New to Edius question

[dennishuffstutler]

Hello,

I've been using REXRT since the early days (actually started with the original canopus M1 in '98). I've edited approx. 100 wedding videos a year with my RT and it's finally time to move into a 21st century system. I have vegas 7 on a laptop and I just bought Final cut a few weeks ago and I hate it. I can't believe the rendering required. I have Edius pro 3 and I'm leaning toward staying with Canopus. I have new hd cameras but I don't really want to go all hd yet. I'm thinking of shooting hd and delivering in sd 16x9. Is there a good workflow in Edius for this? Should I upgrade to Edius 4?

Thanks in advance for your response.

[pjsssss]

What cameras do you have?

[Rusty]

We shoot, edit and archive in HDV.
Output to DVD and our archive can go to Blu-Ray when the clamor begins!

[dennishuffstutler]

We are using the Sony FX-1 and the Sony A1-U

[pjsssss]

You should have no problem with those cameras. Convert on capture to Canopus HQ and edit away

[Rusty]

If you havn't already...

Download a demo of 4.(whatever) to really get a sense of the new work flow. Capture your files as HQ and have fun!

[Geoff McKay]

Hi, I'm new to Edius also but for what it's worth, here is my experience so far. I use Edius 4.61 Broadcast, I can edit 4 cameras in PAL HDV timeline (1440 x 1080i) no problems; no rendering. We have a Sony EX1 which I simply drop the files straight into the bin (using the Sony Clip-browser) and onto the timeline - no conversion required. We have also a Sony HVR-Z1P and a Sony HVR-V1P. I capture in HDV using Canopus HQ from the firewire for these two cameras. We also have a Sony HDR-SR7E which is a AVCHD camera. I convert these files using the Canopus AVCHD2HQ converter. So 3 cameras are editing in Canopus HQ codec but the EX1 in native format. As stated, I can edit these 4 cameras in multicamera edit without rendering. Currently I transcode to standard def for DVD production but intend to offer Blu-ray soon. I transcode using 2-pass VBR in MPEG-2 Elementary stream so Encore CS3 doesn't have to transcode. Now here is what I find interesting: If I transcode directly from the HDV timeline, it takes 5 hours to transcode a 1 hour timeline. But, if I change the project settings to SD (PAL 720 x 576 50i 16:9), it only takes 2 hours to transcode the same timeline. And when I play the resulting DVDs, I can't tell the difference.

[Khoi Pham]

"And when I play the resulting DVDs, I can't tell the difference. "

Look again, the dvd made from HD timeline is much worse, look at the jaggy edges on anything that is diagonal.

[Geoff McKay]

"look at the jaggy edges on anything that is diagonal."

Thanks for your comments. I did look again, very closely. I'm hard-pressed to see any difference when played on our TV (which is relatively new), but I can see a difference when played full screen on my 24" computer model. The diagonal lines are cleaner from the version transcoded from the HDV timeline, but not a lot of difference. So if I'm in a hurry, I'll transcode from SD timeline but of course, I'll only do it if I don't have any graphics or titles.