I just added an extra 4GB RAM and my computer is slower....8GB!

In my experience I've found the speed of your video editing is much more dependant on the nle itself than the computer.

I'd recommend giving avid media composer a try before you spend dollars on extra processors etc. There is a 30 day trial for it.

I wanted to see how good avid would be on my mac as premiere takes forever to render (Well it feels that way) and how it's playback of Hd is and i was blown away. It was like I had a computer double the speed - hd played back in REAL realtime with effects and cc. Rendering was done faster than it takes for Adobe Media encoder to open on some pieces.

Be aware that avid is very different and drives you nuts the first few times you use it. After testing it on my system I'm now hooked. Of course the trial ended a few days after my christmas break so now I'm back to cutting on Premiere. As soon as a few more jobs come in I'm ditching Premiere for good and getting an avid setup.

To be honest it feels like I've gone from a Ferrari to a second hand Dihatsu now I'm using premiere again.

Just a thought :)
 
damn. i'm going to have to give it a shot. i used avid like 6 years ago in film school and it was alright. premiere is like a high end consumer program if you ask me. if other companies have created solid fast NLEs than why not adobe? I've had enough of this substandard slow ass software and am ready to ditch my 98 contour for a Lotus. Thanks for the insight .
 
sbaileymediaman said:
I'd recommend giving avid media composer a try before you spend dollars on extra processors etc. There is a 30 day trial for it.

I wanted to see how good avid would be on my mac as premiere takes forever to render (Well it feels that way) and how it's playback of Hd is and i was blown away. It was like I had a computer double the speed - hd played back in REAL realtime with effects and cc. Rendering was done faster than it takes for Adobe Media encoder to open on some pieces.

Be aware that avid is very different and drives you nuts the first few times you use it. After testing it on my system I'm now hooked. Of course the trial ended a few days after my christmas break so now I'm back to cutting on Premiere. As soon as a few more jobs come in I'm ditching Premiere for good and getting an avid setup.

To be honest it feels like I've gone from a Ferrari to a second hand Dihatsu now I'm using premiere again.

Just a thought :)
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I too tried Avid MC for 30 days on the PC side over the Christmas Holidays and had a similar performance revelation. What video card do you have in your computer? I had never, EVER, seen my PC move so fast on HD material. And I have a fast editing machine.

I've already submitted my purchase request for Avid, and was hoping to have it by now. But have hit some delays. It will be a happy day when I install that suite on my machine.

I suppose unlike most, I really liked the interface once I had used it a couple of hours. I did some online tutorials and followed along in the program. My VERY FIRST project was a multi-cam shoot I had done back in the summer of 2009 and abandoned. I did it in three days as a test case for Avid. I proceeded to knock out two other stagnant projects in my first 2 weeks of use. The rest of the time was spent just playing with various workflows. It's pricey at $2400 but believe me, I understand where EVERY DIME of it is in that program. I actually did more than $3000 worth of work in that 30 days. If I was working on contract, it would have paid for itself in it's first month of use.
 
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you guys have me sold. i have some big money coming in on a few projects and can easily afford that. even if i couldn't afford it would make my money back in a flash.
 
Paunch said:
you guys have me sold. i have some big money coming in on a few projects and can easily afford that. even if i couldn't afford it would make my money back in a flash.
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I will put some cautions out for you.

1. Make sure your machine is up to scratch. This is HUGE. Avid have some very specific things they want in a machine, mostly centered around CPU and Video card.

2. Do the free trial. It's fully functional and I delivered three REAL projects in my time with it.

3. The Trial DOES NOT come with all the plug-ins and extra software. You get the editor and that's all. That was enough for me. I output master files from the Avid, and just finished the rest in my other NLE or DVD Authoring program.

4. You may hate it. Avid isn't for everyone. It feels totally backward to many editors. But once I got it.. it just clicked for me, and by the end of 30 days I was rocking and rolling with two hands. I even bought some editing books it made cutting so much fun again.

Best of luck if you decide to give it a go. I'm certainly no expert, but I can tell you (and link you to) the resources that proved helpful for me. I had never even looked at the program before downloading.
 
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