I've just joined the Edius Gang

[tom hardwick]

For years (since 2002) I've been using Storm2 with Premiere 6.5, and they
sing together. It's fast, versatile and although expensive at the time has
been a rock solid combo. Forget Premiere Pro with the Storm - it never
worked properly, and this may well have contributed to the Storm's demise.
For really quick jobs I'd work in Storm Edit and still do. The MPEG2
encoder is real-time excellent and all the storm filters and effects are there.

This year (for HDV reasons mostly) I've moved onto Edius 4.5 but I had thoughts obout FCP and I did give it serious consideration. I decided to
stick with Canopus (GV) simply because the learning curve would be far less
steep and this has proved to be correct - Edius is so Storm-like that far
less tricks have to be learnt from scratch and I don't have to wrestle with
the Mac's foibles. Another reason for going Edius over FCP is that I feel a
certain brand loyality to Canopus. The Raptor bit me and the Storm blew me
away (Ha!).

tom.

[Bluetongue]

Tom
Great stuff, I came down a similar path from Premier, Pinacle DV300/500 (UGG) to straight firewire.
When I moved to HDV 3 years ago (Editing in Native HDV MPEG) I ran into real strife with blue screens, added frames (yes added frames not lost frames) in Premier Pro, Media Studio Pro and Vagas, did not even think of FCP but I remembered a friends Raptor and the way my ADVC100 worked like clockwork and went to the Edius site convinced I probably needed a Capture card to work with HDV.
I discovered the EDIUS Free trial and after 9 months of frustration, within 2 weeks my project was finished.
Update to 4.61 it is even more stable! Gets better all the time
Lets hope it continues
Regards Barry

[tom hardwick]

I only picked up my Edius 4.5 in March this year. Is the upgrade to 4.61 a freebie, and do you recommend I go for it? I'm too new to know what needs fixing in 4.5.

[Bluetongue]

Tom
Yes its a freebee just download it from the Edius site, in my opinion well worth it
Regards Barry

[UlfLaursen]

Hi

I just stepped into the Edius world too, and I am really glad I did. I think it is the most complete NLE I have tried so far.

I have had very much good use of the training DVD from ClassOnDemand - it is really worth every $ in my opinion.

/Ulf

[Geoff]

Hi Tom,

You've made a wise decission. I have both FCP and Edius and Edius kicks the butt off FCP in real time and rendering performance!

Geoff

[Gail]

Hello all,
I am new to Edius too - so new I haven't tried it out yet. I'm editing on Avid's Liquid Edition. I require a large drive for render files. My mentors tell me that in Edius he doesn't render. How can that be? Can someone explain this to me?
Thanks
Gail

[Rusty]

Hi Gail & Tom, welcome to the Forum...
glad you made it.

To answer Gails' question, Edius is a 100% non-destructive editor. It is, however, 100% processor intensive. Rather than create proxies or scale output to achieve real-time, Edius depends on your CPU (and the GV CODEC) to do the heavy lifting.

Rendering by default goes to the Rendered folder within your Project folder, but my projects never bloat. I personally only render bare minimums to continue RT playback. Rendered files rarely exceed 5% of my original project size.

[STORMDAVE]

I also have FCP and Premiere (latest and greatest) and I rarely touch them. EDIUS is my main NLE of choice for many reasons, most of them are mentioned in this thread.

[Gail]

Thank you everyone... I'm in the process of building a new system that I want to use with Edius. Do I need a special card or hardware? The system I'm building is as follows (I need to work in HD and SD mixed for ahwile): Do I need anything else to work in Edius Pro?

ASUS P5K3 Deluxe ATX motherboard
Windows XP Pro SP2 OS
Intel core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfiled 2.5Ghz Quad Core Processor
Corsair 2gig DDR3 1333 Ram
Thermaltake 750W Power supply
Antec P182 computer case
Seagate 750g 7200 x 2 (raid 0 - ?)
Seagate 250g 7200 x 2 (raid 0 - ?)
Sata 250g system drive
Asus 20X Black Sata DVD+/- Burner
Zalman 9700 CPU Cooler fan
Nec 24" HDMI Widscreen LCD monitor
Powercolor ATI x1950Pro 512mb PCIE x16

[antonsvideo]

For years (since 2002) I've been using Storm2 with Premiere 6.5, and they
sing together. It's fast, versatile and although expensive at the time has
been a rock solid combo.

tom.

Hi Tom

just in case you don't know my meaning of EDIUS

http://www.videoproductions.com.au/edius3/Edius-meaning.gif

[Rusty]

Gail,

Your system looks good to go as it is. It will work great in OCHI until you save enough for an NX card! On the downside OCHI will only preview DV projects only :~(

On the upside... over the years, my purchases of Rex, Storm and NX have all paid for themselves in one job.

[Gail]

Rusty,
pardon my ignorance, but what is the NX card?
Gail

[Rusty]

See here!...

[Imagine Video]

Gail - I would re think the setup - I have that case and when you considder the raid setup needed to do anything in HD more than 2 streams you are going to run out of space.

I would also look at the CANOPUS web site for compatibility of the motherboard, If you are going to HD and want to buy an NXexpress CARD for realtime output to hd monitor while you edit.

Look at ASUS P5KW64 WS PRO It has the pcie slots needed for a raid card graphics and NXexpress and output board. Will also support the CPU you have on the list

A good case is the coolermaster stacker rc 810 its big and has plenty of room and cooling for the raid and similar price

ALSO THE POWERCOLOR video card has a huge fan on it and will obscure the ajacent pcie slot that you will need for your raid card. have a look at the saphire hd 3850 256 bit 512meg ram 2 dvi card its a single slot card.

Just my opinion and if you want to go with an NXe later - You won't have to change your system.

Cath