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Workflow & Speed Questions
Hey Guys,
I am doing my first project in FCP & it’s taking forever!2.8Ghz i7 iMac w 8 Gb Ram
Firewire 800 HD’sI’m doing the HDSLR thing & working with .mov & sometimes .mts files… Among other things, all the time spent rendering for FCP is killing me! I have CS4 but I haven’t used Premiere….
Q: Will I save time using Premiere?
Q: Should I bother with CS5? Are there issues with graphics card compatibility?
Q: Does hardware accelaration exist for Premiere & AE?
Q: I want to edit multi camera 3 hour HD projects in a timely manner, is this realistic?
Any advice would be appreciated!
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1 Reply
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I strongly recommend skipping cs4 fo cs5 since it’s 64bit. To hit your questions in order:
1) Maybe. CS5 is 64bit so it’ll use more muscle than FCP, but you’ll probably be working against a learning curve on your first few projects. After my company’s switch to Premiere CS5… we were seeing overall time improvements of 10-20%
2) The only thing I prefer in FCP is the better integrating with Soundtrack Pro, makes audio mixing more difficult sequences easier. As far as issues with graphics cards… I’ve not heard of any as long as it’s nVidia or ATI. That’s anecdotal though.
3) Yes. CS5 introduces the Mercury playback engine which supports a number of approved nVidia graphics cards. I’m on a PC, so I was able to alter a file to use the cheaper GT240, and I can play 1080p files with general effects (luma curve, color corrector, etc) without rendering the timeline. Hardware acceleration has also sped up my final renders to h.264 to about 3x
4) Yes, if you jam sync time code it should work extremely smoothly. Premiere allows multicamera switching, with the ability to record switching so you can attack it control room style.
Cheers,
Angelo
AlexanderFilmCo.com
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