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Premiere vs. FCPX
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I will say this – AE renders are faster, a restart of the system fixed the audio sync issue, and I do like the improvements on AE.
John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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I ran CS/Matrox set ups for years as having a native format to work with was always top priority as was SDI and/or component in and out. Once CS4 came out with 64-bit and I was able to load my HP workstation (8200?) up with 32gig of RAM I couldn’t understand how anybody could still WANT to edit in 32-bit regardless of platform or editing software. Then came CS5 and the CUDA cards. Got the upgrade, got the card and kicked Matrox to the curb. Never looked back. So I’ve been using CS since v1 through XP to Vista-64 to Win7-64 and have used it for everything imaginable. Couldn’t have been happier.
I run CS5.5/6 and on a MBP now with no TBolt peripherals but a 27″ Cinema and it works better than my old HP workstation. 8 gig of ram and nothing else added. FCPX on the same machine is a freaking nightmare. Slow, clunky, lost projects, projects changed (from 1080/29.97 to 720/25? Really? and no way to change it back!) and damaged after beachball induced restarts.
I like FCPX. I really do. There’s a lot there to like. I just don’t like the way it runs. I CANNOT watch footage render knowing I’d be zipping through it were I in PPro. Maybe that’s just me.
So everybody has their experience and that’s mine. If anything starts mucking up on your machine the first thing I’d start with is to go totally native and pull any I/O out of the mix and see what happens. Getting out from under Matrox’s thumb was liberating. It’s my opinion that that’s how all this editing software is developed despite any 3rd party’s best intentions.
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Who are “most people”? One guy with a YouTube video? I just reported my simple test, I think I have enough years doing this to post my results. There are always those who want what they choose to work and be the best, and most folks will come to a place of comfort with their workflow and even defend it if need be. I try to remain objective but of course have my own idiosyncrasies.
Even with all the bugs in Sony Vegas 11, I still think it’s a far better NLE than Premiere or FCPX in most ways, not all ways, just most ways 🙂
Lance Bachelder
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It’s the graphics card for sure – i tested CS 5.5 with a GTX 570 (on Win7) and perfromance was awesome.
Lance Bachelder
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[Lance Bachelder] “Even with all the bugs in Sony Vegas 11, I still think it’s a far better NLE than Premiere or FCPX in most ways, not all ways, just most ways :)”
Lance, I’ve never even considered Vegas. What do you like so much about it? What keeps you away from it?
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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Who cares? use what you like.
Robert Brown
Editor/VFX/Colorist – FCP, Smoke, Quantel Pablo, After Effects, 3DS MAX, Premiere Prohttps://vimeo.com/user3987510/videos
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[Lance Bachelder] “Even with all the bugs in Sony Vegas 11, I still think it’s a far better NLE…”
It’s funny! I remember Vegas before it was an NLE, back when it was a multitrack DAW. It had just gotten its video capabilities when I bought it. It was quite impressive. I used it mostly as a DAW, but I when did cut video with it I was blown away by how freeform and limber it was. I couldn’t use it for my work because, at that point, it had no support for “broadcast” video cards. It was cool, though. And, from what I’ve heard, it has matured really well. Sonic Foundry was a terrific company, and I wish Sony had done a little more to promote their products. If I end up getting a PC workstation this year, one of my joys will be installing upgraded copies of Sound Forge and Acid. I bet I put Vegas on there, too.
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[Lance Bachelder] “Who are “most people”? One guy with a YouTube video? “
Google Warp Stabilizer vs FCP X and “most people” means the finding of… well… most people who wrote about their comparison of the two.
Actually, I only used most because of your findings, without it it should read “everybody”.——
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Its odd to see such polar opposite first/early impressions.
David Lawrence did a write up of it and seemed very impressed w/how snappy and responsive it was on his 2008 MBP (which I doubt has a CUDA-friendly card).
Premiere Pro CS 6.0: First Impressions
-Andrew
2.9 GHz 8-core (4,1), FCP 7.0.3, 10.6.6
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[Rich Joyce] “Face it FCPX’ers It is now going to be a Premiere and Avid world instead of a FCP and Avid world. The speed of warp stabilzer is not going to veer people away. I tried to embrace FCPX but feel that Apple let me down in terms of pleasing professional editors.”
Do we really have to Rich, that’s it, you’ve got the official word?
Apple let you down, but you don’t represent professional editors.
You represent you.
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