Edius

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Diego,
I haven’t worked with Edius, but I know is a very good and solid application (GVG), although, for what I’ve heard, FC is better.
However Edius works only on PC, so is not just a change of software but platform.
Running away from FC I would go PP, no Edius.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Rocco Rocco]

Fascinating. I thought I knew all the editing software out there, but just learned a new one!!

One of the benefits of using popular software, like FCP, is that when you stumble across a problem there’s a massive user base online. So much so that you can just Google your error window or what-not and you’ll find a solution within 10mins.

Also, if they need freelancers, the FCP talent pool is so huge when you make the call it’ll be like opening sales day at Barneys. “Edius Freelancers”? Cut to: sound of crickets…

[Jason Jenkins]

[Diego Grande] “Is there anyone out there who has experience with both FCP and Edius? Any feed back, good, bad or otherwise, would be greatly appreciated.”

I’ve used both. What Edius has going for it is mixed format/resolution/framerate editing in real-time. And I mean real real-time –as in NO rendering. If you routinely use multiple flavors of video on a single timeline, it is worth a look. I understand it is very popular in newsrooms because of its speed.

Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!

[Rafael Amador]

[Rocco Forte] “Fascinating. I thought I knew all the editing software out there, but just learned a new one!!”
Hi Rocco,
In our Mac world, we often miss what’s going on the PC world.
I think that Adobe has rebuilt PP no just to fight back FC, but mostly because in the PC world, since a few years ago, was a huge migration to Edius.
The developers (Grass Valley) are no newcomers to this business.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Rocco Rocco]

One day I’ll pull my head out of the rock ;o)

I have heard good things about PP however; I’d be curious to go back to it after 10 years for sure…

[Tom Matthies]

In a nutshell, good for News. Not so much for Production.
You’re not working for a Young Broadcasting station are you? Last I heard is that was their plan-to install Edius systems company wide and dump whatever else was in use-mostly Final Cut/Mac systems.
If so, the production guys at the local Young station in this market are not very thrilled about loosing their Final Cut systems either. Decisions based on the bottom line are not always good decisions for those involved in the aftermath.

Faster! Better! Cheaper!
Pick any two.

[Rafael Amador]

For what I see in the GVG web site, with the correct hardware, becomes a powerful solution.
I think that people that used to work with ” Aurora” will give some credit to this system.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Diego Grande]

Thank you all very much for your input everyone! I’m afraid I can’t go into too much more detail at this time, but everyone’s posts have been most helpful, and I will be back if more questions arise.

[Dixon Johnston]

Uh…yes, I work for Young Broadcasting. They want to replace my 2 older FCP 5 systems with Edius despite heavy resistance. I am, lets say “boiling”. My team creates tons of client advertising, and we’ve developed a good reputation in the area for having solid production from script to screen. We effort about 35% of our stuff from scratch and graphics. No shooting-just stills, running footage and a ton of Motion and Boris Red comps. This is my biggest fear about a change over. What are compositing advantages and limitations of Edius? What kind of encouragement can anyone offer to help me wake from this nightmare?

Dixon Johnston
Creative Services Director-WRIC

Aquisition: P2 500, Beta SX & SP
Edit: FCP-AJA IO-SD-HD 720P

[Andy Mees]

Don’t do it. Edius is an edit system only, has zero effective compositing capabilities. For editing it is absolutely fine, for compositing you’ll need/want to use After Effects.