Questions about which software to use for a particular situation. Be sure to bring your research about your specific situation to the question. Keep in mind that asking someone to do your research and shopping for you will likely be considered off-topic.
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Adobe After Effects vs. Final Cut Express for chroma keying
Which is better for chroma keying, Adobe After Effects or Final Cut Express and why?
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Environments in which to stage an animated scene
I'm looking to shoot a short computer-based set of scenes, however I'm not sure what suitable (3D) engines/environments would be available to facilitate this.
I'm aware of the Source engine, in which ...
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MAX/MSP vs Cubase
I am interested about sound synthesis and music production. I came across max/msp and cubase and they seem to be the de facto standards in this field. I would like to have some recommendation about ...
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How to burn HD videos with menu system onto DVD media?
I'll be getting a HD editing rig soon at my studio where we make mostly corporate AVs. So far our format is PAL SD and usually the delivered product is a MPEG or AVI as the client demands. ...
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How does Apple Motion compare to Adobe After Effects?
I am looking at Apple Motion and Adobe After Effects. How to they compare to one another? What are the pros and cons of each?
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Professional text animation software
In addition to Adobe Flash, what other tools people usually use to make text animations.
By text animation I mean, like animations that has a narration and word or letters from the narration dance on ...
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What Beginner Video Editing Software Should I Use?
I need to edit a HD video file. I will need to zoom, pan and insert text. Also, I will need to insert small video clips into the main file (eg. zoom to a black TV screen and insert video to that TV ...
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Recording multiple applications (on different VAC lines) to multiple tracks
I have set up a PC (Windows 7x64) with 3 Lines in Virtual Audio Cable. Each line has one program using it as it's output device (total of 3 programs running) the physical device is just on-board ...
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How to create music throughly inside computer, without using live instrument sounds? What do I need?
I have some themes, and I'd like to expand them and make some songs out of them. However, I can't afford studios and players and I'm just an ordinary guitar player. I'd like to create music totally ...
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Software advice - for creating animations
I need to make a sort of animation. Not that I am going for same feel or style but I would like to make something that is sort of similar to the animated sequences in "Monty Pyhton's Flying Circus".
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