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ScottW wrote on 9/23/2006, 11:25 AM
Frame accurate chapter marks, and that snappy line thingy.
Spot|DSE wrote on 9/23/2006, 11:49 AM
No particular order...

New preview window options
Snapping tools (yeah!)
Speed of HDV on timeline for non-composited projects
Render speeds (much faster)
Audio envelope drawing
DVD import is faster/better
No more need to mess with internal prefs for windows layouts
AJA hardware support (ROCK!!!Solid)
I frame export choice
BWF support for multichannels

winrockpost wrote on 9/23/2006, 12:01 PM
envelope drawing,
hdv playback on timeline
JJKizak wrote on 9/23/2006, 12:54 PM
SNAP TRACKS
CINESCORE INPUT
FASTER RENDERING
JJK
rmack350 wrote on 9/23/2006, 1:35 PM
Snap across tracks-i'm already used to it and would hate to have to go back.
All the preview options
saved layouts can be exported and imported
Preview on top of screen works moch better

Rob Mack
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 9/23/2006, 1:38 PM
Enhanced previewing
EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN TIME SAVING THING THAT WAS DONE!!
HDV timeline enhanced viewing
No More Default Smooth
Drawing envelopes (ok that is a time saving thing, but it's so good I have to mention it twice)
Cinescore plugin - Very well done

And I haven't even gotten into DVDA yet.

Dave
BrianStanding wrote on 9/23/2006, 2:38 PM
1. Improved snapping behavior! Perfectly implemented, and extremely helpful in avoiding inadvertent gaps. As others have said, so good, I can't go back now....

2. "Save As" with trimmed media improvements. Hasn't gotten a lot of press, but you can now recapture trimmed media files with the "recapture offline media" option. Before V7, if you chose the "save trimmed media" option, you lost the camera-original timecode, and so recapturing wasn't an option. This improvement has changed my whole workflow. I can now capture an entire DV tape, cut out the garbage using John Meyer's "cuts only" scripts, save trimmed media and delete the original files without worrying about losing archival integrity. (Veggie Toolkit gave you some options to do this, but this is much simpler in V7.) Also, audio tracks are now saved as part of an .AVI file, instead of a .WAV. There's also some new functionality related to saving and trimming other media file types, but I haven't had a chance to explore them. Basically, it seems this feature now works as it always should have and has therefore become much more useful.

3. Another hidden goodie: in V7 you can now display source timecode and media region names for events on the timeline. I find this information very helpful, but you can turn each display on or off if you find it too cluttered.

4. Saving multiple keyboard layouts and workspaces by name (rather than by number) is also a nice feature. I never could remember whether my dual monitor workspace layout was number 1 or number 2.

5. I haven't really thrown anything heavy duty at it yet, but it seems that SD preview to an external OHCI monitor is much more responsive (especially if you turn OFF the new option to display simultaneously on the computer preview window.) If HD preview is improved, it stands to reason that SD preview performance would be better, too. I'll be testing this more thoroughly soon, and will let you know what I find out.