Which Editing App is most similar to FCP?

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Gorilla King

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Just curious, which app is most similar to FCP? Reason I ask is because I'm very familiar with it, but at the moement I don't have a Mac. I'm trying to decide whether to learn a new app or just save for both a Mac and Final Cut Studio.
 
In terms of layout, Premiere Pro looks very similar. I don't know about the functionality aspect of it though...I used Vegas when I was on PC.
 
I'd say kinda nothing really. There's not a lot of point in learning a PC editing app to be FCP like. Try to go either go for the Mac or get the best editor you can on the PC. Which it sounds like for many folks is either Vegas or Premiere.
 
I have used both and I will tell you that Premier Pro 2.0 (production studio) is my choice over FCP, they have surpassed all the other apps. in features.
If you are familiar with FCP you would be able to function just fine in Premier. It might take the average person about 20 min to get up to speed since most functions are so similar, just some different keys and commands. Just my opinion, Premier is easier and much more powerful. If you are using the Premier Production Studio, it will blow you away since all the apps are linked together, Audition, After Effects. Encore, etc.
Although FCP is the most popular in the industry, it isn't necessarily the best, anymore, just more popular.
 
Liquid is really similar, too.

I'd STRONGLY disagree that PPro is more powerful than Final Cut Suite. I know several PPro editors, professional editors, who've switched recently cause PPro just didn't stand up to what they needed.
 
Coming from a pragmatic standpoint I'd say grab a copy of Avid Xpress Pro. Knowing Avid and FCP is more useful then knowing FCP and Vegas or FCP and PPro, IMO. Of course this is assuming you want to follow an editing career path.

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Compositing, keyframing, etc, etc, etc...

All superior in FCP.

Plus, PPro doesn't have any of the Cinema Tools features.

PPro's "integration" between apps is severely limited, not what all the hype is about.

I could go on with what my students and consulting clients tell me, but seeing as how I don't use it, I shouldn't really say anything. But, PPro is not up to FCP level, in many factual ways.

I won't get into a pissing match. I'm out.
 
I'll throw in my $.02 and say if you are on a PC, get Avid Express Pro. It is more of an industry standard than FCP is, and if you know Avid and FCP, you will be a very marketable editor.
 
You do know that Avid is losing ground to FCP, has been for years. Our local colleges are getting FCP Trainers certified to switch from teaching Avid to teaching FCP. 50% of my students are in my classes cause they learned/worked with Avid, but now have to take jobs that are FCP. Since Katrina, the studios are mostly re-building with FCP, not Avid. And none use PPro at all for film. But we're New Orleans where the film industry is booming beyond belief, not that we would know anything...
 
BenB said:
Compositing, keyframing, etc, etc, etc...

All superior in FCP.

Plus, PPro doesn't have any of the Cinema Tools features.

PPro's "integration" between apps is severely limited, not what all the hype is about.

I could go on with what my students and consulting clients tell me, but seeing as how I don't use it, I shouldn't really say anything. But, PPro is not up to FCP level, in many factual ways.

I won't get into a pissing match. I'm out.
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Believe me, I wasn't trying to initiate a pissing match. I have wanted to try FCP for a while now, mut my sheer hatred for Macs pretty much rules that out. So, I have wondered about other apps that are close, like the original poster. Having never used FCP because of my Mac issues, I have no idea what it has, or what it can do.
 
Actually, I was forced to use a Mac for a year in College. I had to finish several projects at home on the PC, because my Mac in class kept crashing. That was quite the experience I'd say.
 
Capt Quirk said:
Actually, I was forced to use a Mac for a year in College. I had to finish several projects at home on the PC, because my Mac in class kept crashing. That was quite the experience I'd say.
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Well Macs do have Auto-Crash™ when they detect they are not being truly loved so maybe that's what happened? :engel017:

Noah
 
I didn't truly start hating them, until the 3D portion of the class. I would set a 10 second clip to render, and wait six hours. As class was about to end for the day, the Mac would inevitabley crash during the last 5 seconds, wasting the entire day.
 
Capt Quirk said:
Actually, I was forced to use a Mac for a year in College. I had to finish several projects at home on the PC, because my Mac in class kept crashing. That was quite the experience I'd say.
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This had to be pre- OSX what year was this? I actully converted to Mac's for a very similar reason.
 
It was 2000-2001. I started off on a power pc, then snagged one of the new G4s. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it was OS7.
 
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