Hey Gang,
I have to say first off that the new track motion and compositing functions alone look like the evidence of many sleepless nights for a lot of you -- hats off and thanks for the update. You have my credit card at the ready :D
I d/l'd the trial this morning and with it, the manual and the new features paper I spent some time familiarizing myself with what's new. Here are some thoughts, and I welcome others to follow suit:
I'll start with my one gripe to get it out of the way --
The new look: I have to say I don’t spend much of my time thinking about what my NLE buttons and window edges look like, and for a time I didn’t foresee having to care. If Vegas got skinning – great – if not, I’m not worried. That said, now I see how detracting an image can be. What was before a simple, clean interface is now Hello Kitty Video Editing. At the least I'd suggest a preset for "Vegas Classic," ala 4.0, or my hope is that you've opened up the look of Vegas to custom skins and I've either missed that function entirely or hopefully it will make an appearance in an update. Many of us have in one way or another clamored to try to get Vegas recognized as being more than a mere toy, but this look is a step in the wrong direction in that regard. I think something in muted, cool temperature tones – blues, greys, brushed silvers and blacks – would really look impressive and quiet a lot of the UI critics. Please?
My applause and some questions:
Snappiness: the UI seems to be responding quicker. Has the UI code been significantly changed or am I imagining things? Nice details like the new scrub tool and reverse are welcome additions.
Rendering: Some have reported their SMP boxes hitting 100% on both processors – well that’s new. What changes were made to the rendering engine (other than the obvious -- i.e. networking)? Will we be able -- in 5.0a or a later update -- mark a region on the timeline and send it out for network rendering while simultaneously working on the same timeline?
Subclips and nested sequences: I'm not sure I understand nesting as well as I should – skimming the white paper section about this hurt my head this morning – is this a true nesting that you see in other NLE’s (ala PPro)?
That undo list: wow! Thank you!
Automation controls look very cool, and seem to be a new workflow. Will there be a way, through scripting for instance, to impose automation presets on media – sorta like what Apple is touting as “behavioral” presets in Motion?
Thanks -- I'm sure by day's end I'll have a few more :D
- jim
I have to say first off that the new track motion and compositing functions alone look like the evidence of many sleepless nights for a lot of you -- hats off and thanks for the update. You have my credit card at the ready :D
I d/l'd the trial this morning and with it, the manual and the new features paper I spent some time familiarizing myself with what's new. Here are some thoughts, and I welcome others to follow suit:
I'll start with my one gripe to get it out of the way --
The new look: I have to say I don’t spend much of my time thinking about what my NLE buttons and window edges look like, and for a time I didn’t foresee having to care. If Vegas got skinning – great – if not, I’m not worried. That said, now I see how detracting an image can be. What was before a simple, clean interface is now Hello Kitty Video Editing. At the least I'd suggest a preset for "Vegas Classic," ala 4.0, or my hope is that you've opened up the look of Vegas to custom skins and I've either missed that function entirely or hopefully it will make an appearance in an update. Many of us have in one way or another clamored to try to get Vegas recognized as being more than a mere toy, but this look is a step in the wrong direction in that regard. I think something in muted, cool temperature tones – blues, greys, brushed silvers and blacks – would really look impressive and quiet a lot of the UI critics. Please?
My applause and some questions:
Snappiness: the UI seems to be responding quicker. Has the UI code been significantly changed or am I imagining things? Nice details like the new scrub tool and reverse are welcome additions.
Rendering: Some have reported their SMP boxes hitting 100% on both processors – well that’s new. What changes were made to the rendering engine (other than the obvious -- i.e. networking)? Will we be able -- in 5.0a or a later update -- mark a region on the timeline and send it out for network rendering while simultaneously working on the same timeline?
Subclips and nested sequences: I'm not sure I understand nesting as well as I should – skimming the white paper section about this hurt my head this morning – is this a true nesting that you see in other NLE’s (ala PPro)?
That undo list: wow! Thank you!
Automation controls look very cool, and seem to be a new workflow. Will there be a way, through scripting for instance, to impose automation presets on media – sorta like what Apple is touting as “behavioral” presets in Motion?
Thanks -- I'm sure by day's end I'll have a few more :D
- jim