I am an Avid editor really. I know Avid, I use it every day and I am totally at home with it. But I’m not afraid of FCP, I can operate it, feel pretty comfortable with it, but it’s not my ’safe place’ and I’m not as quick or effective.
But one big issue for me, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘FCP’
Horses for Courses – Avid vs. FCP
April 15th, 2009
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RED Expectations
July 30th, 2008
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The following is the text of a post I made on a forum as a general response after someone was asking about how best to set up budget/low-end 2K monitoring and finishing for the FCP system..
I reckon Jim Jannard and RED have a lot to answer for when it comes to messing up expectations.
I love [...]
What’s Wrong With Final Cut Pro?
April 11th, 2008
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Recently I’ve been coming to terms with Final Cut Pro. Up until recently I’ve pretty much had no need or desire to learn FCP, at least not since learning Avid. But that has changed, the fact is now that for basic HD broadcast finishing FCP outclasses Avid hugely (especially in a cost/benefit factor). But FCP [...]


