Quick Real Time Demo- Updated !

[Bill Davis]

(screaming with insane frustration…)

Yeah, but neither FCP-X NOR PermierPro CC have a built-in “falling sheep wipe” – now DO they!

So how can we possibly judge whether such sheep fall more smoothly and elegantly in FCP-X than they do in Premier CC.

Judging either program fails miserably, iMO, unless each is ruthlessly judged against this classic and coveted industry standard metric for “awesome NLE functionality”

Stick that in your super capable FCP-X MacBook Air editing demo Mr. Fancy Pants Charlie Austin!

; )

(on another subject entirely, you heading to NAB this year?)

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[Andre Van berlo]

Thanks for posting, that Alex4D plugin is very handy and I didn’t have it yet! 🙂

[Aindreas Gallagher]

For an fcpx demo on a set of different 4k formats that’s a really impressive demo Charlie. That’s what’s going on there right?

https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics

[Charlie Austin]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “For an fcpx demo on a set of different 4k formats that’s a really impressive demo Charlie. That’s what’s going on there right?”

lol, of course not. Was the first bit of that demo 4k material? It wasn’t specified. Either way, I don’t have a Mac Pro. I think the point of the PrCC demo was that the Mac Pro is a great computer and Pr CC is optimized to take advantage of it. Did I mention I like PrCC? I’m a subscriber. 🙂

I honestly had no idea what would happen when I tried to emulate that first “live interaction” part. I was surprised it worked at all. 1080p H264 isn’t always fun to work with, and it worked pretty well, all things considered. It played back much better when I wasn’t recording a screen movie at the same time too. 🙂

FWIW, I have seen a live demo of FCP X on a Mac Pro playing 16 angles of mixed format 4k in real time with some simple transitions/effects applied on the fly and output to a 4k projector. I’m sure that Avid will have an impressive demo running on the MP soon as well. I want one. 😉

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

tee hee.

yeah they never quite specified what was in the first demo. they do like that machine tho mind you. If someone would just like to give me one that would really be completely fine with me.

https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics

[Charlie Austin]

So, in the interest of fairness, I did the same thing in Pr CC just to see what would happen. Here ya go…

https://youtu.be/T5hNV_ymNZ8

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[Dominic Deacon]

Both FCPX and PP seem to slow down very quickly there. More so than I’d expect. I wonder though how hard they are working your system to achieve these results?

I don’t have a mac to try this on but have you ever monitored RAM, CPU usage and computer temperature when using these two? I did some very non scientific tests on my PC running the same footage through PP5.5 and Edius. I wasn’t surprised that PP was chocking on footage Edius happily played at full speed but I was surprised that PP was running my computer massively harder. I forget exact numbers but it was using a lot more ram, a lot more CPU (at least a few full cores worth) and the internal temperature of the computer was significantly higher. All while giving me blocky playback.

I’ve never used Premiere much since then as I figure the easier my NLE is on my PC the longer my PC will last- no idea if that’s true mind, it just seems like common sense.

[Mathieu Ghekiere]

Hi Charlie,

I know you are talking about performance here, and it’s impressive just as a demo.

What I am getting bad deja vu’s about is, how much more fluid FCPX seems in making all these changes. How you can just drag a clip out to get it to play slower, making text changes in the viewer instead of a separate window opening up, etc. etc.
The whole business of the interface in Premiere Pro vs X.

I worked with Premiere, and I worked for 7 years on FCP7. after a year, a year and a half of almost working completely on X, it surprises me more then I thought it would.

[Charlie Austin]

[Dominic Deacon] “Both FCPX and PP seem to slow down very quickly there. More so than I’d expect. I wonder though how hard they are working your system to achieve these results? “

Yeah, but they slow down… differently. As I mumbled at one point, Pr seems to try to keep the UI fluid while playback degrades, X seems to do the opposite. Either way,this was A- not a scientific test, I was just curious and messing around, and B- It’s a MacBook Air… lol

[Dominic Deacon] “I don’t have a mac to try this on but have you ever monitored RAM, CPU usage and computer temperature when using these two?”

Not a bad idea, Maybe I’ll try that. I do know that the fan came on much sooner running Pr, but don’t know if it means anything.

In the end, I was just messing around. 😉

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[Charlie Austin]

[Mathieu Ghekiere] “and it’s impressive just as a demo.”

Thanks, though not sure I’d use that word. Actually either word, impressive or demo. lol

[Mathieu Ghekiere] ” how much more fluid FCPX seems in making all these changes.”

I was trying to be as non-judgmental as possible, but yes. For me, X is way more fluid to work in, even when in a “bogged down” state. Just an opinion though, everyone has one. 🙂

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