The AGE-OLD avid vs finalcut debate
so where are we on this now? avid or finalcut? my cousin is an apprentice editor for SkyTV new zealand, and she's thinking of setting up her own rig. so wise appleinsiders, i humbly beseech you to bestow thou insights upon me: avid or final cut? yes, HD and SD to be considered.
bonus points to you that says BOTH (macintel dual booty action )
bonus points to you that says BOTH (macintel dual booty action )
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In many pockets you'll find large groups of FCP users and thus it may be more beneficial to utilize FCP. FCP overall will likely do more for the money especially if you're looking at the Final Cut Studio.
As a newbie looking to get into video editing I'm going with FCP..but then I'm an Apple guy too.
dingdingding.
But please know I am only in the game for the points...
yeah, a dualcore 2.3ghz powemac g5 rig (7800GT of course), 2gb RAM, 250gb or 500gb sata 7200rpm... will be sweet with twin 20" cinema displays. (man these crazy artists spending all their money on computers and shite!!! )
she can run Avid express pro 4.6.x SD for Mac
and then also
FinalCutPro5 HD/ FinalCutStudio with DVDStudioPro and stuff... Motion!
so for personal projects and getting some editing "street cred" avid and fcp skills will both be handy.
no need to dual boot mac/pc, mac is fine. i reckon avid express 5 pro for mac should come out by middle of next year, anyway there's FinalCutPro5 or even FinalCutExpressHD for all tha HD stuff.
yeah, i think the installed base of Avid and the videography community associated with that is not something one can dismiss that easily, if one wants to keep options open.... hmmm... intriguing.
anders, and all, thanks for playing
other contributions still welcome at this stage.
i did the math though, looking at 10,000 NewZealand dollars. and no, that's not the equivalent of 10,000 sheep for a powermac g5
1 NZD = 0.69 USD it seems....
I was under the assumption that Avid was on the way out. They are the SGI of video editing.
They've actually been doing better than ever.
my cousin is an apprentice editor for SkyTV new zealand,
I don't know about New Zealand, but here in NY it seems like there are an awful lot more jobs for Avid editors, though I'm sure knowing both would be good. I also think it is a lot easier to bring a project that's been edited on an Avid into a post house if necessary for outputs and such.
Originally posted by sunilraman
so where are we on this now? avid or finalcut? my cousin is an apprentice editor for SkyTV new zealand, and she's thinking of setting up her own rig. so wise appleinsiders, i humbly beseech you to bestow thou insights upon me: avid or final cut? yes, HD and SD to be considered.
bonus points to you that says BOTH (macintel dual booty action )
It would probably be best to use the same stuff she uses at work if possible...it lessens possible confusion
Originally posted by sunilraman
bonus points to you that says BOTH (macintel dual booty action )
Um, Avid works on normal PPC OS X.
Originally posted by Placebo
Um, Avid works on normal PPC OS X.
yes oh great Placebo, see one of my later posts above, i found this out already. ppc Os X avid is only SD though, no HD support (yet).
Originally posted by Placebo
I thought they had announced HD and CoreImage support in their next release.
sorry if i sounded nasty.... hmm... okay i read about HD support promised in the next release, i did not read about coreimage but that would make sense. no specific target dates have been announced though for the next release of avid express pro for mac ppc, afaik.
Don't get me wrong I would not use a PC for any of my personal projects. I just FCP could handle mixed formats in the timeline without needing to render.
About the JPEG's in the a way i'm supposed to process them for use in FCP?
sorry to hear but i think your powerbook 12" is underpowered for realtime stuff on finalcut, by the sounds of it.
also do you have the *latest* finalcut and mac os 10.4.3? because that, alongside a 7800gt will make sure almost all your basic stuff should be realtime rendered via gpu (coreimage)
Granted it renders fast but in Vegas you can put any type on picture or video with mixied formats without needing to render.
Don't get me wrong I would not use a PC for any of my personal projects. I just FCP could handle mixed formats in the timeline without needing to render.
Kris, you've just highlighted one of the remaining complaints that FCP users have. Using different formats in the timeline. Apple's certainly listening and I think they'll have a fix for that in April and NAB 2006 because it's pretty silly not to have this feature.
How would the 7800 help in FCP? I know it would do wonders in Motion but I don't think FCP takes advantage of the GPU. Correct me if I'm wrong.