Jorden Mosley
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Thank you Steve, that was very helpful! I’ll get to looking at those articles now.
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Other than having a more stable and faster booting OP, not many advantages. Hardware wise, it’s not hard to match the specs of mac with a PC (mac’s are practically just Intel based PCs). I own a Mac mini to edit in Final Cut and a PC I built that I run Premiere, After Effects,Avid etc. I tend to work on my PC more often than my mac (event though I run the same programs on both minus final cut).
FCPX is not something I’d recommend. It’s a cheap yes, but it’s very limited in comparison to FCP7, Premiere, and Avid (and I have both FCP7 and FCPX). But FCP7 is not sold anymore (which is the only mac software exclusive listed). But if you’re are aware of all the limitations and if it wouldn’t be problematic with your workflow then go ahead and get it. At the very least you’ll get a great ProRes codec out of it.
Cost wise, macs are going to be more expense than PCs (and that’s before a Ram upgrade). So your not going to save money hardware wise going to a mac.
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I work with Canon footage all the time and as others have said, it’s best to edit in native format. If you’re having issues running it real time, then change the playback preview to 1/4. If the colors aren’t where you want them, complete the cutting first and then do color correction last.
As far as exporting formats, if you have Final Cut also installed on your system, use Prores 422 (only if your making a master copy, otherwise it would be overkill) or Cineform if you have it, or heck h.264 at its highest settings can be pretty darn good for mastering at 1080p.
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This news is definitely encouraging for me as Pr user (former FCP user). With the release of FCPX, the studio I intern at made the switch from FCP to Pr and I absolutely love the program. I know Avid as well, but I have a preference for Premiere for my workflow and for the computer that work with.
But I always had a concern that an editor that worked in Premiere wouldn’t be valued much in the film, broadcast, or corporate fields. Hopefully this is indicator that Premiere will be used more by various types of studios. Otherwise I’m gonna have to spend a fortune to optimize my computer for Avid (which seems to be less forgiving on what hardware I use lol.)