On Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:24:18 GMT, "Roger Olney" wrote:

>Yes, EditDV handles a multi-camera shoot quite well.
[...]
>The keyframe thing in EditDV is done directly on the timeline. You put your
>effect on an FX track for the video track you want to modify. If you zoom
>the timeline so that you can see individual frame marks clearly, then you
>can put the timeline cursor where you want a keyframe and right click at
>that point in the FX track. When you are editing an effect, EditDV replaces
>the Program monitor with an FX monitor. Double clicking on the effect in
>the timeline opens its dialogue box. And you can view the animated effect
>in the FX monitor without having to render it. This is nice when you're
>trying to see how a 30 second rolling title works. For effects like PIP,
>you can simply drag the picture where you want it and to the size you want
>it in the FX monitor at each keyframe. And what you see in the FX monitor
>is the effect applied to the underlying video track. All effects in EditDV
>are keyframeable. I guess I find it more direct than Premiere's way of
>doing it.

Thanks for the info - EditDV does look interesting
(and I do prefer software that is "more direct" in
operation), and maybe I would even like it (though
I would need to get past the absolute ban on using
Quick Time we have around here, first...;-).

>Hope you're not buried under snow out there. We only got about three inches
>of powder. Not enough to bother with.

We survived...;-)