I'm taking the plunge, putting aside my V5.0 version and jumping into the latest version of MC (8.5 I believe)
Before I do this I'd really appreciate your help
Since I'm starting from V5, I'm hoping you guys/gals can help me jump start and get up and running quickly without digging for the information of the updates on each of the versions.
I should say that I'm using old fashioned HD - no new formats etc - I'm hoping to find something more reliable, more efficient, easier and less error prone than using v5.
So here is what I'd like to hear
1. Gotchas - where are the stumbling blocks ? for example
- backwards compatibility
- problems keeping my previous version active
- new hardware requirements
- things that work totally differently and I need to relearn (I know the menus have been changed)
2. Wows
- The first features I should look at
- what problems will I now solve (my biggest headache is on the timeline - losing A/V sync, tracks that enable themselves, and in general things happening on the timeline that I don't expect)
- What will help me save time ? - I'm hoping to gain time using AMA (I have Canon .mts file which in V5 doesn't even always import properly), and rendering and other heavy things that happen in the background )
And of course any pointers to other resources
Many thanks
Yonatan