Final Cut Pro vs. Premiere 6.0

1. elipyke
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   How does Final Cut Pro compare with Premiere 6.0. I've been using Premiere for seven years but am switching to a Powerbook and plan to use Final Cut. Will it be hard to learn? Is it solid? Does it provide all the titling, masking, and transitions? Thanks.

   Posted 8 years ago #

2. nobody
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   I too have considered this too and have a Powerbook in a wish cart at B&H... The 17 Powerbook is seductive in looks compared to an IBM ThinkPad. But look under the lid and you will see IBM has got its game together. Read most computer magazine hardware shootouts; they now embarrass Mac and Mac applications (even hardcore Apple editorized publications suggest misleading or faulty data and contribute poor straight line comparisons to show their products viability). Additionally, at MacWorld , Avid folks, numerous venders who were quietly candid and other professionals suggested that a PC platform with XP is a faster, has more robust options with long legs, and will be supported for the next five years. Those folks said to me& time are changing and get with new PC platform. Some big venders told me dont make the switch to Mac as the time has past. The PC upgrades are cheaper, the system very stable, and no one is running against the major players. With Premiere pro longer a Mac program, the final cut is not that attractive an option as Adobe beginning to move from support of Mac operating systems. What support could be dropped next is becoming seriously speculative but must seen as a trend considering the marketplace and new introductions. Since Adobe and even Avid to some degree is moving away from the Unix (Mac) platform, you might consider this a sign of the eventual disconnect. Also, you must know that Sony and Apple are getting further apart as co-development partners. Sony could be seen as a competitor to Apple with its Vaio computer products that have begun to see maturity. Apple has had to go with Canon for many developmental directions lately.
   
   Blah blah blah& I still have the Powerbook in the wish cart with the remove tab checked.
   
   Care to share the thread on this?
   

   Posted 8 years ago #

3. nobody
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   If Premiere 6.0 is your reference, then FCP4 is leagues above it. How efficiently FCP4 would run on a Notebook, should be a concern to you. I heard it was slow on dual-processor G4's - it being optimized for the new G5 Macs. The latest Adobe Premiere Pro would certainly be on a par with FCP4 - but it's PC platform only now. If you are a diehard MAC user then FCP4 is the best MAC has to offer. Don't let the 1000-page manual intimidate you. If you are familiar with the MAC OS, then you'd be already used to a certain level of awkwardness and difficulty, which would be foreign to a typical Windows user.

   Posted 8 years ago #

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