FINAL CUT PRO X VS PREMIERE PRO

BrittClark

BrittClark

currently eating pie
Ok so I was using iMovie and then decided I wanted to step onto something slightly more advanced so I got FCP X.

However I have like a love hate relationship with it and find it can be quite buggy sometimes.

Wondering if there was anyone on here that is familiar with both of the softwares and can give me an un biased opinion :D

TIA

Britt.
 
I haven't used FCP X but I heard some things about it. I can't give you a comparison of the two so maybe some pros and cons of getting Premier Pro that I came up with will be helpful.

Pros:
Adobe Creative Cloud is soo good!! (but a bit expensive) Premier Pro and Photoshop alone are great but there are other apps;
hey, you wanna do some fancier edditing? BOOM!!!! After Effects,
wanna do some cool designs for you channel? Boom!!! Ilustrator
fancy some professional colour grading on your videos? BAAM!!! SpeedGrade
having some serious audio issues? KABLAMMO!!! Audition
I think I proved my point, CC has soo many applications that are very well integrated to work together.
2. More people in general use Premier Pro. I'm seeing a general trend of people moving from FCP X to Premier Pro, professional film-makers such as Casey Neistat often speak out about how buggy FCP X is. Possibly using Premier Pro will be beneficial in the future when collaborating with other people on videos.
3. I used Premier Pro for few moths and I haven't had any issues with it.


Cons:
1. In the long term, it will end up being more expensive. In the UK, if you buy it alone it's £17 a month (on a year contract) or £27 monthly, I don't know the equivalent in New Zealand but you can check it on their website. If you want the whole package (Creative Cloud) it will be £45 a month.
Maybe it's worth dealing with all the buggs if it's going to save you a bunch of money
(It's possible to get it cheaper if you're a bit sneaky about it :tongue:)
2. You will have to learn a new editing software, they are very similar but new layout, new workflow and new keyboard short cuts take some time to learn.


When it comes to what's better for editing there is no clear winner, it all depends on your needs and preferences. If you were a professional film maker working with a team of people then Premier Pro is probably a better choice but in your case it's all about whether you're willing to pay more and spend some time learning new software.

I hope that helps, make sure to update me on your decision! :)
 
Adam.W said:
I haven't used FCP X but I heard some things about it. I can't give you a comparison of the two so maybe some pros and cons of getting Premier Pro that I came up with will be helpful.

Pros:
Adobe Creative Cloud is soo good!! (but a bit expensive) Premier Pro and Photoshop alone are great but there are other apps;
hey, you wanna do some fancier edditing? BOOM!!!! After Effects,
wanna do some cool designs for you channel? Boom!!! Ilustrator
fancy some professional colour grading on your videos? BAAM!!! SpeedGrade
having some serious audio issues? KABLAMMO!!! Audition
I think I proved my point, CC has soo many applications that are very well integrated to work together.
2. More people in general use Premier Pro. I'm seeing a general trend of people moving from FCP X to Premier Pro, professional film-makers such as Casey Neistat often speak out about how buggy FCP X is. Possibly using Premier Pro will be beneficial in the future when collaborating with other people on videos.
3. I used Premier Pro for few moths and I haven't had any issues with it.


Cons:
1. In the long term, it will end up being more expensive. In the UK, if you buy it alone it's £17 a month (on a year contract) or £27 monthly, I don't know the equivalent in New Zealand but you can check it on their website. If you want the whole package (Creative Cloud) it will be £45 a month.
Maybe it's worth dealing with all the buggs if it's going to save you a bunch of money
(It's possible to get it cheaper if you're a bit sneaky about it :tongue:)
2. You will have to learn a new editing software, they are very similar but new layout, new workflow and new keyboard short cuts take some time to learn.


When it comes to what's better for editing there is no clear winner, it all depends on your needs and preferences. If you were a professional film maker working with a team of people then Premier Pro is probably a better choice but in your case it's all about whether you're willing to pay more and spend some time learning new software.

I hope that helps, make sure to update me on your decision! :)
Click to expand...


Thank you so much this was really helpful!! I've heard so much about the 'fancier' editing with After Effects and to be honest I find FCP like a slightly fancier iMovie..which I'm finding to be true. I think Premiere should've been what went for in the first place! I think I may try it out on a trial basis !!

After I check the NZ prices of course :D

THANK YOU !
 
I was completely put off by the monthly price of Adobe Creative Cloud so I have not tried any of the products.

I use FCPX for color grading I use the plug in Color Finale. I have been using this combo since March and have been very happy with it.
 
I've used Premiere Pro extensively, and recently tried the 30 day Final Cut Pro X demo to give it a whirl. Note: I'm a heavy Mac user.

Honestly, I find FCP to be extremely limiting. There some things about Premiere that could use some improvement, but I was *not* a happy camper with FCP. You're right about it being a slightly more complicated version of iMovie. Its just not a workflow that feels very productive, plus you don't have the integrations with other Adobe apps like Audition (audio) and After Effects. I use all three in each video I produce.

There's a 30 day demo for both software suites that you can download and compare for yourself.
 
Adam.W said:
I haven't used FCP X but I heard some things about it. I can't give you a comparison of the two so maybe some pros and cons of getting Premier Pro that I came up with will be helpful.

Pros:
Adobe Creative Cloud is soo good!! (but a bit expensive) Premier Pro and Photoshop alone are great but there are other apps;
hey, you wanna do some fancier edditing? BOOM!!!! After Effects,
wanna do some cool designs for you channel? Boom!!! Ilustrator
fancy some professional colour grading on your videos? BAAM!!! SpeedGrade
having some serious audio issues? KABLAMMO!!! Audition
I think I proved my point, CC has soo many applications that are very well integrated to work together.
2. More people in general use Premier Pro. I'm seeing a general trend of people moving from FCP X to Premier Pro, professional film-makers such as Casey Neistat often speak out about how buggy FCP X is. Possibly using Premier Pro will be beneficial in the future when collaborating with other people on videos.
3. I used Premier Pro for few moths and I haven't had any issues with it.


Cons:
1. In the long term, it will end up being more expensive. In the UK, if you buy it alone it's £17 a month (on a year contract) or £27 monthly, I don't know the equivalent in New Zealand but you can check it on their website. If you want the whole package (Creative Cloud) it will be £45 a month.
Maybe it's worth dealing with all the buggs if it's going to save you a bunch of money
(It's possible to get it cheaper if you're a bit sneaky about it :tongue:)
2. You will have to learn a new editing software, they are very similar but new layout, new workflow and new keyboard short cuts take some time to learn.


When it comes to what's better for editing there is no clear winner, it all depends on your needs and preferences. If you were a professional film maker working with a team of people then Premier Pro is probably a better choice but in your case it's all about whether you're willing to pay more and spend some time learning new software.

I hope that helps, make sure to update me on your decision! :)
Click to expand...

I recently got Premiere pro and I'm so overwhelmed I'm watching different tutorials to learn it ASAP. You mentioned the additional apps such as After Effects, how easy/complicated is that to learn it?

Keep in mind I used to use Movie Maker lol So this is a HUGE change for me!
 
PinProject said:
I recently got Premiere pro and I'm so overwhelmed I'm watching different tutorials to learn it ASAP. You mentioned the additional apps such as After Effects, how easy/complicated is that to learn it?

Keep in mind I used to use Movie Maker lol So this is a HUGE change for me!
Click to expand...

It is definitely more complicated and can be overwhelming for a while.

What I recommend is to focus on one small goal at a time. Start with simply importing video, doing simple cuts, and rendering it out.

Tip: When making a new project, you see a big window for picking the sequence settings. Just hit cancel and Premiere will open an empty project. Import your assets (video, images, etc). Right click on your first video and choose "Make sequence". This is great because your final video just uses whatever settings of your source video and makes doing the work a lot easier.

I'm afraid the rendering settings are somewhat overwhelming. My best advice for that is to choose h264, set the encoding quality to 15mb/s, and the frame rate to match your source video. Click maximum depth. THEN save this as a preset that you an use again in the future.

Honestly, don't worry about After Effects immediately. It's awesome and powerful for doing really cool graphics but not something you need right away. When you decide you want an effect in your video, go google about that effect and just do one little part at a time. Eventually you'll start having a little base of knowledge to grow from.

I've used this stuff for years but there's still more things I don't know than I do. I can figure things out but it's still literally the same process I'm telling you. Pick a small idea and learn about it.

Last thing, I'd say focus on Audition first for your audio. A typical problem is background noise. After you make a new sequence from your video, right click on the audio in the timeline and choose Audition near the bottom. I made a video recently about removing background noise that can show you how.
 
geuis said:
It is definitely more complicated and can be overwhelming for a while.

What I recommend is to focus on one small goal at a time. Start with simply importing video, doing simple cuts, and rendering it out.

Tip: When making a new project, you see a big window for picking the sequence settings. Just hit cancel and Premiere will open an empty project. Import your assets (video, images, etc). Right click on your first video and choose "Make sequence". This is great because your final video just uses whatever settings of your source video and makes doing the work a lot easier.

I'm afraid the rendering settings are somewhat overwhelming. My best advice for that is to choose h264, set the encoding quality to 15mb/s, and the frame rate to match your source video. Click maximum depth. THEN save this as a preset that you an use again in the future.

Honestly, don't worry about After Effects immediately. It's awesome and powerful for doing really cool graphics but not something you need right away. When you decide you want an effect in your video, go google about that effect and just do one little part at a time. Eventually you'll start having a little base of knowledge to grow from.

I've used this stuff for years but there's still more things I don't know than I do. I can figure things out but it's still literally the same process I'm telling you. Pick a small idea and learn about it.

Last thing, I'd say focus on Audition first for your audio. A typical problem is background noise. After you make a new sequence from your video, right click on the audio in the timeline and choose Audition near the bottom. I made a video recently about removing background noise that can show you how.
Click to expand...
Great suggestion about learning one thing at a time because so many things go through my mind that I want to learn but I'm trying to tell myself keep it slow I'll eventually learn it all or most of it atleast.

As for the sequence nothing pops up on its own as you mentioned but I'll definitely try the right click option instead, thanks for that!
 
I have used many different editing softwares over the years. I started with Premiere and no other programs have come close for just standard video editing. (motion graphics obviously I'd go with a program that specializes in that, like After Effects.)

In college I had to take a class where I had to use AVID, Final Cut 7, Motion and various other programs. I should note that Final Cut 7 is nothing like Final cut X. So if given the option I'd go with 7 as it is the most similar program to premiere.

Final Cut X I recently tried. I had to be away from my computer for about a week so I still wanted to make videos, I needed to find software for my laptop. I got a demo of Final Cut X... and I found it to be lacking features, and was more complicated to use than something like premiere.

I cannot stress enough that Premiere is the best program I have ever used and it keeps getting better with each version they come out with. There might be a bit of a learning curve but once you're familiar with it any other program will make you wonder why can't even get simple function right like being able to drag and drop clips into the timeline.
 
geuis said:
It is definitely more complicated and can be overwhelming for a while.

What I recommend is to focus on one small goal at a time. Start with simply importing video, doing simple cuts, and rendering it out.

Tip: When making a new project, you see a big window for picking the sequence settings. Just hit cancel and Premiere will open an empty project. Import your assets (video, images, etc). Right click on your first video and choose "Make sequence". This is great because your final video just uses whatever settings of your source video and makes doing the work a lot easier.

I'm afraid the rendering settings are somewhat overwhelming. My best advice for that is to choose h264, set the encoding quality to 15mb/s, and the frame rate to match your source video. Click maximum depth. THEN save this as a preset that you an use again in the future.

Honestly, don't worry about After Effects immediately. It's awesome and powerful for doing really cool graphics but not something you need right away. When you decide you want an effect in your video, go google about that effect and just do one little part at a time. Eventually you'll start having a little base of knowledge to grow from.

I've used this stuff for years but there's still more things I don't know than I do. I can figure things out but it's still literally the same process I'm telling you. Pick a small idea and learn about it.

Last thing, I'd say focus on Audition first for your audio. A typical problem is background noise. After you make a new sequence from your video, right click on the audio in the timeline and choose Audition near the bottom. I made a video recently about removing background noise that can show you how.
Click to expand...

So I went back and chose the sequence I wanted and when I drag the video in the timeline for some reason there is no sound? It's not put on mute, why does it do that?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top