How Do YOU Edit?

Dougie_Fresh

Dougie_Fresh

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I'm not asking you to reveal any "trade secrets" but I'm curious to know how you edit. I'm an avid user of Adobe Premiere Pro but I want to know more about the community surrounding me. (If your software isn't on the list put in in the comments)

**This thread was edited on Feb 1st 2019 at 10:08:20am
 
love me some fcp7, but on my new comp i could only find torrents of fcpX which sucks!! in comparison of course... it's still quite powerful but the interface is almost insulting, it's a glorified imovie
 
I went from iMovie>FCP X> Premiere. Have since used AVID and Resolve. Currently I'd only use Resolve for grading, and really only technical or precise grading at that. I think in the future it will be a better option as a NLE software, but right now its not quit in line with premiere.

AVID is just far too different from Premiere for me, and seems to have way more issues in regards to exporting and round tripping.
 
I use the whole Adobe suite, everything just works together so easily, have never felt like I was being held back by any of it.
 
no reason to buy an editing program in 2019 unless you make a living off it. Resolve is amazing and free and if you need the $1000 studio features then you wouldn't be on NS asking anyway
 
14002093:Forcillo said:
no reason to buy an editing program in 2019 unless you make a living off it. Resolve is amazing and free and if you need the $1000 studio features then you wouldn't be on NS asking anyway
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This is facts. Although resolve hates multiple frame rates and isn’t quite on the same level as premiere. However as you said, if you need more features you wouldn’t be asking about it on NS!
 
I am a professional editor and use Premiere daily. There is a ton of great resources out there to learn the program. However, at the end of the day it is not the edit program that makes a great story.
 
Premiere! Learn short cuts and it will change the game for you. You don't need a mouse/touchpad to edit. Everything can be done via shortcuts and it will help/improve so much.
 
14011979:ICary said:
Premiere! Learn short cuts and it will change the game for you. You don't need a mouse/touchpad to edit. Everything can be done via shortcuts and it will help/improve so much.
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+1

I'm still on the FCP7 keyboard. I need to learn the Premiere keyboard shortcuts.
 
14013032:LukasSchroeder said:
Just make a custom keyboard layout thats the same as what you know from fcp
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No need it is built into Premiere. I know that there are certain keystrokes that are faster in Premiere tho.
 
14011367:newkid900 said:
it is not the edit program that makes a great story.
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Yeah I feel like lots of "newbies" (which we all were at some point) think that a better editing program = better editing, in the end they're all the same just depends on your preferences.

That being said, Premiere is the standard, tons of people use FCPX because they're stuck in the apple ecosystem, but FCPX does run really well on Apple hardware. If you're a student, premiere is like $10 a month and the whole suite is like $20 a month, if you're serious about editing video (ie make any money at all) you should pay for your editing software, just my two cents.

14012153:newkid900 said:
+1

I'm still on the FCP7 keyboard. I need to learn the Premiere keyboard shortcuts.
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Same haha i will always use fcp7 shortcuts.

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14013047:eheath said:
if you're serious about editing video (ie make any money at all) you should pay for your editing software, just my two cents.
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seriously. FCP is dirt cheap for how powerful it is and Premiere is debatably reasonable depending on your stance on subscriptions

you can't have a dozen+ hours into an edit and your shitty torrented copy decide to not work and tell the client they're outta luck haha
 
If you are on a budget, you can cheat the system with the good ol' final cut trial and date trick. It works, but as spoken above, if you're really into film making, pay for a quality software
 
14013046:eheath said:
Bro you're nuts, I refuse to even use a trackpad to edit, I travel with mouse and pad haha
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Haha I don't think I can edit without a trackpad, so much better for me than a mouse
 
I edit primarily in final cut and have a hard time with anything but a trackpad after too many years of time on a laptop.
 
14015054:toast said:
Haha I don't think I can edit without a trackpad, so much better for me than a mouse
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14015531:NE. said:
I edit primarily in final cut and have a hard time with anything but a trackpad after too many years of time on a laptop.
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y'all are nuts
 
14015623:eheath said:
y'all are nuts
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nah trackpads can be super quick for editing on the go especially when you're used to it, premiere CC also utilizes the haptic feedback built into 2015+ MBP trackpads so they haptic click with each snap using the selection/razor tool etc. also when zooming in and out
 
14015871:IanAvery-Leaf said:
nah trackpads can be super quick for editing on the go especially when you're used to it, premiere CC also utilizes the haptic feedback built into 2015+ MBP trackpads so they haptic click with each snap using the selection/razor tool etc. also when zooming in and out
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Ive used a track pad many times to edit and I absolutely hate it, but I'm just messing around calling it crazy, but for me a mouse is the only option.
 
14015872:eheath said:
Ive used a track pad many times to edit and I absolutely hate it, but I'm just messing around calling it crazy, but for me a mouse is the only option.
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true that mice are arguably the best option especially to not block access to kb shortcuts, but it seems that a lot of younger editors are more used to a trackpad than a mouse, myself included. Have windows trackpads caught up to the last decade of Mac trackpad excellence yet?
 
14015875:IanAvery-Leaf said:
true that mice are arguably the best option especially to not block access to kb shortcuts, but it seems that a lot of younger editors are more used to a trackpad than a mouse, myself included. Have windows trackpads caught up to the last decade of Mac trackpad excellence yet?
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Doubt it but you're asking the wrong person, my windows laptop has a very marginal track pad, but I don't use it.............
 
were forgetting the true GOAT...

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Premiere is best imo for more complicated ski edits and even films. Avid is used for TV and large films and is a little more complicated. If you don't know much about editing just use FCP
 
14016458:newkid900 said:
Learn Avid if you have any interest in working in Hollywood.
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From what I have heard Marvel almost primarily uses Premier and Adobe After Effects. I'm not doubting what you are saying at all though, Avid is the industry standard along with Adobe. (from what I know)
 
14019062:DMSpence said:
From what I have heard Marvel almost primarily uses Premier and Adobe After Effects. I'm not doubting what you are saying at all though, Avid is the industry standard along with Adobe. (from what I know)
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Adobe is definitely gaining momentum. However, Avid is better for longform editorial. That's not to say that you can't cut a feature film on Premiere. Avid is better at media management and for editors who are working in teams. Also a big part of it is the hardware that is currently supported for Premiere and the cost of setting up a machine room. I was working at post-production facility that was responsible for finishing trailers and we were using FCP7 for layback on some spots. This hardware is expensive and facility managers and owners are not going to be willing to take a chance on a software package that is unproven, especially if it requires new hardware to support it.
 
14020136:newkid900 said:
Adobe is definitely gaining momentum. However, Avid is better for longform editorial. That's not to say that you can't cut a feature film on Premiere. Avid is better at media management and for editors who are working in teams. Also a big part of it is the hardware that is currently supported for Premiere and the cost of setting up a machine room. I was working at post-production facility that was responsible for finishing trailers and we were using FCP7 for layback on some spots. This hardware is expensive and facility managers and owners are not going to be willing to take a chance on a software package that is unproven, especially if it requires new hardware to support it.
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The thing is, if you use one NLE, you can use them all. I don't think anyone reading this forum needs to use Avid, but I would be surprised if 5 years down the road, when these managers/owners you speak if upgrade equipment (because if you're running a computer that is even 5 years old you need to upgrade) maybe premiere will be more relievent.
 
14020143:eheath said:
The thing is, if you use one NLE, you can use them all. I don't think anyone reading this forum needs to use Avid, but I would be surprised if 5 years down the road, when these managers/owners you speak if upgrade equipment (because if you're running a computer that is even 5 years old you need to upgrade) maybe premiere will be more relievent.
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It probably will be. I just know I didn't get jobs because I didn't know Avid. At the end of the day editing is editing. We get lost in the technical details of software. Editing is storytelling. I could care less about the gear and more about great stories. We probably all have seen videos on Youtube that are amazing and that are cut in iMovie.
 
14020165:newkid900 said:
It probably will be. I just know I didn't get jobs because I didn't know Avid. At the end of the day editing is editing. We get lost in the technical details of software. Editing is storytelling. I could care less about the gear and more about great stories. We probably all have seen videos on Youtube that are amazing and that are cut in iMovie.
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very good comment
 
14020165:newkid900 said:
It probably will be. I just know I didn't get jobs because I didn't know Avid. At the end of the day editing is editing. We get lost in the technical details of software. Editing is storytelling. I could care less about the gear and more about great stories. We probably all have seen videos on Youtube that are amazing and that are cut in iMovie.
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A lot of people dont understand this and rant about having to have Premier Pro when they havent even gotten clips yet. Its crazy how many people forget what you are saying.
 
14024593:DMSpence said:
A lot of people dont understand this and rant about having to have Premier Pro when they havent even gotten clips yet. Its crazy how many people forget what you are saying.
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So true. We have to remember technology is always changing. It's not the software that makes a great edit but the editor. A great example of this is some classic films from history. A lot of them were cut on a machine called a Moviola. When looking at this machine it's hard not to think that many of the master editors who came before us were a lot more concerned with the story rather than the technology they were using.
 
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