Avid Express
Currently I have 1 ghtz Pc with windows xp installed, I hope to be getting the superdrive imac late this summer after jaguar is out. I do alot of video editing, but i know a powermac is not coming my way. One of my friends has offered me a free copy of avid express. Is it a good program. Can I just keep my annoying Pc and save myself alot of money? or should i still buy the mac? is avid really worth installing on my pc at all?
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In determining which would be better, what kind of work are you doing to be doing? Final Cut Pro will give you more bang for the buck... you can move up to doing film, 24p and HDTV work with the CineTools option... to get that with Avid, you've got to buy an XPress system with the film option, and you don't have that kind of money
Major differences? I haven't played with FCP a *lot*, but it is by no means an Avid. I own an older Media Composer system, which has video cards that support Component and Composite video in/out, has better deck control than FCP, and personally, I find editing on an Avid and organizing my projects to be an incredibly pleasurable experience. The hours I've put on a FCP system made me really miss my Avid
If you're going to be getting into the industry, you're going to want to learn to cut on an Avid at some point. FCP isn't bad by any means, it's a nice piece of kit.. but someone is waving a free copy of XPress DV in your face, so I'd take it. FireWire cards are really cheap these days, it's a minute investment on your part.