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Upgrade from Xpress to Media Composer?
I am in my first professional job with the opportunity to request new software and equipment. The guy before me had no video training, just a background in IS, so the company wanted someone with a video perspective. I am an independent videographer for a manufacturing company, meaning I have nobody within the company to ask for video advice. Seeing as this is my first real job after college (graduated in May 2009), I don’t have any “well when I worked at this company, we did this.” Bad because I don’t have any experience to fall back on, but good because I can pretty much do what I want (within budget and legal boundaries, of course).
The style of videos will be informational, mainly safety and training. Maybe some marketing videos, but my main goals are to produce new videos and update old ones. Trust me, a lot of the videos need work. With these types of videos, I have very limited creative freedom. I can have fun with the intro, ending, and transitions between topics, but everything else is straight-forward.
I currently have Sony Vegas and Avid Xpress. I know Avid and Final Cut Pro are the industry standards, but since I don’t have a Mac, I have to use Avid. Since Avid Xpress is discontinued, should I request an upgrade to Media Composer? What are the differences? I’m going to request it at the budget meeting regardless, but if I have to cut back on costs, I need to know if I should fight for this or use the money for other software (i.e. After Effects, Photoshop, etc)
Also, I’m open to any advice since this is my first professional video job. If anybody has experience making informational videos, that’ll be even better.
Thanks!
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Here are a couple links that should get you started:
https://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=270333&Hilite=xpress+pro+to+media+composer
https://community.avid.com/forums/p/69173/386607.aspx#386607
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