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FCPX – Should we move to Premiere???
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Hi All,
Again, very good incite. I am having a lot of fun hearing people’s thoughts and opinions! I maybe didn’t realise the can of worms I would crack open. ????
[Ben McCarthy] “”Why not let the editors use what they want to use, there’s ways of getting FPCX projects into Premiere and Visa Versa?””
Ben, In answer to your question we have a lot of projects that get revisited for amends months down the line that need doing immediately. With 80% on FCPX and 20% on Premiere when that project needs quick changes, undoubtedly the editor that was on Premiere is either on holiday or too busy on another project. This is why I feel we need cohesion across the board is necessary.
You may ask, for the projects that are signed off never to be revisited again, is some editors using Premiere fine? Yes, I suppose. Although it does make for messy Post-Production Workflows. E.g When using and backing up a NAS for centralised storage.
Alex James
TINY ARK
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[Bill Davis] “”My real suggestion. For six months, let the Premiere editors cross train the X guys in Premiere and let your best X editors cross train the Premiere guys in X.
Then buy a case of beer throw a party and let THEM decide.””
This could be a plan!
Alex James
TINY ARK
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Since you specifically brought up revisions to prior work, Alex-
In my opinion this tilts things wildly towards FCP X.
I’ve never experienced a software approach that’s more “revision friendly” than X is.
If your past projects storage/archive systems are properly configured (actually required for any NLE workflow!) My experience has been that revisiting and revising historic projects in X is usually around 50-90% faster than in my old non-magnetic editing days.
Part of this is how X is structured as the central hub of your work with assets like titles and sounds embedded rather than linked from separate programs – as well as the whole magnetic timeline thing making it super easy to make changes to one part of a project without affecting anything else.
Finally, all the database linkage in elements like the timeline index, let you make lots of project wide batch changes really quickly.
As awesom as X is as an editor, I honestly think it’s twice as strong as a “revisioner” of prior work – by design.
FWIW.
Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
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[Bill Davis] “In my opinion this tilts things wildly towards FCP X.”
I would also add that Alex mentioned they are doing a lot of their audio post within FCPX, treating it like a DAW. It would seem that perfect interchange between rooms and operators would be critical in that case. I don’t really think it would be a good idea to cut in Premiere, convert to X, and then do audio in X. Going from Premiere to ProTools would be more straightforward. In this case, it also makes sense to stay inside the same app.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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Hey Alex! … can you be reached elsewhere? I have a proposition that may or may not be of interest to you in this context, but your site doesn’t list an email (for you) and the forum has no messaging system to speak of ????. Cheers.
– RK
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Alex..btw FANTASTIC show reel — you doing great work
Andy Field
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Totally agree, you are doing some amazing work Alex. Happy to hear you will stick with FCP X. Any chance you will be coming to IBC this year?
– Ronny
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Thanks, Ronny and Andy, We do try.
Being based in Dublin we went to BVE earlier this year but we will have to try and sway the guys to get us to Amsterdam in September! Will let you know for sure if we end up going.
Alex James
TINY ARK
http://www.tinyark.com
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