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Thinking of switching…
Hi all,
This is my first time in this forum but no stranger to the cow.
Anyway, hopefully my inquiry is not one sided since I am in the FC forum.
I have been editing all my life (10 yrs or so) on Windows based NLE’s. (yeah, I know, I’m sheltered 🙂
Right now I am using an awesome Media 100 844x that, as some of or all of you know, is no more thanks to Optibase.
Last week my 844x decided that it’s memory would fail and two hard drives as well. So, long story short, it’s working now but I don’t know for how long and since there’s no HD future for this unit, and I’m told by my IT guy that Apple and Linux do things in a simpler (sp) way and use alot more memory and so forth as compared to Windows, I was thinking that my next editing unit in the near future would be this new Final Cut Pro systme that has FCP 6, Motion 3, DVD Studio Pro 4, Compressor 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, LiveType, Cinema Tools 4 and Color (new)
I mean it just seems like the right choice.
But can anyone give me some pros and maybe cons of doing this?
I know that there might be a learning curve with macs and FCP, anything else?
TIA
Sam
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[Sam Lesante Jr.] “I know that there might be a learning curve with macs and FCP, anything else?”
There’s always a learning curve to new software. For me, I work in After Effects. Motion is a really cool program and I’ve opened it up dozens of times thinking, “Today’s the day I’m going to build a graphic in Motion.” About 15 minutes later, I’m back in After Effects because I just can’t get my head a round Motion.
I think that the for most non linear editing software, the difference isn’t that big. Most of them have the same basic concepts of editing. The best way to get started is by probably getting some training. Many people don’t and spend years doing things the hard way.
In my opinion, FCP is really quite intuitive for people starting out, yet offers pros the power and functionality that they need.
One of the things I really like about FCP is that one company is making the computer, operating system, and the editing software that I use. On PC, that’s normally three different companies.
Finally, FCP is a very flexible system and easy to upgrade at a low cost. You can start with just an iMac and expand to a system capable of playing back 2K files.
FCS2 isn’t perfect, but it’s been a great solution for me.
-Russ
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FCS 2 is a wonderful, flexible system.
However, you should compare FCS 2 to Adobe CS3 Production Premium. It is very competitive and runs on both Mac and Windows.
https://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/production/features/
https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/
Good luck with your choice, and I’m sorry to hear about the demise of your Media 100.
Tom
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You might also want to look at the new Media100HDe or HD Suite https://media100.com/
Owned by Boris now, it is capable of doing uncompressed HD in RT, has the interface you’re used to, I’m told it’s very well integrated with BorisFX. I don’t have a lot of experience with it, myself; I mostly use Avid and FCP, but I’ve been hearing a lot of great things about it. You can even dual-boot it with FCP on one partition and Media100 on the other if you want to have both options. It uses an AJA card which is basically just the LHe with Media100 specific drivers. I’ve been looking into the dual-boot option as I’ve been really liking what I’ve seen with the Media100HD in regards to speed and efficiency and that legendary interface.
Anyone have any thoughts?
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