Cayman Graphics Power CG Plus Vs. Red??

kentwolf wrote on 10/10/2005, 11:42 AM

Does anyone have experience with Cayman Graphics Power CG Plus in that you could say it is more/less powerful than Boris Red 3GL for titling purposes only?

Red certainly seems to do it all, but it is a pain to get good with it. I've done "ok." Unfortunately (or fortunately), I have a day job. :)

Regarding just pure potential for titling only, which would you say has more potential? Red or Power CG Plus?

Thanks for any input you can offer!

Comments

mjroddy wrote on 10/10/2005, 12:57 PM

Although I haven't actually USED Power CG Plus, I'd guess that Red has the most "potenital." However, for great CG fast and easy, that may be a different story, since RED doesn't directly "plug in."

Mahesh wrote on 10/11/2005, 12:18 AM

CG Plus is easier to use than Boris Red, works as a plug-in in Vegas. I may biased because I have been using CG Plus for past 5 years. I think it's great titling app.

kentwolf wrote on 10/11/2005, 7:42 AM

Thanks, guys!

backlit wrote on 10/11/2005, 11:39 AM

One other thing of note. Power CG generates bitmapped characters while Red/Grafiti use vector based characters. I suppose this is not a huge deal unless you want to zoom in on the characters. Still in my experience vector graphics tend to look a little cleaner.

David

Coursedesign wrote on 10/11/2005, 11:55 AM

Power CG uses 256 levels of antialiasing. That is one of the reasons why the output looks "professional."

Boris RED (or AE, C*, LW) etc. packages can create elaborate flying titles that can have their place, but for regular text with the effects in Power CG, you can't beat a serious broadcast titler (such as Power CG and some others that cost vastly more) for oozing quality.

DGrob wrote on 10/11/2005, 3:34 PM

AND the Cayman Graphics support has been fast, personal, and courteous while I sorted out an upgrade issue. Darryl