I'm not a technical expert, but I'm pretty comfortable using V6 to get it to do what I need it to do. I got the e-mail from Sony yesterday, and I was about to upgrade, but then I decided to check out the forums first...and I'm glad I did. I see that there are some problems that many people are dealing with, and I guess I wanted to see if I could understand them better, or at least identify what the problems/changes are so that I know if its a good idea for me to upgrade now or wait until some of these issues are worked out. I am going to try to phrase my questions in layman's terms...because...well I'm a layman. In skimming over some of the threads here are some of the questions/concerns I have:
1) Preview/Playback speed (FPS) - From what I have read, V8 does not preview the video as smoothly as V7 or V6. Is there a fix to this, or is this a problem with V8?
2) Render Speed - I'm also reading that rendering time has not improved, and in some cases is slower. People are still conducting render tests, but as of this point does anyone know why? I thought render time was going to be improved?
3) The 8-bit vs. 32-bit color issue - Apparently switching between 8-bit and 32-bit color changes the color and gamma of the video during preview and render? Forgive my ignorance on this, but what is the advantage to using 32-bit instead of 8-bit...color depth and accuracy? If so, wouldn't the solution be shooting your video with different color balance and exposure so that your final product is more accurate?
4) The New Titler - I don't know what the functionality of the new titler is, but obviously it has to be an improvement over what we currently have. I see complaining about it, but not alot of details about what it can and can't do. Would someone explain what about it was short of their expectations?
I think these are the major concerns that I have. I'm right in the middle of editing multiple weddings each having deadlines, so I'm a little weary of upgrading now unless I know what I'll have to deal wtih. I look forward to getting some feedback from you other Vegas users so I'll know if I should upgrade now or wait a little while...Thanks!
1) Preview/Playback speed (FPS) - From what I have read, V8 does not preview the video as smoothly as V7 or V6. Is there a fix to this, or is this a problem with V8?
2) Render Speed - I'm also reading that rendering time has not improved, and in some cases is slower. People are still conducting render tests, but as of this point does anyone know why? I thought render time was going to be improved?
3) The 8-bit vs. 32-bit color issue - Apparently switching between 8-bit and 32-bit color changes the color and gamma of the video during preview and render? Forgive my ignorance on this, but what is the advantage to using 32-bit instead of 8-bit...color depth and accuracy? If so, wouldn't the solution be shooting your video with different color balance and exposure so that your final product is more accurate?
4) The New Titler - I don't know what the functionality of the new titler is, but obviously it has to be an improvement over what we currently have. I see complaining about it, but not alot of details about what it can and can't do. Would someone explain what about it was short of their expectations?
I think these are the major concerns that I have. I'm right in the middle of editing multiple weddings each having deadlines, so I'm a little weary of upgrading now unless I know what I'll have to deal wtih. I look forward to getting some feedback from you other Vegas users so I'll know if I should upgrade now or wait a little while...Thanks!