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Originally Posted by shakran
if you have the cash, are serious about editing a LOT, and want to make things easy on yourself, don't look at FCP. Final cut sucks compared to other NLE's (except Premiere. Premiere sucks worse  ). Go for a turnkey Avid laptop. Which version of Avid you want is gonna depend on what you intend to do, but Xpress will probably fit your bill. Look to spend 3-5k depending on what options you equip. You can pick which platform (PC or Mac) you want to run it on when you buy the system. |
That's interesting. Are you speaking from experience or do you know editors who've told you this?
The reason I ask is that I've almost always heard that budget Avid systems (below $20K let's say) just aren't that great. That's why final cut is used by so many indie filmmakers.
Now, if you can spend whatever, I've heard it's best to go with an Avid system (I'm talking the major systems studios use, which cost an arm and a leg and then some).
I use premiere (pro 1.5) now and it doesn't suck, but it's not that great either. There are plenty of people who think if you're going for a prosumer system that Sony Vegas is cheaper and just as good as PP1.5. I've haven't used Vegas, but I wouldn't rule it out.
Anyway, that's the first time I've heard someone say FCP sucks, just wondered why.