Noah Kadner
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Both actually but sounds like you need to do some basic troubleshooting on your system and install if X is dying so much.
Noah
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I would export to ProRes and then take that into Compressor for MPEG2/DVD rather than do it all out of FCPX. That export time includes rendering everything in your time and downconverting it too. Plenty of time for something to go wrong and waste the whole effort.
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I’d suggest a 1080p timeline and then export at 1080p ProRes 444 and then convert that to 720p in Compressor. Also, with all due respect ‘blurry’ is very subjective. I shoot 4K with high quality optics and still see occasionally less than desirable looks in downconverts. Why 720p at all? Blu-ray web, YouTube etc all accept at the very least 1080p and most a lot more now.
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You can export/reimport XML-that’s the simplest way.
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You’ve kinda already answered your own question:
“I am not going to pay a monthly subscription for Adobe CC”
Then you won’t be going Premiere, as the non-subscription version no longer exists.
“I’m looking for a new NLE since I’m about done with Sony Vegas.”
Vegas is PC only so if you’re on a Windows machine you’re not going Final Cut Pro X either as it’s Mac OS X only.
My suggestion if you meant you are getting a Mac and open to a subscription because why else ask about Premiere/FCPX, then I recommend trying out the free demos of either/both and decide for yourself.
Noah
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If you have an Apple Store near you most of them have FCPX installed on every machine in the room- you can always try them out for yourself.
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ProRes is a very efficient format that runs well on even the slowest MacBook. However, most footage you encounter today is GoPros, camera phones in AVCHD, H.264 etc which requires a ton of graphics and CPU processing to create transitions/effects/renders etc. That’s where you’ll feel the pain.
So again it’s a question of how much time you have at crunch time, the complexity of the timelines and the source codecs. Proxies can take forever to create as well from long H.264 takes etc and laptops generally have the worst price to performance ratio. You really need to spend more to get decent performance.
So if I were strapped for cash now I would probably avoid a laptop unless a job truly called for it.
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You can try them at an Apple Store- it’s basically pay less now and suffer through slow exports and renders or pay more now and suffer less through slow exports and renders. If it’s fun stuff- I guess the former is better. If it’s for paid work, you’re better off with the latter.
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I’d go for a refurb MacBook Pro instead. Most of they will run circles around current MacBooks and MacBook Airs. Aim for the best GPU you can afford.
Noah
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