Final Cut Pro X versus Premiere Pro CS6 by Oliver Peters

[Dave Jenkins]

Just don’t loose your internet access! No internet no Adobe Cloud programs.

Dajen Productions, Santa Barbara, CA
MacPro 3.2GHz Quad Core – AJA Kona LHe+
FCS 3 OS X 10.7.4
FCP X, Adobe CS6, Logic Pro, Squeeze, Filemaker 10.8.2

[Lance Bachelder]

I think as long as the suite is ACTIVATED on a machine it can run whether online or not. Of course it can’t be de-activated or updated until back online.

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
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[David Lawrence]

[Craig Seeman] “I don’t doubt Adobe’s schedule feature update schedule will pick up as they shift into online only software delivery.”

Online software delivery has absolutely nothing to do with software development speed or scheduling.

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[Chris Harlan]

Nice round up!

And, I agree about Apple’s updates. They certainly should be commended for putting in the catch-up effort, but there is nothing to suggest that that speed will become the norm. The had added incentive because of all the bad PR, and I’d be surprised–though impressed–if they kept up the speed.

[Craig Seeman]

[David Lawrence] “Online software delivery has absolutely nothing to do with software development speed or scheduling.”

It means they can deliver individual feature updates as they’re ready instead of waiting for a big release with disc replications and shipping.

[David Lawrence]

[Craig Seeman] “It means they can deliver individual feature updates as they’re ready instead of waiting for a big release with disc replications and shipping.”

They already do this with Adobe Updater. It’s been around for years.

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[Craig Seeman]

[David Lawrence] “They already do this with Adobe Updater. It’s been around for years.”

Not major feature updates.

[David Lawrence]

[Craig Seeman] “Not major feature updates.”

No technical reason why they couldn’t if they wanted to.

The speed at which developers are able to write code has nothing to do with how that code is ultimately delivered. Electronic delivery has been an option for years. Engineering, marketing and accounting priorities are the biggest drivers of release timing, not manufacturing.

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[Mark Dobson]

Thanks for that unbiased comparison Oliver. It just reaffirms my decision to stick with FCPX which as you point out in your article runs extremely well on the new maxed out 27″ iMac.

I would agree with you that the main purpose of the updates in the last 20 months has been to bring the product up to scratch and iron out stability issues. My work experience has become a lot less problematic with each update. I believe that we will see total integration with Logic and full round tripping with Motion in the near future. I also think that the colour correction module within FCPX will have a major update soon, It’s one of the items that has remained unchanged since launch.

I’ve got FCPX installed on 4 machines at the moment, my new iMac, a macbook Air that we do interview analysis with, a 5 year old 17″ MacBook Pro we take to client meetings and my newly semi retired MacPro which I’m keeping as a back up and to burn DVDs on. The key here is that these are all Apple machines. That’s the deal, use Apple software = use Apple machines.

Updating the software is a pain free experience, apart from the 3rd party plugins I’ve got installed which often take a while to update.

[Oliver Peters]

[Lance Bachelder] “I think as long as the suite is ACTIVATED on a machine it can run whether online or not. Of course it can’t be de-activated or updated until back online.”

I believe CC pings the mothership once every 30 days. If you are not connected you get a warning and a short grace period to connect.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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