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Originally Posted by sadatx
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.
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My newsroom uses Avid Newscutters and Media Composers back at the station and for field editing in the satellite truck (newscutter). But for field editing in the live trucks (the vans with the tall mast and a radar dish lookin' thing on the top) or our newscars we use Xpress pro on off-the-shelf Dells. There's a HUGE convenience and power drop from the newscutters and MC machines, but it's still better than premiere (I've used every version since 5) and Final Cut. No, Xpress isn't gonna have the raw power of the systems costing tens of thousands of dollars, but then I highly doubt he 1) wants or 2) can afford what they can do
As for what Xpress can do - - well, it gets my stories edited and on air under daily news deadlines (figure shot by 2pm, sometimes later, and on the air in a 1:50 package by 5). And since I doubt he's working under that kind of deadline pressure, Xpress should probably be plenty for what he's gonna want. Of course, we'd all need more details before we know for sure.