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Premeire Pro VS Final Cut Express
Anybody have an opinion on what is the best to use for general editing and for creating DVDs? I see that Premeire comes with Encore to create DVDs but Final Cut express needs
another program (iDVD or other) to author…I am starting a Masters program and have to make a choice on what to use, now.
I currently use After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator.
I’m on a Mac.Thanks for the input.
Brian
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If you use After Effects, the advantages of using Premiere Pro and After Effects together with Dynamic Link are more than enough to make the decision, but you need the entire Production Premium in order to get Dynamic Link. also, After Effects plays very well with Encore.
There is a special Academic price.
Steven
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First off, FCP Express is a “lite” version of FCP and PPro is the full version of the software, so overall, it probably isn’t fair to put the two head-to-head for an overall feature comparison…
On the DVD authoring…I think the NLEs are getting out of that personally. I see less and less of that capability on the timeline in the NLE and more and more NLEs bundled with, or at least heavily discounted in combination with, authoring apps. I personally think that’s OK.
PPro needs Encore, and Encore comes in the box…FCP Express needs iDVD, which comes with your Macintosh, right?
There IS one alternative…Premiere Elements does author from the timeline with menus, etc…and it edits DV or HDV (no other settings…alas, it costs 129.00 USD or some such thing).
I guess it depends on how much you want to spend (I believe pretty much all the software manufacturers have student pricing that make most of us want to take a class), and what’s most important to you I suppose…
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
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Does not the institution you’re at have editing? (Maybe not, there are lots of Masters programs that you might want video for) If so, what is supported at the school? At least you could poke at it for a day or two and see if you like it. Then try a demo of the other. NLEs can be a very personal choice. There are still some things i really miss about Velocity (a DPS/Leitch editing system).
I would venture to say that all current NLEs are quite capable. And quite capable of frustrating you in the middle of a project… all of ’em.
-jeff
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[Jeff Brown] “quite capable of frustrating you in the middle of a project”
Ain’t that the truth!?!
Steven
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