On 8 Sep 2001 06:14:04 -0700, johnfromes@excite.com (John Fromes) wrote:

>I've been using the Raptor for over a year & the support is AMAZING.
>
>It works very well with Premiere 5.1c AND 6.0. I also have no troubles
>at all with Adobe After Effects. With a price of under $350, and the
>new Raptor REAL TIME, this is the best DV only capture card on the
>market bar none.

Add a Sony converter box or pass-through camcorder (useful
anyway for getting a full-sized, full-frame-rate monitor
overlay preview during editing), and analogue input is just
as easy... The codec is also faster than most others, with
less alteration of the image quality during rendering,
making the Raptor a bargain at $350. Even with the best
cheap OHCI card that includes Premiere, one must buy an
additional codec to approach the performance of the Raptor
(also a reasonable solution).