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Michael Wisniewski
May 10th, 2003, 08:41 PM
What other software do you use in addition to your NLE?

Alex Taylor
May 10th, 2003, 10:02 PM
I use After Effects sometimes, and Photoshop for some titles and graphics if I need them.

K. Forman
May 11th, 2003, 05:36 AM
Gee... what don't I use would be quicker :)
Premiere, of course, gets the most use, for video, compositing, and animation.

I use Photoshop for everything from color backgrounds to titles and animation. Illustrator comes in handy for fancy titles.

Infini-D 3D, for all sorts of stuff. Titles, virtual settings, even helps light scenes in the real world!

Sound Forge is the best for audio tweaking and mixing. It even works with video.

And that covers the tools I use the most. Of course, some jobs require other tools...

Richard Alvarez
May 11th, 2003, 07:14 AM
If you mean "Professionally" than that would be Scriptware for writing scripts.

Mike Rehmus
May 11th, 2003, 09:12 AM
NLE is Canopus RexEditRT
Photoshop
After Effects PB
Illustrator
Amorphium
MS Pro to import wierd formats & Rotoscoping
Poser
Cool 3D Studio
Canopus SpeedControl

Ed Smith
May 11th, 2003, 03:12 PM
I use:

- Premiere 6.5,
- Photoshop
- Reel DVD
- Acid music

and anything else I might decide I need when the time comes.

All the best,

Ed

Adrian Douglas
May 12th, 2003, 07:38 AM
As well as many of the apps mentioned above, I find Scenalyzer and Virtual Dub to be essential video utilities.

Nigel Moore
May 12th, 2003, 08:29 AM
In addition to my NLE (which is Premiere BTW), I use After Effects PB, Photoshop, Illustrator (better than the Premiere titler), and Cleaner XL.

Currently I mainly output to web (for which Cleaner is pretty much essential) and tape. But I have my eye on DVD and am thinking about Encore when it becomes available. But that's for the future! :)

K. Forman
May 12th, 2003, 09:03 AM
I agree Nigel, Encore does look intriguing. Of course, I doubt that I will find a single DVD app that will have ALL the features I want, without having to spend big money. I would like 5.1 and Dolby, and of course, motion chapter selection.

Dennis Adams
May 12th, 2003, 01:39 PM
<<<-- Originally posted by Keith Forman : I agree Nigel, Encore does look intriguing. Of course, I doubt that I will find a single DVD app that will have ALL the features I want, without having to spend big money. I would like 5.1 and Dolby, and of course, motion chapter selection. -->>>

If that's all you want, Vegas+DVD is a cheap upgrade from Vegas alone, and does all that stuff. Watch for special offers from time to time to Sound Forge, ACID, and Vegas owners.

///d@

Don Donatello
May 13th, 2003, 09:04 AM
commotion pro
combustion 2.1
sound forge 6
acid pro 4
final draft

Scott Osborne
May 13th, 2003, 07:42 PM
Premiere 6.5 w/ Matrox RT2500
AfterEffects 5.5 PB
PhotoShop 7
Illustrator
Sonic DVDit PE
Inscriber Title Motion
Canopus Procoder 1.2
Newtek Lightwave 7 (Just starting to learn it now)
Steinberg CubaseSX
Propellerheads Reason 2.5 (The new synths rock)
Steinberg WaveLab4
Synthetic Aperture Video Finnese 2
Synthetic Aperture Echo Fire
I will soon be getting SA Color Finnese as well

Ed Fiebke
May 15th, 2003, 12:10 PM
Sonic Foundry's DVD Architect (use a lot)
Photoshop 7 (use a lot)
Illustrator 10 (use a lot)
Emagic's Logic (LAWP) 5.51 (use every now and then)
Steinberg's SX 1.01 (use a lot)
Steinberg's Wavelab 4.0 (use a lot)
Steinberg's Halion, Virtual Guitarist & Virtual Guitarist Elec. Ed.
Sonic Foundry's Soundforge 6 (use rarely)
Caligari's trueSpace 6.5 (use every now and then)
Ulead's Cool 3D Studio (use a lot)
Ulead's DVD Workshop (use every now and then)
Macromedia's MX Suite (just for website management)

Also own several plug-ins mostly for audio and a few for video.

Scott Osborne
May 15th, 2003, 02:33 PM
Glad to see another guy out there using SX and WaveLab for Video Productions