I played with DaVinci Resolve 10 all day yesterday, as Shaun pointed out, a fairly weak system as of yet, I found myself missing Premiere. To be fair, it was very nice to jump right into Resolve's color correction and do far better color treatment then Premiere, but as far as editing, it is missing some key elements that make my editing fast, streamline. I tried FCPX again, found myself missing Premiere. In other words, if I could only address the unacceptable crashings from Premiere, I'd stick with it for a while longer. DaVinci however, may mature in the near or distant future, I'd like to keep an eye on it.

My understanding of Resolve's editing is that it's an online feature, intended to make adjustments or changes without going back to the off line editor.

Bryan: it's certainly a grey area, based on the folks I've heard singing its praises but that is how I would currently describe what I saw at the demo, admittedly a brief exposure. Then again, whoever thought taking a dSLR and turning it into a moviemaking device was a good idea and it DID catch on...

I suspect it would depend very much on what you intend to edit on it and the complexity of the projects. All NLEs have their strengths and weaknesses. Just as DSLRs can do certain things, but are not so good at other things. It's early days and Vegas started out as an audio editing program, so they may add more editing functions to it over time.

Shaun,

I was kidding about everything I said in that post except the part about not going to CC.

The video toaster was something I wanted but never owned. It never made it off of my wish list. Who can forget the classic "Charlie's Angles" wipe.

Media 100 was used and respected by a lot of editors in it's day.

Hi-8 - I loved it. In fact a just gave a Sony Hi-8 camcorder to a friend of mine last month. The camera cost me $1,00.00 in it's day. Then I found a box of tapes in my AV bone yard I never digitized. It is scary to think about what might be on them. I will probably borrow the camera back to see if there is anything I want....maybe not. The only certainty is that I will be faced with seeing that I was not as good as I thought I was back then!

After reading so many good comments about Sony Vegas I have decided that will be the direction I am going to go.

Steve

Shaun,

I was kidding about everything I said in that post except the part about not going to CC.

Hey Steven, I wasn't being contrary or argumentative (as strange as that may seem to some) - I was just continuing a conversation, possibly a bit stream-of-consciousness mixed with nostalgia.

Yep, I know we were both "getting it". Sometimes I just can't refrain from being a smart A** and people that don't know me wonder what the hell I'm talking about.

There is two Sony SV0 2000 S-VHS decks still hooked up on the top shelf of my edit bay. Every time I think about retiring them to the bone yard some client hands me some old VHS tapes they want digitized so the decks stay there. It happened last month. Archiving is not a service I offer, but I do anything my clients ask of me. Some day I might count all of the format and equipment changes I have worked with. The number is probably bigger than I think. The funny thing is I can still remember going WOW as I worked with each one for the first time.

Steve

It is funny when Premiere was new and considered for beginners I defended Adobe saying for the money it was a good choice. When Premiere went pro and was called a feeble attempt to rip off Final Cut Pro, I stood fast with Premiere update after update patch after patch fix after fix crash after crash. I knew they would eventually have a pro package. When six came out I knew that my loyalty had payed off. I had spent the time and money to learn Premiere and, I was appointed an Adobe Ambassador. Well like Bengaussi I feel like no one is looking out for me so.. I am leaving my post before the inevitable takes place. If anyone starts looking for me I will be in Vegas!