Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum, new to VV and new to video editing. I have been involved in DeskTop Audio for quite some time but have always wanted to get into video editing as a hobby. I did a lot of homework, bought all the DTV mags, checked out the websites. Everything seemed to point to a Matrox x100 card and Premier. I was just about to let go of some serious cash and buy a killer turnkey system.

But I knew about VV because of my experience in the audio world (I use Cubase but I want to switch to a SF product). So I downloaded an eval of VV3 and installed it on my P3 800 with 128MB RAM and started playing around. It was so intuative and easy to use. Although the workstation I was using was not top of the line VV seemed to work just fine. I was even able to create a small video of my kids, complete with credits, transitions and the works. Very cool.

So then I decided to download an eval of Premier 6.0. It looked similar - there was the timeline, the preview screen, etc. But after about a half hour of just trying to get some clips to preview I was frustrated. Once I finally got some clips imported I tried previewing a simple transition. Either I do not understand Premier or you have to render transitions before previewing them. But then remember I was using a less than powerfull workstation.

Next I decided to search for reviews on VV3. Never in my life have I read such positive reviews for any product. Everything was positive. The only negative thing about VV was that nobody knew about it. Well, I do now and it has become my choice.

I bought VV3, spent about $400 on some RAM and 180GB disk space and I am in business. I will upgrade to a faster machine eventually but for now this is fine for my hobby.

Thanks SF - VV3 is wonderfull!

By the way, are there any more sites with VV content that you guys visit regularly?

Thanks.