Re: Liquid's future by Paul Mitton on Jun 18, 2008 at 7:21:37 pm
I was thinking about getting a Mac tower, that way I'd have 2 computers, for the price of...... well, 2 computers. Can't run them at the same time, but you have the option.
Also, for $3000 you get 2 quad cores, not bad....
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Re: Liquid's future by Lew Schatzer on Jun 19, 2008 at 6:33:27 pm
As far as Liquid's future goes. This is the final release of Liquid as we know it. A patch is coming to fix some issues, especially problems with DX10 video cards, but that is it. A new product to replace Liquid is in the works and due out in about a year or so. Basically, it will be a very different product from what we have now and no real information on what it will be like is available yet. It is being aimed at the "videographer" market according to Jan Piros of Pinnacle. Not sure exactly what that means.
Avid is currently offering a $1000 discount to those who want to trade up to Avid Media Composer from Liquid. You need to contact an Avid reseller to take advantage of this offer. You cannot get the discount offer through the Avid estore. This is an upgrade to Media Composer Ver. 3 which has just been released and also includes Sonic DVDit, Sorenson Squeeze and Boris Continuum Complete in the package. That makes this a very good deal if you want to move to Media Composer. The offer expires at the end of September. Both the PC and MAC versions are included so you do not need BootCamp to run it.
Re: Liquid's future by Gary Bettan on Aug 8, 2008 at 1:30:20 pm
You have several options for Mac editing that include some nice discounts.
1) Final Cut Studio 2 is the obvious choice if you are going over to the Mac. You don't mention what format you use, but if you want inexpensive I/O hardware to go with it check out the BlackMagic Intensity Pro card. it's under $350 and you can save even more when you buy it bundled with FCS2 http://www.videoguys.com/fcs2bundles.html
2) Liquid owners are being offered a $1000 discount on Media Composer 3. That's a pretty nice deal. gets you in at $1495. It's expensive, but worth it. You can check out a bunch of Liquid to MC tutorials here http://www.gaijin-eyes.com/tutorials/xyz/migrate00.htm
3) Lets face it, almost everyone who edits video owns either After Effects, Photoshop or an old version of Premiere. Adobe is offering some very aggressive pricing on what they call there point product upgrade to Production Premium CS3. Normally $1199, it's now available for under $1000 and even better - Final Cut owners can save an additional $200 via mail in rebate! http://www.adobe.com/special/finalcutpro/
Hope that helps. Sorry the response is a little late.
Gary
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