OT: Boris Red, After Effects 6, or Combustion 3?

shogo wrote on 10/28/2003, 9:29 AM
I am thinking of buying a serious compositing app for Roto- and more advanced text effects and so on, I am leaning towards Combustion but thought I would run it by you guys first. I love V4 but I just need more tools to really spice up some of my videos. I like the fact that Red integrates with V4, I like the tight integration of Adobe Products with After Effects 6, but I really like the interface of Combustion and a basic video editing while I am using it (Nice to make a quick change to clips if I made a mistake and would not need to render from V4 again). Also network rendering included free as well as RE:Flex™, free-form warper and morphing which used to be a add-on for $600. I am primarily doing music videos and maybe wedding stuff, what I really need it for is roto and special effects to create some awesome effects. They are all pricey but I need to spend the money so I can really separate myself from local competitors do any of you guys have any favorites or advice in a direction to go?

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TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/28/2003, 12:44 PM
Well, since After Effects requires you do render (or frameserve) from Vegas, and Vegas has some good compositing tools, I'd say Red. I've used the demo and it's nice, but to expensive for me. I wouldn't buy AE though. If I had the money I would by Red.
zcus wrote on 10/28/2003, 2:50 PM
I would recommend RED3 GL and a good graphics card - I got it and what a power house Vegas is with Boris and a good graphics card.