Which Editing App is most similar to FCP?

Capt Quirk said:
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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OK, this all makes sense. If you used a mac with OSX it would be an entirely different experience, just like I would probably like PC's more if I had used them beyond windows 98. I used to hate PC's (for crashing and viruses), now they are just not my choice of systems.
 
Capt, there aren't any. Ask the guy who said that FCP is "better" than Premier Production Studio 2.0, if he has used them both.
Really they do basically the same thing. One of those programs does them easier and more efficiently, has built in features that the other requires you to use plugins or buy other programs for. Can you guess which one?
 
As far as crashing goes, yeah, I'll admit my PC crashes from time to time, and so do Macs. It's a fact of life. Difference is, my PC didn't cost 5 grand, software and parts are cheaper. While I'm not fond of the way Macs operate, I have to give some respect to FCP (Remember FCP? This thread used to be about FCP...).

As far as viruses, I currently have 2 PCs running here. My wife's PC is constantly catching viruses and crashing, mine rarely crashes and has never been infected. The difference? She is the type that has to open everything that hits her email box, and she lets the kids surf and play with it. Myspace, stupid games, and who knows what else. About every 6 months I wipe it, do a quick reinstall, and hope she learns her lesson this time.

And finally, I have been known to say, FCP is the only reason I would consider switching. Fortunately, I can't afford it, so that isn't an issue.
 
corona said:
Capt, there aren't any. Ask the guy who said that FCP is "better" than Premier Production Studio 2.0, if he has used them both.
Really they do basically the same thing. One of those programs does them easier and more efficiently, has built in features that the other requires you to use plugins or buy other programs for. Can you guess which one?
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I realise they both do the same thing, and could likely put out almost identical work. The question was, what are the features that FCP has, that Premiere doesn't. I know there are a lot of tools that After Effects has, and PP2 doesn't. I wasn't implying anything, it was a straight forward question.
 
Yes Ben, I do know that Avid is losing ground to FCP. As it should, IMHO. But where I live at least (Hollyweird), Avid still has a firm grasp as the town was built around it. Just like when Avid first came along, the town was built around FILM and tape to tape workflows. People were very wary of Avid and didn't want to give up their ways of doing things. Avid worked its way in by making itself compatible with those systems and able to integrate into the current system.

Then Avid took over.

FCP has been making inroads in Hollywood, but slowly. It has taken over other parts of the media industry....corporate, indy film, wedding, event...but because it has taken a while to perfect the tools to work well with the existing systems that Hollywood has, it has taken a while.

I happen to like both. They both have strengths and weaknesses. So I guess it all depends on where you want to work.
 
Capt Quirk said:
As far as crashing goes, yeah, I'll admit my PC crashes from time to time, and so do Macs.
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That may be the case for some, but I've had 4 macs now and fortunately for me none of them have crashed at all in fact I rarely ever restart my powerbook. guess I'm just lucky.:thumbup:
 
You ain't kidding about luck! I think you might be able to call Guiness... the book, not the beer. Well, call 'em both just in case ;)
 
I've been through 5 various Macs in the last six years, never had a "crash" or "lock up", nothing. That's covering a G4/450 up to a Quad Core G5 and a G4 Powerbook. Never a system crash or lock up.

I am a retired IT Engineer. I worked phone support, field tech, on up to Project Manager over the years. I supported DOS, UNIX, Windows in all it's various flavors, and I always came home to a Mac. And now that it's a UNIX system, I'm enjoying it even more. Just my professional two cents.
 
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