Which application you prefer: Scenarist HDMV or Blu-print?

[srfscenar]

Hi all.
My question is just for statistic!

What do you think of Scenarist HDMV and Blu-print?
Which one you use and which one think has more capabilities?

My personal opinion is that BPrint is WAY easier that Scenarist, imports files with just a click and has better control of some advanced features.

Thank you.

[rik1138]

As with DVD authoring software, Scenarist is much harder to learn and use... But you will be able to do a lot more with it (if you are into the tiny details of authoring).

Abstraction layer software (Blu-print) is always much easier to use, but it can limit some of the thing you may want to do...

If you are building just basic Blu-Ray discs, they both will work fine, it's just a matter of preference. I use Scenarist every day, so I'm much more fluent/familiar with it than BluPrint, so that would be my choice...

Scenarist (DVD and BD) is like assembly-language programming. You are basically writing the final disc image in a graphical interface. With BluPrint (or Spruce/DVD Studio/etc), you might be able to say 'place pop-up menu here' and the software handles the rest. :cool:

[srfscenar]

Thanks rik for your answer.
I am a SD Scenarist pro author for over 10 years and i must say that when i checked on HDMV it looked like i must start all over again. Totally different workspace and philosophy. On the other hand i was able to create a simple project in BluPrint the same day i checked it.
I believe that i will go to BP after all... i just hope SONY will continue updating...!

[rik1138]

Thanks rik for your answer.
I am a SD Scenarist pro author for over 10 years and i must say that when i checked on HDMV it looked like i must start all over again.

You should look into it a little closer then... HDMV authoring is very similar to SD authoring in Scenarist. I had a simple Blu-Ray project authored in the HDMV software in a matter of hours. If you are fluent in Scenarist SD, you should be able to pick up HDMV basics in a day or two. It even looks the same (Data editor with all your video/audio, Stream Editor where you place video/audio/subtitles on a timelline, Scenario editor which looks almost exactly the same as the SD one. Titles (VTS's), UOPs, linking commands...). Obviously you have learn about pop-up menus and such, but that would apply, to some degree, with any authoring software.

Granted, that also assumes you have your menus delivered in Sonic Designer format.

And, if you are in LA, you can pop over to the Sonic offices and get some hands-on training. :cool:

The real question would be: Do you _LIKE_ using Scenarist SD? If you love the program and authoring with it, you should look into Scenarist BD. If you are good at it, but only use because you have to, then maybe Blu-Print.

Of course, Scenarist can take a little bit of time with any project, if you just do basic BD work, Blu-Print might be a lot faster.

[Ghitulescu]

Hi all.
My question is just for statistic!

What do you think of Scenarist HDMV and Blu-print?
Which one you use and which one think has more capabilities?

My personal opinion is that BPrint is WAY easier that Scenarist, imports files with just a click and has better control of some advanced features.

Thank you.

Lots of people with money here ... :p

[rik1138]

Well, some of us work for companies with lots of money... :)

[Eric69]

The problem with Scenarist IMO is the Designer PS Workflow. Blu Print is so much more intuitive in the area of setting up menus. In and Out Effects are much more easier too.

[rik1138]

Yeah, if you have to do the graphics and authoring yourself, then the Designer thing can be another detail you have work through. Fortunately, the normal work flow is for the artist to output the Designer save out and deliver that to Authoring. Thus, I click 'import' and all my menus are built. It takes about a minute to do in/out effects (I can't imagine that being any easier/harder on any system), and I have to link button navigation, that's it... In Scenarist, there pretty much is no setting up of menu (except for button linking), you just import them. And the latest version of Designer even supports adding the button navigation, but I kind of think that's more than an artist should be responsible for...

I've learned how to do the Designer save out, and it can be a little tedious, but I think Sonic has created a bunch of scripts to help out. I think you can just do the slicing in Photoshop, and run it through a script or two to create the save out. Hopefully they are trying to make it easier/faster.