[Andy Field]

If something saves you time, and your business is selling creative time, then it saves you money. The continuing improvements on CC saves me time and makes me money. I will reiterate again — i’m not thrilled paying per month. But I am one of the people who upgraded each time, because the company made it worthwhile to do so with time saving, productivity improvements. I’m still doing that – just one month at a time. When I’m done doing this I’ll turn off the meter and move somewhere else. Right now I can easily move XML versions of a cut to other NLE’s if I need want to…..

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Andy Field]

mo·nop·o·ly
noun
1.
the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

Adobe is not a monopoly – it has plenty of competition

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Andy Field]

i upgrade it all – every minute the better software or hardware saves us, the more profitable our time is. When you stop paying for the “software” on your phone through your provider you no longer have access to the service, your voice mail ..the internet etc…… That’s a subscription model I get that you don’t like it – i don’t either — When someone comes up with better software that does it better than Adobe for us – we’ll give it a look and move on – for now – it does exactly what we need at a reasonable cost and frequently value added upgrades

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Andy Field]

What is the incentive to constantly improve its product if everyone says – “Gee – your 5 versions ago software is fine – i’ll pass.” They quickly go out of business. Apple gives you a dirt cheep editor in order to sell more macs…if you buy it once – they’re done with your software business…so instead they keep improving their hardware – faster, better etc..in fact they change the operating software so eventually your “older, it’s just fine NLE doesn’t work so well, or at all in the future…and you see value so you upgrade the computer. Or you stay with an older computer and software that doesn’t play well with new video formats. Your choice.

I’m not thrilled with Adobe’s subscription model, but i use their software to make a living – if you can’t afford the 30 40 or 50 a month for that, then you need to find another business……

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Andy Field]

Do you make a living using it? Then it’s professional. The debate is silly – if it works for you, great…if not – there’s a number of other good choices. I use it occasionally for things other NLE’s don’t easily offer (mostly 3rd party effects) but cut everyday on Premiere Pro because it offers what i need for audio mixing and ease of use between AE and Audition

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Andy Field]

Dennis – Any issues with Yosemite 10.5.5 and Premiere and other CC 2015 apps? I’m on 10.5.3 and it’s rock solid with Creative Cloud apps

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Andy Field]

Because I don’t follow all of x’s upgrades and because Adobe seems to listen and watch want editors want where Apple with FCP X tells editors “our way is better, so get used to it or take a hike”. A lot of us took a hike.

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Andy Field]

Agree with Walter’s comments — was an expert FCP 7 editor who relied on complex audio mixes (with the built in real time keyframable mixer) That vanished in FCP X and never returned.

Adobe’s nearly dozen updates in the last few years is a company listening to it’s customers and offering improvements every few months that make editors more efficient. I dive into FCP X every once in a while to use some nice easy to create effects with third party plug ins, but for every day editing – Premiere Pro is the FCP 8 most legacy FCP editors were waiting for.

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Andy Field]

Back to original premise (boy do these threads fly off into a ditch)

Why I like Premiere

The simplest answer is – it is FCP 7 on steroids.

I was a whiz at FCP 7 – could use the keyboard with my eyes closed…it did everything nicely but play well with all formats – and the incessant rendering

Premiere Pro CC – and 6 to an extent – although CC versions are light years better and more feature packed – is what I suspect most FCP 7 editors were looking for in FCP 8.

Clip collisions a problem? Not for any editor I know — easily prevented – but FCP X was built with what appeared to be the solution to this dreaded non-issue.

If you’ve edited on FCP 7 – I can have you editing in Premiere Pro – using the same keyboard shortcuts (they let you select them) in less than an hour

no transcoding
great audio mixer
great roundtripping for audio and effects cleanup
great output to a variety of different codecs – all in the background while you continue working (yes I know FCP X does this but am pretty sure it’s not a background function – that it stops when you stress the machine in editing or anything computing intensive – maybe wrong – please correct if I am.)

Bottom Line — if you liked FCP 7 and are proficient – this is a very easy switch with the advantage of editing anything in any timeline quickly.

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

[Andy Field]

I work in news….and we are increasingly getting away from in house expensive to maintain server systems (aka Avid/Unity) and more portable field based one man band shoot and edit on the fly operations. FCP X is inexpensive and perfect for young not set in their ways predictors. Premiere pro is a close second and an easier transition for legacy FCP or Avid editors.

Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852