Marc Istook
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I use FCP and Vegas both heavily. I find pros/cons with each. The following are listed randomly as they came to me……
I love FCP’s power and the fact that it renders very clean DV video, even with text overlays, etc. Vegas tends to want to resample that footage, giving the rendered product a progressive look sometimes.
I love Vegas’ ability to play video while you’re working in the timeline — something you can’t do in FCP. For instance, I enjoy watching my timeline while I save, move tracks around, etc., and Vegas keeps on playing. FCP doesn’t – it stops playback when you do just about anything other than simply watch it. And Vegas’ playback is much closer to Real Time (in my opinion) than FCP.
FCP’s interface for resizing/moving video is much easier to use (in my opinion) than Vegas. It uses percentage to scale video and seems much more intuitive than Vegas’ interface, especially to people that have used Premier or After Effects for moving/sizing video.
Vegas has envelopes to control video speed, audio levels, etc., that are much easier to use than FCP. And if you want to slow-mo footage that is already in your timeline — Vegas is much easier.
I find FCP’s user interface somewhat clunky and their capture utility unpredictable. Color correction is great though.
I like Vegas’ transitions more than FCP.
Overall, staying in the PC environment and utilizing some of the “right click-ability” makes Vegas a better choice for me. They’re both great products and FCP (obviously) is one of the industry standards. But you get amazing bang for your buck with Vegas — it’s worth a look.
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I installed the update that was most recent — a week and a half ago it was 6.0a, I believe. How long has 6.0b been out?
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After much digging, I luckily happened upon a sound card setting that allowed multi-channel audio to be directed where Vegas’ sound mapping sent it. Why this isn’t the default setting, I have no idea. But 5.1 is up and running. Thanks!
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I’m new to DVDA period, and have just started using DVDA3. Is there anyplace I can find some tutorials/tips/hints/ticks? I’d like to learn to create really motion heavy menus, etc, and would love some guidance. Thanks!
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I’ve found some similar problems with Vegas using 24p footage… Something you might try:
In the preferences dialogue box — uncheck the ‘remove pulldown for 24p footage’ box…
if the video is in DV format and looks normal during playback, then it’s actually 29.97 footage with a pulldown added (2:3 or 2:3:3:2). When Vegas tries to remove the pulldown you might get unexpected results.
That *might* work… Good luck!
Marc