Edius continues to deliver on that front. What we care most about is performance and stability. Once we get used to using an editor we'd rather not have the controls and UI change too much. We expected Edius 7 to have an updated UI mainly for aesthetic reasons but it looks the same as Edius 6-6.5 and the only way we could tell the difference at first glance was an updated splash screen when Edius 7 launches. GPU accelerated transitions and effects look really good and preview in real time.
By the way, we were able to install Edius 7 on both our field production PC and our studio workstation using the same serial number without any problems. On both systems we only experienced 1 crash and none since updating version 7.2 of Edius. Render times were longer of course but Edius 7 does a good job of maximizing the use of available resources. We also tested Edius 7 on a quad core i7 laptop with 8GBs or memory and it performed very well cutting in the field. Our roughly two year old test system with dual hex core XEONs, SSDs, 24GB of memory and Quadro K4000 provided excellent real time performance. Cutting C300 footage in Edius 7 is easy.Įdius 7 will take advantage of multiple CPU cores, memory and GPU power. Sometimes other NLEs choke on the Canon XF codec resulting in a slower workflow. We like seeing that green progress bar float across the screen. Edius is smart enough to scan all folders once you point it to the root. All of these formats edit like butter in Edius and the Canon XF codec and multi-folder creation of the MXF wrapper is not a problem. Today, the majority of our work is shot using the C300, 5D Mark III and various P2 cams. The layouter in Edius makes this super easy.
In the meantime the ability to have multiple framings and play with the extra pixels in 4k while delivering in 1080p is a real luxury. Sure, we're not there yet in terms of 4k playback but it's coming. You'll be seenig a lot more slow motion in reality TV as a directy result of this camera. We're seeing this camera more and more on reality shoots. We're starting to see interest in 4k pick up especially with the new found love affair with the Sony FS700. Grass Valley has done a good job of keeping up with codecs and formats over the years. So it appears the 3rd party plug-in support will be there for Edius 7 going forward although we’d like to see more at launch.Įdius 7 is 4k ready.
Plug-in vendor, NewBlue has said an update to Titler Pro is in the works while proDAD has already released service packs for some of its plug-ins.
You quickly realize how handy a plug-in like Colorfast or Titler Pro is when you no longer can use it.
The bad news is anyone upgrading from recent versions such as 6 or 6.5 will have to get new plug-ins for Edius 7 or wait for current plug-ins to be upgraded to 64-bit. The good news is Edius 7 should benefit from a more open platform going forward.