Way OT: Ultra in Adobe CS3 .... virtual sets?

dand9959 wrote on 9/26/2007, 10:44 PM

I have an opportunity to acquire CS3 for no out-of-pocket expense of my own. Being solely a Vegas dude, I'm somewhat at a loss of where to begin using the suite.

For example, I already have Ultra + virtual set library 1, and use it often. but, what virtual set libraries come with the version of Ultra now in the CS3 suite?

On a big-picture note, a question for those of you who own and use both Vegas and the CS3 suite....which tool(s) do you prefer and for what reasons?

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Jeff_Smith wrote on 9/26/2007, 11:38 PM

Funny you should mention it. Last week I was given CS3 Master Collection. The last thing I am inspired to work with is Premiere. Everytime I try it, I get pissed off and I am reminded how much I really like Vegas. Adobe integration is cool, but I am not interested in starting over to learn the premiere workflow.

But, I really want to learn AE, amazing program, quite a learning curve and that is really all I can take at once. If I learn AE, Vegas PTT may not get much use.

Day to day I will use Photoshop and Acrobat pro.
I would like to learn Contribute, InDesign, Ultra, Flash, but probably won't happen for a while.

Don't have a lot of need for Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Soundbooth, Encore, On Location

To sum it up, for now I am only interested in AE, PS and Acrobat and maybe Ultra.

jday wrote on 9/27/2007, 5:23 AM

Ultra CS3 comes only with Virtual Set LIbrary 1. Just like from Serious Magic, the other sets are sold separatelyl.

[r]Evolution wrote on 9/28/2007, 11:02 AM

I've always had better results using Pictures I've taken with a Camera over the Ultra BG's. The Ultra BG's look a bit too 'Cartoon-ish' for me.

With the exception of being able to use the Motion/Dolly shots in Ultra... I tend to get a more realistic look if I take or find good quality Pictures of my BackGround and light my talent to match the environment.

The Adobe Suite is Sweet! I tend to bounce around between Vegas, FCP, & PremierePro... and I'm yet to find something I can do on one and not the other.(with the exception of the cool templates that ship w/ FCP & Premiere)

Xander wrote on 9/28/2007, 11:33 AM

I use Photoshop all the time.

Again, I would like to get a grasp of AE - expressions looks like the way to go. Managed to successfully render an AVI using the 10bit YUV Sony codec from Vegas 8. Opened it in AE, added some timecode overlay and rendered it back to the 10bit YUV Sony codec, which sucessfully opened in Vegas 8!

Also plan to learn Dreamweaver, etc, but there are only so many hours in the day. As Vegas fills my editing needs, I will put Premier at the bottom of the list of things to learn.