Lance Bachelder
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I agree – can’t wait for this feature – I’d use it today on several projects I just cut in Premiere CC. If this is the kind of progress we can expect from Adobe than the subscription model may prove to be better for end users versus waiting every NAB to see if they finally ad the features you want and deciding if it’s worth it to upgrade.
Lance Bachelder
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Hey I like FCPX and Premiere was useless to me until the vast improvements made in CC. But FCPX chokes, not all the time but it chokes on every system I’ve ever run it or seen it on – just a fact. I’m not talking single track of Pro Res with a couple of effects – I’m talking real-world situations where layers, effects and transitions collide. And the SAME files and layers and effects run perfectly on the same system in Premiere…
If you can’t remain just a little objective Steve then your opinions are pretty useless and you may wanna head over to the RedUser forums where no one is allowed to critique, review or challenge anything…
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I concur Bob – but I’ve run FCPX on a Thunderbolt raid with Fusion (SSD hybrid drive) and 32GB RAM etc etc and it still chokes at times when it shouldn’t. And the same files run perfectly in CC…
Lance Bachelder
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Well I’ve run it on the fastest iMac made and a couple of pretty fast Mac Pro’s all using RAID arrays, SSD’s etc. and it definitely chokes way more than any modern NLE should. There is simply no comparison to the real-time performance of Premiere CC whether you want to believe it or not. I assume you won’t…
Lance Bachelder
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Welcome to FCPX – there’s no machine made – yet – that can run FCPX well. While it does some tasks better than any other NLE, it’s amazing how simple things like a certain transition or effect will make it choke.
I was doing some bumpers this week using X – background, .png logo with 2 keyed greenscreen shots (Pro Res 4444) on top (4 video “tracks” plus sound fx). FCPX just couldn’t handle it – yes it could be the 8GB of RAM and ATI 4870 card I know but playback was terrible and pausing on the comp turned black.
Then it did the exact same comp in Premiere CC on the SAME machine (8 core 4,1 2.93 blah blah). Without an approved CUDA card Premiere was 100% real-time! And the Ultra Keyer in Premiere is fantastic while the keyer in X was terrible! I didn’t expect this at all and remain blown away how fast and smooth CC is.
So while your current set up is a contributing factor, there is still a lot of work for Apple to do to optimize FCPX the way Adobe has optimized Premiere CC.
Lance Bachelder
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I’m anxious to see what Apple comes up with next. I do think some sort of optional hybrid track mode would be cool. I also wish they’d make up their minds with Events vs. Projects – you can really slow things down on a big project if you don’t set up your Event/Project correctly – something that is not a problem in any other NLE.
I’ve been in NLE limbo the past couple of years since X… I still rely on Sony Vegas for many projects, I’m loving Premiere CC and both Win 7 and OSX and have played a little with MC 7 but Apple is always the one with the biggest surprises and let downs – I’m hoping for big things in the next rev.
Lance Bachelder
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I agree about transcoding – I’m loving Adobe Media Encoder for batching tons of files using a custom preset – easier and faster than Compressor or you can use Prelude if you want to change file names, metadata etc.
Yeah I find the 3-way corrector in CC completely useless, I use the Fast Corrector for quick scoping of levels and saturation but no one has been able to create a simple yet powerful 3 way corrector like we had in FCP 7. Colorista is great but I find i don’t get very good real-time performance out of any of the Red Giant tools even though I like them.
Lance Bachelder
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Yeah I don’t think I’ve crashed once since June, maybe because I’m running it on Win 7 Pro?
I do agree, Option dragging transitions was a staple for me in FCP 7, needs to be added to CC for sure.
Lance Bachelder
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I concur – my own casual testing of a FirePro W7000 vs. GTX570 with Premiere CC on a Win 7 system shows nVidia (CUDA) kicking AMD’s (OpenCL) butt.
Lance Bachelder
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Concur – and the Premiere CC bins with their infinitely scalable/scrubbable thumbnails are the best bins I’ve seen to date…
Lance Bachelder
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Downtown Long Beach, California
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