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5D Footages and Adobe Premiere Pro. Should I go for the new Mac Pro? or iMac?
Hello, everyone!
I have a question regarding editing with Adobe Premiere Pro.
For 2 reasons,↓
1. I work with more Canon 5D footages lately,
(I hear Pr can edit QuickTime movie with h.264 codec natively.)2. FCP7 seems like a dying software for professional editing use,
(FCPX doesn’t seem like a editing software for a professional production.)I’m thinking of changing my editing software to Adobe Premiere Pro.
I’m also thinking of upgrading my more than 3-yr old iMac to
either the newest iMac or new Mac Pro Tower.If I only use, FCP7 which deals with 32bit/4G RAM/only 1 processor core,
I think iMac is better in terms of Cost/Performance ratio.Would that be the same with Premiere Pro?
Also, can anyone tell me the difference of the processing speed
(Rendering, Exporting, Effect handling)
between iMac and Mac Pro?When one software uses only 4G RAM and 1 core, why is it that important to have
a better machine to work with?Mikiko Katsuno
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1 Reply
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[Mikiko Katsuno] “1. I work with more Canon 5D footages lately,
(I hear Pr can edit QuickTime movie with h.264 codec natively.)”Yep. It does.
[Mikiko Katsuno] “FCPX doesn’t seem like a editing software for a professional production.)”
Totally false.
Computers?
I would get a Mac Pro because the h.264 footage is pretty intense compression and you’ll want lots of horsepower to deal with it.Workflow: Adobe uses a new workflow model. Basically it goes like this:
1. Prelude (to deal with footage)
2. Bridge (to name it and metadata mark up)
3. Premiere Pro for additional metadata markingFCPX is more straightforward; it has the same three things inside the app, not different apps:
1. Import/proxy or optimize button
2. Events and Libraries
3. KeywordsThe other discussions about computers are in the Final Cut Pro X The Debate Forum. If you search there, you will find more information than you can read in one day 🙂
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