Lance Bachelder
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I probably should never post after a couple of glasses of Merlot – pretty harsh. That said, while I admit there is some lack of expertise with Premiere CS6 on my part, I have no lack of expertise as an Editor and don’t believe Premiere is a good NLE and nothing like FCP7. Not having something as simple as sync indicators is just the tip of the iceberg of the problems I see. Yeah I know there are no sync indicators in FCPX either…
As far as the extra clicks, the only way to show this would be to do a live side by side with other NLE’s to show just how clunky Premiere 6 is. This doesn’t mean it can’t be used for any type of show and for those who’ve never used another NLE day in and day out in a high-pressure, broadcast or feature film type environment, they’d never know what I’m talking about and never know there are issues.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
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Nice comparison. I also think it’s obvious that Apple is listening too and the progress they’ve made through 7 updates is far greater than anything Adobe has done with Premiere. FCPX is a truly deep, professional NLE that takes full advantage of OSX in a way no other NLE does. The only thing close is the Sony Vegas/Windows integration.
Having started a recent show in Premiere and then moving it over to FCPX, both the Producer and Director who’d never seen either in action absolutely loved everything about FCPX and were completely underwhelmed by Premiere. Personally I will never cut another show in Premiere and have become a huge fan of FCPX.
Lance Bachelder
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May look that way but having just finished my first high profile gig in FCPX I have to say I didn’t miss tracks at all. The positives far outweigh the negatives and based on the amount of features and fixes in each update we’ve seen I have no doubt that FCPX has a very bright future…
Lance Bachelder
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It isn’t Highlander.. it’s Star Wars, and even though it’s been stuck in a murky swamp for a couple of years, a newer, sleeker, more powerful version is emerging…. dressed in black and ready to kick some A_______
Lance Bachelder
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To clarify – it was really the John Davidson videos that changed my mind about FCPX – it was a revelation! I now have the previous doc I was cutting in Premiere living in FCPX and set-up 100% in Davidson fashion and it rocks. The use of Compound Clips as Comps is just insane and why has no one else thought of this? Everything about his videos is truly revolutionary and once you put it into practice it kinda makes EVERY other NLE seem stupid. The light goes on and you realize why Apple did what they did and how it fully utilizes all the great features of OSX.
Thanks John Davidson! Apple owes you a couple of thousand shares of stock! I now believe FCPX will become the go to NLE here in Hollywood and elsewhere very soon.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
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I’m kinda spoiled from over a decade of using Sony Vegas and usually sound design and mix as I cut picture – this was extremely painful in CS6 – in Windows version I found it took too long just to stop the playhead using the spacebar or JKL. The timeline also felt very clunky and small, like I would be zooming in and out constantly just to make cuts etc. Much more than even FCP7. Also the myriad of dialog boxes – for instance, we had 4 tracjs on audio with each video clip and the sound guy really screwed up on the set when sending the boom and lag to the camera – meaning no consistency as far as what track the mics were on from clip to clip – in Premiere you have to right click and select audio channels and you can disable the unused ones, in this same window there is a preview button but it was always greyed out so you have to turn of channels then go back and listen then if that didn’t work go back into the dialog box again. Optionally you can just unlink and kill the tracks you don’t want etc. But I found it unusable to try to mix, normalize or get clean dialog on the timeline – I guess you can send the cut to Audition and do the work there but an extra step when you just want to get through the cut with clean audio.
Conversely, in FCPX you have this beautiful audio tab that has all 4 channels right there to scrub, demo and just simply uncheck the bad tracks – you can also quickly fix volume. EQ and noise in the same window with just a couple of clicks – even before you start editing! Brilliant and even better than Vegas.
I was forced to use Premiere on the last gig and swear I will never use it again for anything and will pass on future jobs that require its use. There are some cool things about CS6 – the bins, scrubbable thumbnails at huge sizes and Media Browser all help when checking out footage – but they pale incomparison to FCPX and Keyword Collections etc.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
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I left and built an uber PC just for CS6 and Vegas. I’m talking multiple SSD’s, nVidia GTX graphics etc…
After using Premiere on some paying gigs I can honestly say it’s the worst piece of crap I’ve ever seen – even simple things require so many extra clicks, windows, dialog boxes – just a horrible NLE.
After watching John’s new FCPX videos I moved my latest show from Premiere to FCPX and NEVER looking back. It really is great software at this point and can only get better with each update.
I predict FCPX will soon be back on top in the “pro” editing world as more folks see just how deep, yet easy and fun it is to use.
Happy to be “back” and looking forward to my new BTO 27″ iMac and Pegasus drive 🙂
PS – Yes I’m still running my PC but only for Sony Vegas 12, Blu-ray authoring and Cinnafilm Dark Energy.
Lance Bachelder
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That’s the way I’m leaning too… just max it out via Apple BTO and not worry about it. The thought of opening the case later to try and install my own memory or drives is just too scary – plus everything is covered by Applecare…
Lance Bachelder
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I agree – although NLE related, the fact that Edius is a Windows ap means, just like Sony Vegas, it really is irrelevant. This is a FCPX forum and that means Apple hardware so…
Lance Bachelder
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I also have a Dreamcolor and it’s pretty great – though the extra 2 grand for the OLED Sony would be worth it in my opinion.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Irvine, California