Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 7.0 Features Compared to Premiere

[Jerry Jones]

Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 7.0 features compared to those of Adobe Premiere 6.5:

http://www.ulead.com/msp/compare.htm

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[jeepman]

Nice upgrade pricing this time. I can finally use my legal MSP 5.0 to get to 7.0 for only $229 when the download is available!

[Ray Austin]

Thanks for the link.......

They have this listed....


"Real-time Preview"
(System-Dependant)


Is this really RT preview? Or was it put in there for Adobe's benefit because that's what they have??? Like say for example I exceed the RT capabilities and I rendered to file how long would it take???[I realize this is system dependant so give me an example if possible.]

By my understanding RT is not RT Preview and vice versa.... this is either a poor choice of words they used or something isn't adding up here.

Can some one shed some light on this???

Thanks

[Hulk]

Ray,

There is a thread around here where I asked Doc exactly how "deep" in video tracks he could go and still remain real time on his system. I think it was about 5 video tracks. And I believe he has a XP2600+

Of course YMMV depending on computer and project.

The best thing to do would probably be to try out the demo and see if it lives up to your expectations. No matter what anyone says it can do, what it WILL do on your system, with your project, is the bottom line.

I'd like to check it out, but unfortunately, I have a analog connection and a 9 hour uninterupted download would require a great deal of luck!

-Mark

[Brian Ellis]

Yes, it is real-time preview with a fastish machine. I have a 1.6 Gb Pentium, which is under spec for RT, and it is OK for light RT (2 or 3 deep with simple transitions). The system warns me with a white to red line (5 levels) when I'm likely to run into RT preview problems. With red and dark pink, I know for sure that it will be less than perfect. With light pink, I can get away with it, with a second or two pause before the preview. With white, it's fine.

OTOH, I'm sure that if Adobe produced a comparison list like Ulead's, they would also choose the features that showed Premier up as superior (even if their list was much shorter ).

[Duty]

Is changing from Premiere to MSPro tough?

[Kris1]

No, not really. The overall logic of the programs isn't that different. Going from MSP to P6's is harder I believe, as many things you (start) taking for granted in MSP are not there in P6.

And that's the opinion of a P6.5 user. (Me that is).

Kris

[Hulk]

Brian,

What is the system spec from Ulead for RT in MS Pro 7?

-Mark

[Dr Mordrid]

A P4 2.0 or an AthlonXP 2000+ with 512 MB, a dualhead display card and a 7200 RPM HDD. I did most of the beta with the system below, but using an AthlonXP 2000+.

That said the faster the better, with an HT or dualie system being the butter zone since MSPro7 supports both, bigtime.

Display wise Matrox DH G-cards or a Parhelia using DVDMAX are just too cool with it.

More details....

Dr. Mordrid

[Hulk]

Doc,

Will my g450etv work to provide previews to a TV?

Also, has there been any improvements in RT when using still images with moving paths on them, zooming, etc...?

I would download the trial except I'm on an analog connection!

-Mark

[Hulk]

Doc,

One more thing, will my current projects that are a work-in-progress import into version 7 without any problems?

-Mark

[Dr Mordrid]

On a decent system MSP7 just flat flies vs. 6.x. One of the guys on my DMN forum reports that it's very hot with a dualie 1800+. Here's his thread;

MSP7 Smokes!

The G450-eTV in DVDMAX mode works fine here, as do the G400-DH and Parhelia....which is really the DVDMAX butterzone.

I've done all manner of image zooms, slides & tumbles with images up to 4500x3000 (depending on CPU speed) with an MP3 music track being realtime exported to IEEE-1394 as DV Audio. I've even done a few with a background video & chromakey behind the slideshow in RT. Nice trick.

BTW: previously MSPro could only load in a 4096x4096 image. During the beta I loaded in a 16,000x12,000 image as a test. Not RT for sure....and it needed a gig of RAM....but image size limits are now gone from any practical standpoint.

I've had no problems importing old projects so far....but as they say; never say never

If I were you I'd start the DL and do it overnight or while you're at work so you can play

Dr. Mordrid

[Brian Ellis]

Hulk

For work in progress, I would strongly recommend to NOT change to v. 7.00 until you have rendered your file in 6.52. The DVP files are not necessarily compatible, because some major feature changes, such as the titler, are simply not the same. Of course, if you render the 6.52 file and then import it into 7.00, it will be tough to try and change it back again.

As 6.52 and 7.00 can peacefully co-exist (just use different directories), then the problem of intercompatibility of work in progress is much easier to handle. IOW, the best idea is to start new projects in 7.00 ans stay with 6.52 for projects already started.

[Dr Mordrid]

Brian; I've loaded in old titles and had them work nicely, but some render slowly which is why I'm re-writing the MSPro speed test. What specific problem did you note?

Dr. Mordrid

[Brian Ellis]

Doc

Yesterday, someone reported on MUG-SW that rolling titles done on 6 hiccupped on 7. I quickly tried this and the 6 dvp did not work well in 7.