Can you really use 2 editors - how do you choose between them?

D7K schrieb am 04.08.2021 um 15:49 Uhr

I made a promise to one of my best friends that I would help him with a fairly serious project if he ever learned an NLE and started to work on a project of his wildlife images/videos. That was a couple of years ago. Well he did get a NLE and he did learn how to use it. BUT now he wanted my help and I don't use that NLE and I bought the one he has been using (this is not about which NLE is the best, but how do you use two NLE). The one he comes with a free speed editor now, so I sprang for it. I've spent about 10 hours and can now do some of the things he has had issue with, but because I love the Vegas work flow the new NLE seems "difficult" to learn. I can see where for his long project with lots and lots of still and video files might have some benefits in this new NLE. I have to help my friend (we shoot together at least once a week on an all day outing). I need to pass the things I do for him in a file that works 100% in his NLE - that is why the need for the same NLE.

I keep thinking certain things I could do so much easier in Vegas, but I know what a big thing it was for this person to learn an NLE and he wants to work collaboratively on this project when he gets stuck.

If you successfully use two different NLE's can you tell me how you do it, and how you make a decision on what to do on each NLE?

Kommentare

3POINT schrieb am 04.08.2021 um 16:08 Uhr

I also use 2 NLE's and combine them. With Vegas I do edit and trim, mostly on the beat of music, my footage. Use some filters for a better image (stabilizing, colour correction etc). With my other NLE, which is able to smart render a lot of formats, I add titles, animations, transitions etc to the rendered Vegas output. Just the edited parts are re-rendered. I would prefer to do everything in Vegas, but animated titles and modern seamless transitions you don't find in Vegas (without spending extra money).

Howard-Vigorita schrieb am 04.08.2021 um 19:38 Uhr

I used to do color correction in Resolve with the clips straight out of the camera, export a lut, then bring the same clips into Vegas with the LUT and do the rest of my editing in Vegas. Same thing can be done with any nle that can export a lut. But only works with fx susceptible to lut representation like color correction... would not work with image stabilization, transitions, or titles for instance. Probably best to export some sort of intermediate format for stuff like that.

john_dennis schrieb am 04.08.2021 um 22:18 Uhr

I use Vegas and another editor that has completely different transport controls. After a few years, I can move back and forth without thinking about it. At first, it was very difficult. If Vegas would smart render, I would prefer to use it all the time.

Disclaimer

I used to make my living as a drummer, so I'm used to doing different things with each hand and each foot while talking or singing (if you'll pardon the expression).

D7K schrieb am 05.08.2021 um 02:47 Uhr

I play the piano so my left hand is jealous of the the right one:) And I expect it will take some time but I've already done compositing and other stuff after 3 days so I think I can make it work. Also after my panic set in, I realized I use Photoshop/On1, Samplitude/MuseScore, so why not new NLE/Vegas.

jetdv schrieb am 05.08.2021 um 15:44 Uhr

I used Vegas at home and FCP 6 at work for several years. Yes, you can learn multiple NLEs and see features in all of them that you like/dislike. You just have to separate in your head how each one works so you're not pressing "S" trying to "Split" in the other NLE, for example.

Reyfox schrieb am 05.08.2021 um 20:01 Uhr

Like everyone above, I too use more than one editor. There are some things Vegas excels at, and there are some things the other 3 I use excel at. I try to use the right tool for that particle editing job.

But the editor that is opened first is Vegas.

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Phil_P schrieb am 05.08.2021 um 21:57 Uhr

Cubase / Nuendo for music, composing (composing to video) and sound design (to video). Wavelab for mastering. Vegas for Video.

After working in Cubase / Nuendo (for more than 20 years) I often think it would be great to see some of the amazing timeline features in Vegas.