What functionality are you looking for? AJA/BMD/MATROX all offer hardware up conversion and down conversion…and HD cross conversion.
“Who knows maybe FCPX or Avid can get even more functionality out of 3rd party devices than Premiere Pro.” What does Premiere do to them beyond that? In what way? Their intended purpose is to input and output a video signal.
“Premiere Pro just pushed both devices beyond their intended purpose. So FCX doesn’t do this…it only uses IO hardware for output to monitors.Īvid…captures, outputs…Adobe Premiere…captures/outputs…and they all use AJA, Blackmagic Design, Matrox (Although Matrox options are getting fewer and far between).īut capturing ProRes or DNxHD via hardware cards…there really isn’t much difference.
With more creative options and real-time, no-render editing of all popular SD, HD and even 4K formats, EDIUS Pro 8 is THE most versatile and fastest nonlinear editing software available. And while it is VERY rare to shoot on tape anymore, there is a lot of footage that exists on tape that is needed to capture for archival type shows. EDIUS Pro 8 is the perfect finishing tool for professional productions, including documentary and 4K theatrical productions. FCX doesn’t believe that tape exists anymore. The only way to get non-DV/HDV footage into FCX via a capture card is to use the Capture Card’s own capture software. “but I hope someone will post the results using FCPX or Avid with video capture cards from AJA or Matrox”įirst off, FCX doesn’t capture from tape…unless it’s DV or HDV, and when it does that, it only does it via firewire. Maybe someone will post the results using FCPX or Avid using video capture cards fro AJA or Matrox. I am not sure what the results for FCXP, Resolve or Avid would be but it would be interesting to know. Premiere was able to get a little more functionality with both devices over Edius 8.0 although Edius 8.2 is out now. The Intensity does do all forms of Broadcast compliant HD but if you wanted to do 1920 X 800 for a website it could output the video to a 16:9 HD monitor but it would look funky. They used to sell DV converters for $110.00 but they have become a thing of the past. You could out put 1800 X 800 and the aspect ration would be correct although it would be down converted to 720 X 480. With Premiere Pro it can also output any resolution and any aspect ration to SD. That is true but the Canopus ADVC 110 is easier to use if all you wanted to do was capture VHS tapes. “Well, since the Intensity Shuttle can do HD, and the Canopus is limited to SD…specifically DV…stands to reason that the Intensity would be better.”