What editing program do you use or prefer.

brinks · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 566 City: Orlando

I know this has been done but would just like to get an actual poll. After you vote please if you can give a brief explanation why and what you do with it. (work, play, hobby, ect.) Please no fighting about why your choice is better than someone elses. just keep it to positive info about the program you use. I'm writing a comparison paper for school and this is part of my research.
Thanks

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

premiere pro. i have windows movie maker 2, too, and although it's free, i like a little more flexibility and features, so i went w/ premiere pro.

Josh R · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 11:14 pm Post subject:

Final Cut Pro. I have a mac, so it's the obvious choice, but it's also got so many damn features, so powerful and just makes sense to me. I'm a student and I use it to create short films, wakeboard films and any projects for Uni.

jvanick · Posted: Feb 11, 2005 4:56 am Post subject:

I've been a big Vegas user for the past 7 or 8 years... I started using it for audio then started exploring the video features.

Once you learn their workflow, hands down it beats Premier...

If I had a mac, I'd use Final Cut pro... but I can't justify buying a mac just for FCP.

-J

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Feb 11, 2005 7:37 am Post subject:

I perfer the best sditing program on the market Laughing

Windows Movie Maker Laughing

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

jvanick · Posted: Feb 11, 2005 11:00 am Post subject:

Vegas used to be owned by Sonic Foundry... but now they're owned by Sony.

The makers of Vegas also make Acid (the looping tool for dubbing your own beats)..

Avid might be interesting to try some day as well... you can download a free version... I'm just really used to Vegas now, so it's hard to get me to switch gears from something I know very well.

The url for free avid:
http://www.avid.com/freeDV/index.asp

-J

89comp · Posted: Feb 12, 2005 1:06 pm Post subject:

I use FCP on my G5 and i love the workflow and features of the program. I probably onlu use 10% of the capabilities of the program, but its nice to know that I've got room to grow. Another big bonus is that lots of indie film people use it so when I help them out, I can sit down @ their machine and start working, no need to learn a new program.

Elevation · Posted: Feb 12, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:

i use premier 6.5 as of right now havent gotten a chance to upgrade to pro yet but i should soon. i hear FCP is the best program out there, too bad i have a PC

colefooter · Posted: Feb 13, 2005 6:29 pm Post subject:

I mainly use premier pro, simply because the only other thing i have used is windows movie maker. I like permier basically because its nice a simple to use, has some cool filters, and a lot more things. I also like how i can export the movie as a gif and compress it and things like that.

Mariognarly · Addict Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 853

We use premier as well, since its low cost, and fairly easy to use. I would love to get a G5 to use FCP, but as jvanick and jumalian stated before, I cant justify spending that much money just for editing.

RD · Addict Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 626 City: Discovery Bay

Elevation · Posted: Feb 14, 2005 1:47 pm Post subject:

what would you guys say the best editing program is for a PC? i hear such great things about FCP but too bad i cant use that.

ryanprouty · Newbie Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 36 City: San Francisco

Call me a prestigous art fag but i think if you want to get serious about video, FCP is worth buying an apple for. I used FCP for EVERYTHING and it is amazing. Final Cut Express is pretty much the exact same thing unless you're gonna do some non-dv (dv25) stuff.

FCP 5/QT7 is rumored to be out in April (NAB 2005) and from what i've heard, will blow FCP 4/QT6 out of the water.

At work, i'm blessed with a G5, FCP, and 4 Gigs of RAM, and it's awesome, but id love even a MAC mini with Final Cut Express.

I'm avid certified, and appreciate the program, but FCP is much easier to use, and can do the exact same things.

I also used Premiere Pro for about 3 years and hated every moment of it. Multiple multiple multiple crashes and no good compressors.

If you are still anti-apple - watch this: http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/quicktime.html