Mike James
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Brian,
Had I found LE before finding FCP I’d still be on the PC. It is the “grass is greener” thing. I don’t know how Pinnacle kept this thing such a secret. Alex has yapped about it a bit on another thread and I am just amazed. But I’m pretty committed to the workflow on the Mac. FCP, Motion, DVDSP.
I’ve used Encore a bunch as well. I really like the program and the easy of menu creation between PS and Encore is so easy and seemless it is just crazy. But Alex is correct. You will top out and hit the wall with Encore.
If you are just looking for a decent Authoring app Encore fits the bill with no large learning curve. If you truly want to stay on the edge of authoring and really get your hands dirty, then hike up your shorts and check out DVD-Lab Pro. But be warned… there is a little bit more to fumble around with in the beginning. I’m just talking from an outsider’s perspective about DVD-Lab Pro. I’ve looked at the specs. It is actually cheap for the abilities it has. I paid $1300 for an app that can do spec level re-authoring and much of that re-authoring of DVDSP projects would not need to be done if you just first used DVD-Lab from the get go.
All that said, I know Adobe is set to release a new video collection in the Fall. I’ll be watching closely because I own the Adobe Video Collection, but since FCP/DVDSP I’ve not really touched it often (yawn). I just recently received an email from them which was a “survey” about what video and post production. It also had a few boxes for comments and requests.
I gave them a piece of my mind (I was semi-nice). Well I did say one really positive thing to them. I said it was the most professional level apps available to the world of wedding videographers. Premiere Pro and Encore DVD are two fun apps, but they can’t hang with FCP/DVDSP and they certainly can’t touch LE and DVD-Lab Pro.
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Keep ’em comin’
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If rather than asking where to find templates, folks would post what categories they want/need like Don just did, then maybe someone will fill the gap (hint, hint, wink, wink)
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For what catagories? “Templates” kinda covers the entire spectrum.
For weddings?
Corporate?
Broadcast?
Etc…What are you looking for?