Avid or Final Cut (after NAB)

Really good point there John Rivers, thanx for that! You convinced me and I am going for the Macbook Pro and Final Cut Studio next week. Besides the freedom to work wherever you want there is a cost benefit. For 2875 I have a keyboard, computer screen etc. and when I buy a G5 I only get the computer and I have to buy a screen etc. For a beginning production company as mine that saves me a lot of money and I can work on the road.
What kind of extra equipments do you have for editing on a laptop to compensate not working on a desktop? I was thinking in terms of more storing abilities etc.?

Niels
 
Brandon, what is the difference bettween Avid express dv and Avis express 4.0?
4.0 is a bit cheaper, what does it lack?
thanks in advance
-JWS
 
what is a good reason to go with media composer software over Express pro?
is it worth the extra $$$?
 
Secondary color correction, way more video resolutions (pretty much every resolution), More editing tools and options, 16 bit effects, HD, SD or DV in the timeline real-time (no rendering) to name a few.
 
The complete UB version of Final Cut Studio for $199.00 if you own any previous version of FCP???

That's tough to beat!

I went from an old Media 100 system to FCP and have always been happy with it.
 
Can someone explain why Avid does a better job at MEDIA MANAGEMENT. Can you not make bins in Final Cut?
 
Yes you can! I don't know what the difference is, but I have no problem with the media management of FCP. Someone else?
 
Hi Guys:

The deal with FCP and media management is that the Media Manager Tool in FCP is unreliable and does not function logically or consistently. It never has. It is especially weak in consolodating, if you want to dump all unused media.

AVID is definitely better than FCP at media management.

Apple can make FCP's media management better than AVIDs when they write all new code which is supposedly what FCP 6.0 will have in the near future.

If you work in an environment where you need to consolidate media often, AVID does it better. Other FCP weaknesses are that any speed changes in an FCP project DO NOT EVER translate accurately to other FCP systems. OTOH, FCP's overall project workflow is stronger with Motion, ST Pro, LiveType, DVD SP, etc. Love FCP but AVID does some things better. AVID is definitely more stable with long timelines.

Best,

Dan
 
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