Ben Mullins
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I switched from FCP 7 to Premiere and I am very pleased with the experience so far. I primarily edit P2 and Premiere handles it with ease – no transcoding, just copy the card to a folder and import. The Mercury Playback Engine is excellent, allowing multiple layers of 1080p footage (with effects) to play back without needing to render. I do find exporting takes longer than in FCP7 and the number of plug-ins available seems limited however the integration with After Effects is excellent and more than makes up for this.
Although I use Premiere at work I use Media Composer for personal projects as knowledge across platforms is very important now I think. Media Composer is a very good NLE however the learning curve is a little steeper (coming from FCP7) than that of Premiere, but certainly not impossible and having worked through a few tutorial videos I find it a pleasure to use. The one thing with MC that is a little limited is how ridged the frame sizes (or raster sizes) seem to be. In Premiere, as with FCP, you can set your frame sizes to whatever you like, however in MC they are conformed to broadcast standard settings. If you are doing a lot of corporate work destined for the internet where you may use a variety of unconventional frame sizes you might find Premiere a more flexible choice.
Hope this helps,
Ben.
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Oliver Peters
‘…this update sounds like a lot will be changed/altered/augmented/updated.’What gives you this impression and what is reasonable to expect? (Baring in mind how difficult it is to predict anything Apple do).
Ben.
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Hi Christopher,
If you are interested in learning FCPX then check out Larry Jordan’s training material. It’s as good as it gets for learning new software really.
As to whether or not you should invest a great deal of time in X is another question. Personally right now I am not, simply because there is not a demand for it. If that changes, so will my approach.
I did go through Larry’s entire set of tutorials when X was first released and I spent several months using it for personal projects but I enjoy FCP7, Premiere & Avid MC a LOT more. Considering the market share that FCP7 had/has it says a lot that people are still debating whether or not to even learn X a year after it’s release.
Ben.
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Thanks Shane, I have received the same advice from other sources too so I shall set this up. Thanks again, it’s a big help.
Ben.
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Hi Bob,
Thank you for the response, I shall look in to setting this up and if I have any more questions I will get in touch! Thanks again, it’s a big help.
Ben.
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Thanks Walter! Would the procedure for this be via the Shared tab in System Settings?
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Craig Seeman
“It’s also why the Mac OS app store is important to Apple. Make the software less expensive with a deep selection and people making Mac purchases will have a harder time moving to Windows.”I wonder if this had an effect on the design of FCPX – if the design brief stated that it must be available via the app store, therefore it will need to be restricted to a certain file size (anything over a few gig would be a slow download for a lot of people), which then effects what it can/can’t include in the software.
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I’m not sure how much one piece of software would push a consumer/prosumer to switch hardware platforms. Purchasing a new computer is a substantial investment, especially moving from PC to MAC. I may well be wrong but for someone who is essentially indulging a hobby or interest I imagine they will just find the best software available for the platform they already use. Of course they may own both PC & MAC, for example a PC tower and MacBook Pro, and I’m sure there are people who’ve switched to FCPX from a PC-based NLE but probably not that many.
However you look at Avid’s firesale though, that kind of financial loss can’t be good for any company.
Ben.
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How are people measuring their speed increase using X as a pose to 7 (or other NLE’s)? On what kind of projects? Saying X is 2-4 times as fast is nice but some specific examples would be nicer! Not that I’m disputing it necessarily but…
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Both X and 7.