03-18-2008, 09:22 AM
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Marshmallow Maiden
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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Final Cut Pro equivalent for PC?
I'm not sure if I'm going to jump over to MAC just yet, but I've really enjoyed using the program. I'm wondering if anything similar is available for the PC?
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03-18-2008, 10:02 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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As far as I know they only run FCP on a MAC. We have 5 systems and they are all MACs.
I believe you can get scaled down versions of AVID that will run on Windows or Linux boxes. AVID is usually pretty pricey though..
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03-18-2008, 10:03 AM
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ALL ABOARD!
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I've used Adobe Premiere for years and it's fairly easy to use. Especially if you're at all familiar with the Adobe Creative Suite.
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03-18-2008, 12:42 PM
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Marshmallow Maiden
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KTrain
I've used Adobe Premiere for years and it's fairly easy to use. Especially if you're at all familiar with the Adobe Creative Suite.
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I've used CS3 on a daily basis for awhile now, but I've not used any other programs found in Creative Suite. I wonder if it'll be a big learning curve?
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03-18-2008, 01:39 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria, BC
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Ya, Adobe premier. But the industry has really shifted away from PC's...So the software isn't being made as aggressively anymore.
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03-18-2008, 03:47 PM
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ALL ABOARD!
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If you know the basics of video editing you shouldn't have a difficult time picking up Premiere. The look and feel of the program is similar to Photoshop with many of the video effects mimicking those of the Photoshop filters.
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03-18-2008, 03:50 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Ya, Adobe premier. But the industry has really shifted away from PC's...So the software isn't being made as aggressively anymore.
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Are you in the industry, HotHotHeat?
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03-18-2008, 03:54 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Are you in the industry, HotHotHeat?
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Nope, more of a hobbyist when it comes to video editing. You disagree with my post?
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03-18-2008, 04:05 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Nope, more of a hobbyist when it comes to video editing. You disagree with my post?
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Just wondering what sphere your expertise is in.
__________________
"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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03-18-2008, 11:06 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Calgary
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We use Pinnacle Studio at work, and it's pretty decent. Easy enough to use and lots of nice transition effects. I think it's really geared towards a home user making a video for his buddies wedding though, if that makes sense. If memory serves, the sound editing component was pretty weak, although it has been at least a year since I used it.
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03-19-2008, 01:31 PM
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Marshmallow Maiden
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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Great suggestions everyone. I appreciate it.
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03-19-2008, 01:33 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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Pinnacle is a devision of AVID now. They make decent programs.
FCP is a pretty damn good program. If you are serious about editing and want to do more of it it is worth the move to MAC.
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