Ok,
So my 6 month project is wrapping up, and it's time to look at making the jump to Vegas Pro 9.0.
First, I want to thank the powers that be for addressing some of the concerns I spoke of earlier this year. The addition of DPX/OpenEXR and RED support is HUGE. Maybe not to everyone, but it's a nice step toward allowing Vegas to dip a toe in the film world. I am also happy that XDCamEX support has been added so I can dump from the EX1 natively now and save a step.
I am going to assume that there is still no bars/tone/slate, but I've got work around for that. I am going to beg once again for interoperability with Avid's MXF format. Yea I know there are two different implementations and Sony and Avid don't mix, but if Vegas want's to embrace the film world, Avid is the 500 pound Gorilla in the editing room, and being able to read and write their standard format would be EXTREMELY helpful. Would go a long way toward helping on the broadcast side too.
Ok, enough of that. I've got some questions now that I am buying the upgrade.
1. Do the 32 and 64 bit programs come on the same disk or do I need to do a seperate download like I did with 8.0b/c and 8.1?
2. I know we can import .r3d, but can we export the format as well? And does the R3D import include audio?
3. Does 9.0 finally leverage the GPU or are we still relying on CPUs for all work?
4. Does DVDA offer support for closed captions yet?
5. Is the quicktime implementation any stronger yet or do I still need to stay in AVI if I want any rendering speed?
6. Will MBL still work in the 32bit version or do I need to keep 8.0 around for that?
And a general question.. what level of computer would be required to edit AVCHD natively on the Vegas timeline. I am ordering a new PC and I am just curious if anyone is getting this done without transcoding and if so, what kind of hardware are you throwing at it.
Thanks a ton to the forum members and the Sony Vegas team for really stepping up with this release. I'll live with the bugs if we can keep getting the product extended toward pro use like this.
So my 6 month project is wrapping up, and it's time to look at making the jump to Vegas Pro 9.0.
First, I want to thank the powers that be for addressing some of the concerns I spoke of earlier this year. The addition of DPX/OpenEXR and RED support is HUGE. Maybe not to everyone, but it's a nice step toward allowing Vegas to dip a toe in the film world. I am also happy that XDCamEX support has been added so I can dump from the EX1 natively now and save a step.
I am going to assume that there is still no bars/tone/slate, but I've got work around for that. I am going to beg once again for interoperability with Avid's MXF format. Yea I know there are two different implementations and Sony and Avid don't mix, but if Vegas want's to embrace the film world, Avid is the 500 pound Gorilla in the editing room, and being able to read and write their standard format would be EXTREMELY helpful. Would go a long way toward helping on the broadcast side too.
Ok, enough of that. I've got some questions now that I am buying the upgrade.
1. Do the 32 and 64 bit programs come on the same disk or do I need to do a seperate download like I did with 8.0b/c and 8.1?
2. I know we can import .r3d, but can we export the format as well? And does the R3D import include audio?
3. Does 9.0 finally leverage the GPU or are we still relying on CPUs for all work?
4. Does DVDA offer support for closed captions yet?
5. Is the quicktime implementation any stronger yet or do I still need to stay in AVI if I want any rendering speed?
6. Will MBL still work in the 32bit version or do I need to keep 8.0 around for that?
And a general question.. what level of computer would be required to edit AVCHD natively on the Vegas timeline. I am ordering a new PC and I am just curious if anyone is getting this done without transcoding and if so, what kind of hardware are you throwing at it.
Thanks a ton to the forum members and the Sony Vegas team for really stepping up with this release. I'll live with the bugs if we can keep getting the product extended toward pro use like this.