capture as HDV and then convert to HQ?

Many thanks
Martin

All this HD stuff is new to me!

[GrassValley_KH]

The capture format for HDV is determined by the Input Settings (much like DV).

You have a list of profiles that you can choose, that match the footage properties. Filtering down, you can pick from there either HQ or native MPEG-2 TS.

[Philip]

Yes, I did search, and found some answers. However,

Just how much of a performance hit does Edius take when editing 16:9 HDV footage on the timeline? I have a quadcore which is fairly fast, but since Edius doesn't use all cores, I'm wondering what good it will do me? I usually have colour balance, white balance and perhaps some slow motion and blur effects. I presume the system could handle that?

For multi-cam, I usually have three camera tracks with colour balance and white balance on all three clips.

Would I be better off capturing as Canopus HQ (with 4x larger files!) or using HDV on the timeline?

I don't have the NX card but can tell you my experience. I am using standard OHCI with Edius 4.5c. I have a similar workflow to yours regarding filters and transitions and muliticam.

I have an AMD x2 4800 processor. I know it isn't as capable as your quad but my experience has been that unless you are doing simple cuts and nearly no color correction native HDV (m2t files) are not very easily editable. Once I put a filter or slo mo on a clip that is HDV the system just starts choking and it very slow.

Capture to HQ and it is almost like editing DV. Multicam works well and you can add a few simple filters and transitions without choking the system. It will definitely need a render quicker than DV will but response in Edius is much better in HQ. Of course your files sizes are 3x to 4x bigger too which is something you have to factor in.

Load up a few hdv files and give it a whirl under the scenarios you normally edit in. If you get upset with responsiveness go to HQ. It won't take long or many tests to determine which way you want to edit.

[Martin_Gleeson]

Thanks Kenneally and Philip,

I just got the camera this afternoon and will play around.

Cheers
Martin

[Martin_Gleeson]

I tried capturing both HDV and HQ. The HDV stuttered with a three camera multi-cam edit and color correction on all three clips.

The HQ test was much better. A number of filters (including CC, WB and Smooth Blur) and it played the multicam fine. I guess I'll just buy some external SATA drives and work with that. Much better for me.

I have now captured a small HD project, edited, transcoded (slow!) to MPEG2 and output to DVD. Everything looks really good.

Thanks for your help guys.
Martin