Switching to Premiere Pro CS5.5 or Media Composer 5.5

[Kris Trexler]

Matthew,

As a longtime successful Avid editor in Hollywood, I highly recommend you take the rare opportunity to buy Media Composer at the cheap “switcher” price. At least in Hollywood, Premiere will get you nowhere except in possibly the lower end market. Avid rules Hollywood and for good reason: it’s reliable and has the tools editors need to express their creativity. And Avid has ALWAYS allowed projects created on legacy versions to be imported to their newest versions of software. If you’re a seasoned FCP editor, your migration to MC won’t be difficult. And having Avid on your resume will carry you a lot further in Los Angeles than Premiere will. If possible, learn both. The more tools you know how to use, the more desirable you’ll be. Your creativity will shine in either platform.

Maybe FCX will be useable someday, but it won’t find its way into professional editing suites for a long time to come…if ever. However, I may use it to edit my vacation video, something it might be ideally suited for.

Kris

[Peter Corbett]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “The lack of a delivery codec is the only thing thats giving me pause, coming from my prores mindset”

I export directly from the CS5.5 timeline to ProRes422 all the time. It’s a standard export format on CS Mac, so don’t worry about that. All the ProRes formats are there in the drop-down menu.

Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au

[Peter Corbett]

I run mainly Adobe master Suite and FCP, but I’m thinking of getting that Avid deal. I tried the Avid free trial and it really bamboozled me. It is just so different from from CS5 and FCP7.

I reckon if you produce in-house without clients looking over your shoulder, go for Adobe. If you a freelance broadcast/film editor, then Avid is probably for you.

But even if you go for Avid, get the Adobe crossgrade deal. It’s just too good an offer and the tools will come in handy. Plus…future upgrades to CS6 and beyond will be much cheaper if you have the crossgrade already.

Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au

[Jacob Redman]

HI, Premiere can export to apple proress on mac
in fact on Mac Premiere can export all the codecs of Avid too

editor

[Derek Aire]

Also found out tonight that AVID is offering 60% off Media Composer for FCP users. ($995) 😎
Im on the trial now. Is all coming back to me slowly but surely…

https://www.avid.com/US/specialoffers/fcp-mc-promotion?intcmp=AV-HP-S2

Way to go Apple!

[Dennis Radeke]

I think the honest fair answer is that you should learn and know as many NLE’s as you can as honestly a particular NLE might be more suited to a given project than another.

That said, in the US, Premiere Pro is being used at CNN and at Hearst Television (a 30 station group in the US), with many more that are non-public. You can find the press release stories on the above two at the Adobe site.

My main gig at Adobe is to support the large broadcasters and entertainment companies in the US and I can tell you I was very busy before FCP X and I’m insane now. So, Adobe carries it’s weight and worth just like FCP and Avid.

Know all three NLEs if you can and use the one you like most.

Dennis – Adobe guy.