About this Excalibur thingy

lnetzel wrote on 7/9/2003, 8:20 AM

I have checked out the Introduction Video on Excalibur on their site and for sure Excalibur seems like a VERY useful tool and bla bla bla.. and I would really like to have it...BUT

Am I the only one who thinks this should be for free and included in vegas?.. like the "Gettign the audioback" if you have deleted the Audio track for a video track.. for some reason I feel that's a basic feture that I actually thought already existed in Vegas.. and now I have to PAY EXTRA FOR IT???? Same thign goes for many other of the features in Excalibur

This Excalibur is also written by "Vegas guru's" so.. why is it not In vegas or in forthcoming update maybe? This smell like a commercial get together to make more money of us... and yeah it's a commercial tool and yeah it's a commercial world but damn... you gotta have some respect for the buyers too!!

I will probably end up buy ing this though cause the features of Excaliburs are really great.

Why is this Excalibur seen as a "side" application when it's written byt the same guys and also very basic and obvious features that should be included in vegas???

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GaryKleiner wrote on 7/10/2003, 8:46 PM

>Why is this Excalibur seen as a "side" application .... very basic and obvious features that should be included in vegas???<

Yeah, they're basic and obvious AFTER they are put in front of your nose, the same as most useful inventions.

Gary Kleiner

rwsjr wrote on 7/11/2003, 6:14 AM

I think the reason Sonic Foundry put scripting as a feature in Vegas in the first place is so that enterprising people can develop special applications to improve the product and create more brand loyalty. The authors appear to have done a fine job on this and deserve compensation for their effort. I can see how a professional could recoup an investment in this product many times over with the time savings features.

Give Sonic Foundry credit for having the insight to put scripting into the product and the authors credit for their creative solving problem ability and scripting skills.

GaryKleiner wrote on 7/11/2003, 8:12 AM

rwsjr,

Thanks for being far more eloquent in your response than I.

Gary Kleiner