Which To Use - FCP 7 or CS5 Master Collection?

andythefilmer

andythefilmer

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(note: I am posting in the Premiere and FCP forums)...

Hi y'all. I have been using FCP for about 3 years now and am very familiar with it. However, I was recently hired as an editor, and they use both FCP and CS5. I installed the CS5 Master Collection on my laptop, and I really haven't had time to learn it, besides PS and DW, which I already use.

In your opinions, should I begin to use Premiere? I am editing DSLR and DVCPRO HD footage, and I know both systems can handle both of those well.
 
That's entirely up to you. Is CS5 useful as a trade skill- sure. Do I as a producer care which program an editor uses as much how good their skills are- not really. But I don't know your market. Should- can't say. Would it hurt- don't see how. That is unless the current gig has a problem with you learning on the job. Not that Premiere is hard to learn- much of it is very similar to FCP...

Noah
 
I have both FCS 3 and CS5 and I use FCP and Premiere in my workflow. Premiere can edit just as well as FCP and it also offers the ability to send sequences from FCP so that you can get to AE without having to render out a clip. Quite frankly, I haven't done a project in the last two years where I didn't use Adobe products and Final Cut Studio together. At end of the day, I believe it could be beneficial to know both and make yourself more of an asset to have around.
 
If you can do more, do it faster, and do it better with FCP (which I suspect is the case because you know it so well) then probably makes sense to go with what you know. But....

If you want to learn a new program, your employer doesn't care if it takes you some time to get up to speed, and want to improve your marketability, then give CS5 a try.

Of course, you could use FCP for tight deadline work and use/learn CS5 when things are a little slower or when time allows.

I switch between Avid and CS5 when I have to edit (depending on budget and time constraints). I find I am MUCH faster on an Avid but CS5 saves clients money.
 
a few years ago i had to use FCP for a couple of projects for the first time, as a long time premiere user i was a bit worried about using fcp for this project without trying it first, however the transion proved to be painless, and after a day or so i felt up to speed. both programmes are very similar, so i assume you'll find the switch to adobe as easy as my temporary switch to fcp, plus in premiere theres an option to map fcp shortcuts to the keyboard to make things that bit easier for apple users.
 
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