Premiere to FCPX. Should i??????

[Ronny Courtens]

Some cameras such as the C100 indeed fail to properly flag the recorded video and as a result the field order of the imported clips can get wrongly interpreted by an NLE (not only by FCPX for that matter).

If you have shot progressive video using the C100 and you see that FCPX has interpreted the video as interlaced: select all the clips in the Browser and in the Inspector > Info tab set “Field Dominance Override” to Progressive. Easy as that.

For the rest I concur with everything said above: FCPX is an NLE you definitely should consider.

– Ronny

[Craig Seeman]

Your list should be a sticky someplace.
It’s a great short overview of what you should expect and be aware of when jumping into FCPX for the first time.

[Craig Seeman]

If you look in the App Store you’ll find a number of Blu-Ray authoring programs. They’re pretty much along the lines of iDVD though but if you need graphic menus and chapter markers they seem to be there.

[Nicholas Zimmerman]

I just colored a short film that was shot on a C100 and edited in FCPX without any issues.

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[Dennis Radeke]

…and for fairness sake, you should ask the question of the other side as well. Ask on the Premiere forum. I must recuse myself since I am…

Dennis – Adobe guy.

[Andy Field]

Can’t say I have enough experience with FCP X, but I’ve made the transition from FCP7 to Premiere CC and find it the easiest move of all the NLE’s – it’s FCP7 on Steroids with virtually no rendering, accepting any format, with seamless round tripping to Audition, Premiere and Photoshop.

If you like tracks and a automated keyframable mixer – FCP X may not be for you – Premiere’s made it a breeze.

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Brett Sherman]

It’s definitely a choose your poison. No reason you can’t do what you need in either Premiere or FCP X.

For me, the transition to FCP X was a lot easier than the reputation would suggest. The other editor at my organization also had no trouble, and he’s not the best at learning new things. By far the hardest transition I made with NLE’s was Media 100 to Avid about 12 years ago and I was younger and more nimble then.

But as they say, results may vary. Some people just do not take to the FCP X timeline structure. For me it was not hard.