I have to say it's an amazing peice of kit. If you use a Windows OS because of other reasons it's definatly the best video editing software for Windows. I guess it doesn't really compare to Final Cut Pro but that's Mac only 
Although the features on it are pretty superior I have to say that it's quite over-priced. Especially the upgrade from 1.5 to 2.0 considering the ammount they changed it (aka: not much). It's really expensive but luckily I plan to go into courses that involve video editing so my parents payed for it 
Last edited by Josso on Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:49 pm; edited 1 time in total Well, I have used it, but it was only a free trial It was pretty good, though. Decent number of features and it was really powerful. I did consider purchasing it, but I decided not to.
And, like you said, Final Cut Pro is far better. I have used it before and I liked it better than Adobe Premiere. Though, I don't own it. (Used it on my friend's Mac).
The problem I have is I like too many things. I need a Windows for the compatibility of multi-interests. Ideally I'd have a Mac and a Windows (the Mac for my music production and film editing) but that gets expensive. I need my Windows OS for gaming and compatibility sadly @ Josso
I completely agree with you. I'm currently using Windows XP Pro for the same reason as you, compatibility. As for Final Cut Pro, it's really nice and hopefully a Windows version will be released.
I use magix , a lot better, for home use, dus not ask so must from de pc,
it can use film from any dvd source, [i use a sony dvd recorder to put my analoge film to dvd a work it at de pc]
| Josso wrote: |
I have to say it's an amazing peice of kit. If you use a Windows OS because of other reasons it's definatly the best video editing software for Windows. I guess it doesn't really compare to Final Cut Pro but that's Mac only
Although the features on it are pretty superior I have to say that it's quite over-priced. Especially the upgrade from 1.5 to 2.0 considering the ammount they changed it (aka: not much). It's really expensive but luckily I plan to go into courses that involve video editing so my parents payed for it |
I used Sony Vegas 'coz their movie effects are very good and I've used Deskshare Video Edit Magic because It render a 30 mins video for just about 10 mins. compare to other... Adobe Premiere tooks a lot of time to render videos and it takes up a lot of memory spaces too.
They have it at school, but there are very few people who knows how to use it. Only a teacher and one pupil. I got an offer to learn it, but I haven't started to learn it yet.
I have got an illegal version of it on my computer, though...
Premiere 1.5?
Look again, I have Adobe Premiere 5.1.
It is a good program but I usually use Pinnicale Studio version 9.
I think that Studio 9 is a lot easier to intuitively use.
I'm a heavy user of Premiere, and I can say that I won't use anything else.
I've tried using iMovie (on an eMac at my high school), and I found it to be very..."simple", lacking the advanced features in Premiere.
I've never used Final Cut, but if I were forced to not use Premiere, I'd switch to Final Cut ^_^
My friend has it. I want it relly bad. Maybe when i get my new computer i will fork up the money and get it. I think it is a great program to use. My friend used it to make some movies for school.
Exporting a vid (or parts of) out of premiere as a filmstrip file and opening it in photoshop for editing can be fun
Have used both PPro and FCP professionally, mostly Premiere though. They are both powerful and both use lots of system resources. PPro is a bit underrated, FCP is great but has its own problems and quirks as well.
Avid(cross-platform) is the other big editing app. Vegas, Edius, Media Studio Pro, Pinnacle Liquid, are some of the other apps available. BTW, the new macs using the intel chips can boot both OS X and Win XP so theoretically, you could have both FCP and PPro on the same computer.
| tumbleweed wrote: |
| Exporting a vid (or parts of) out of premiere as a filmstrip file and opening it in photoshop for editing can be fun |
Oh yes, that does sound like great fun actually. I forget that these power tools by Adobe are all cross-compatible.
| VidE wrote: |
| Avid(cross-platform) is the other big editing app. |
I was looking for alternatives to Premiere Pro (against my will) and already had knowledge of this. I looked more into it and even tried it out... I'd have to say I really didn't like the GUI and the general layout as much as I like Premiere's style... but I guess that's mostly to do with personal preferences to the user. Something that looked amazingly good though was the mutlicam features Avid uses... I can see myself saving hours with that thing. Tell me, have you tried it and how does it compare to just multi-tracking in Premiere?I use Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 and After Effects 7.0
Premiere and After Effects are very well integrated and the best thing about Premiere is that you get a good text engine and good Chroma Key filters
| Josso wrote: |
| tumbleweed wrote: | | Exporting a vid (or parts of) out of premiere as a filmstrip file and opening it in photoshop for editing can be fun |
Oh yes, that does sound like great fun actually. I forget that these power tools by Adobe are all cross-compatible.
| VidE wrote: | | Avid(cross-platform) is the other big editing app. |
I was looking for alternatives to Premiere Pro (against my will) and already had knowledge of this. I looked more into it and even tried it out... I'd have to say I really didn't like the GUI and the general layout as much as I like Premiere's style... but I guess that's mostly to do with personal preferences to the user. Something that looked amazingly good though was the mutlicam features Avid uses... I can see myself saving hours with that thing. Tell me, have you tried it and how does it compare to just multi-tracking in Premiere? |
I won it in a short film comp. I admit the GUI looks a bit amateur, but once you watch the flash tutorial its pretty easy, and it has good effects as well.
It was good because I got the Avid Xpress Pro suite which included sorenson squeeze, 2 Boris programs (fx and graffiti), sonic fire pro with a heap of royalty free music and sonic dvd author.Avid Media Composer is the most powerfull editing app on the market. Premiere and Final Cut Pro are for low budget inde filmmakers. But if you wanna know the best thing to buy, its Avid Media Composer.
Josso- I have not tried the multi-cam feature in Avid, I too am not thrilled by certain aspects of its GUI.
Mwilliams-While Avid has been the industry standard, I have two slightly tangential views. First, in the early days, Avid would play hardball with dealers, telling vendors that if they carried other company's products, such as e-mc2, they would pull their stuff out. That kind of cr-p really ticks me off.
Second, after hearing how wonderful(and expensive) the Media Composer was, I reworked some footage for a Volvo/Japan show, working with both the original footage and the same footage titled in the Media Composer. Both tapes were from the same production company, given to me by the show producer. The MC footage could not be matched with the original-it just wasn't clean enough. I asked the producer if the Media Composer footage was a dub or a compressed rough-cut, it wasn't.
So, for me, Avid has a rep, but for the prices they charge, I'm not all that impressed. Getting back to the thread, AVID's GUI, what little I've experienced, seems very solid and logical but very geared towards a certain sequence of operations. With PPRo and FCP you put a clip in the timeline and play, move, trim, whatever. With AVID you have the extra step of going into modes, trim mode or segment mode, then selecting your tools. As an editor, I can see how that would appeal to some people. Also, AVID is better than FCP or PPro when many people are working on a project together, its media management seems to be quite nice. Just be prepared to pay a lot for some of that stuff.
