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- Steve Soltz wrote:
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- > Its amazing how timely some of the subjects are on this list. I will
- >be purchasing a Raptor with a PVR, SR MachIII and of course lightwave next
- >week. I have a couple of questions.
- >1. Will I be getting a pre-release version of Lightwave?
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- hi steve,
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- we received LW 4 rev A with our system. i called newtek for a newer
- version and they said deskstation was handling distribution of the alpha
- versions. i contacted deskstation and they said they would send after
- verifying something with our dealer.. haven't received anything yet.
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- btw, i have previously been using lightwave & the PAR on the amiga. the
- raptor really rips in comparison. you'll love the increase in speed.
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- >2. I think that I am convinced that the PVR has excellent quality but
- >someone said something on the list like 'too bad there isn't a REAL
- >non-linear editor available yet-maybe at NAB...'. Would anybody out there
- >respond to the charge that SR Mach III isn't a REAL NLE?
- >... (snip)
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- for much of the last six weeks i've been editing with SR3, and it never
- once occurred to me that i wasn't doing "real" non-linear editing.
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- we took delivery of a Raptor/PVR/SR3/LW system about two months ago.
- we had problems getting it to work out-of-the-box, but this was due to the
- micropolis hard drives apparently 'dying' during shipment. working through
- our dealer, micropolis replaced the drives immediately.
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- we use a sony uvw-1800 betaSP vtr with the pvr, using the component ins &
- outs. the pvr quality is very good. the results i'm getting are equal to
- the quality of our main editing room that uses composite betaSP and
- one-inch.
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- SR3 is a pretty powerful edit system. there are still bugs in it. it has a
- very full set of professional features, tho some aren't fully functional
- yet. but in:sync seems to be hard at work on the problems. i've talked to
- tech support three times, and each time received a new software revision.
- so, at this point, i'd agree that SR3 is in its infancy and the software
- isn't fully matured yet. nevertheless, i'm turning out finished video
- projects with it.
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- i've been working fulltime in video production for over ten years. i
- haven't used an avid or a cube so i can't personally compare SR3/PVR with
- them. but we couldn't afford those systems when it came time to purchase
- either. so, all things considered, i'm quite pleased so far with our
- investment in the Raptor/SR3/PVR/LW.
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- Dave Tong
- UIdaho Video Center
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