Editing Redcode

[Jamie Forbush]

I'm more into editing RAW Redcode and I'm purchasing 1-2 of the new Weapon CF. That said, I have a question for people like Phil and anyone else on here who knows more than I, which is most if not all of you haha. If you had to choose between Adobe Premiere Pro CC (which I own along with film convert) and Apple's Final Cut to edit Red produced footage, which one do you choose to edit with? The biggest question is why?

 

[Stacey Spears]

I think people select the editor they are most comfortable with. For me, I am a Windows guy, so I use Premiere Pro. If I were on a Mac, I would strongly consider FCP mostly because I don't have to rent it. I am also interested in their new editing paradigm.

Its easy enough to test drive all of the options. I suggest you jump and see how they work. Ignore the media type and just get a feel for the editor.

 

[Phil Holland]

I'm a "power" Adobe user and I use a lot of their applications for my workflow. Dynamic Linking between After Effect and Premiere is crazy useful. SpeedGrade is the same way now and it's about to be more integrated into Premiere Pro than ever. Also the new Audition workflow is appealing. I work at 6K FF natively regularly and that's been working great for me. That's my overall opinion though.

And honestly FCPX is better than it's ever been in reality.

 

[Kalechi Noel]

FCPX!!! Optimized and works seamlessly with Macs, and if you are lucky enough to get your hand on a new Mac Pro... It's the fastest performance out there. All editors I know that Took the time to learn fcpX .... Never look back . all other NLE just feel archaic ...

 

[Alex Doctor]

I've been a final cut editor since V1 and made the transitioned to fcpx shortly after it came out. In the last six months I've made the transition to Premiere as I love the adobe suite integration and workflow. There are elements I love and hate about both FCPX and Premiere but I have noticed since moving to Premiere that the exports from FCPX are substantially higher in quality than Premiere. I've done a few tests, if I render out a ProRes master from After Effects dynamically linked to the premier project I get great results, but I'm not loving direct exports from Premiere, FCPX is always good.
Anyone else noticed this?
I guess if you're doing corporates and lots of after effects work and enjoy the benefits of the other adobe video apps then thats probably you're best bet.
If you're doing anything in FCPX be prepared to go elsewhere for you're grade, although color finale is a nice option. I don't love the built in audio tools in fcpx and motion is a dog. FCPx is great for super quick editing, but a little tiresome with it's 'alternative timeline' when it comes to revisions.

 

[Joe Kyle]

I have noticed since moving to Premiere that the exports from FCPX are substantially higher in quality than Premiere. I've done a few tests, if I render out a ProRes master from After Effects dynamically linked to the premier project I get great results, but I'm not loving direct exports from Premiere, FCPX is always good.
Anyone else noticed this?

Yes, definitely. I don't bother trying to export H264 from Premiere anymore...only ProRes. Other than that, I love working with Red footage in Premiere.

 

[Marc Wielage]

If you had to choose between Adobe Premiere Pro CC (which I own along with film convert) and Apple's Final Cut to edit Red produced footage, which one do you choose to edit with?

Avid is also a very widespread choice among many editors doing major TV series and feature films. There's a lot of good reasons to go with that, but in truth, the choice of editing program is a very small part of any post system. It's the infrastructure that costs the most money and takes the most time. The editing software is relatively trivial.

 

[Alex Doctor]

Avid is also a very widespread choice among many editors doing major TV series and feature films. There's a lot of good reasons to go with that, but in truth, the choice of editing program is a very small part of any post system. It's the infrastructure that costs the most money and takes the most time. The editing software is relatively trivial.

I do love Avid for long form, but I find that I get a lot of issues with R3Ds and AMA, have you experienced that?