Andy Patterson
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If you use Premiere Pro then a PC can offer better performance for less money than a Mac.
You could get a 16 GB Core i7 Quad Core laptop with GTX 1070 and SSD if you go PC.
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[Bill Davis] “In particular, the entire titling and graphics suite in X is just a connected subset of Apples Motion code
As an editor I do not want to give up what Premiere Pro has to offer for what FCPX has to offer (or lacks) as far as creating titles are concerned but perhaps you can convince me other wise. Keep in mind you must use two programs to accomplish something Premiere Pro can do very easy. I can create masks and track mattes much easier in Premiere Pro than you could using both FCPX and Motion together. The FCPX/Motion connection is a tad bit over-hyped in my opinion. I am not saying everyone needs to use masks and mattes but I can also create and animate basic titles in Premiere Pro really easy. I should also add that I have FCPX (but not Motion) and 80% of the canned titles included in FCPX are a tad bit cheesy to say the least.
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[Shaun Khan] “I believe three weeks, from last speaking with Adobe Support.”
The NAB 2017 update was a let down. I hope we get something really good this time around.
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Have any of you contacted Adobe about the sync issues? I would like to think a fix could be part of a new update.
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[Shane Ross] “The next update of Premiere will address this.”
Do you know when we will get the next update? There are still some bugs in Premiere Pro CC.
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Some Apple computers have the RAM soldered on the motherboard so you cannot upgrade. Having said that have you thought about a PC with a Coffee Lake CPU and a GTX 1080 Ti? The AMD Ryzen CPUs are also a good option and the AMD Vega graphics card will be here soon.
The Coffee Lake CPUs are supposed to be here the end of August. You should be able to get a custom built computer with a Coffee Lake CPU, GTX 1080 Ti GPU with 32 GB of RAM and good SSD and several HDs in a RAID for about $2200.00 depending on the monitor. The computer below does not have a monitor or RAID system but you can get a good monitor for $200.00 and six 3TB hard drives (18 TB) for about $500.00. I am not sure how much hard drive space you are going to need but the Mac will require an expensive external RAID system. I image an iMac with specs of the computer below will be will over $4,000.00.
You could save about $700.00 by getting a GTX 1070, 16 GB of RAM and four 3TB hard drives in a RAID but the GTX 1080 Ti would be money well spent for editing 4K. The Newegg computer is for reference purpose only although you could buy it. Getting a custom built online or at a local computer shop would be the better way to go.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883102287
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You have used a lot of software programs. Is there anything you really like about one of them? I had the free trial version of Speed Razor but I didn’t really give it an honest try.
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[Oliver Peters] “[Charlie Austin] “Have a look at this…”
Nice! Now if only the FCPX color board worked like this ☺”
I am getting ready to do a FCPX video. I don’t think the color board is that bad. Having said that I don’t think it is as good as the CC tools of Premiere Pro.
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What is worse having to rent the software or having to buy a new computer?
In order to run FCPX I had to buy an expensive Mac mini that is a tad bit buggy. I guess I got bit as well. I also found a bug in FCPX (trial version).
Overall FCPX works OK on the Mac mini but the same shortcomings from when I last used FCPX are still there.
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[Joseph W. Bourke] “Yes. Adobe Bridge CC is free, and is also available as a free-standing install outside of the CC realm. In other words, you don’t have to have Photoshop, AE, PPro or other products installed for it to work.”
Adobe’s Bridge can do some cool things.