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<blockquote data-quote="joema" data-source="post: 1634616" data-attributes="member: 312925"><p>I use both FCP X and Premiere Pro CS6. FCP is great but I would not suggest changing unless you are willing to make an investment in learning it. For someone starting from scratch, I think FCP is easier, and it definitely has better media organization tools.</p><p></p><p>However -- FCP uses totally a different paradigm. While people can usually switch between Premiere, Avid and Vegas fairly easily, switching to FCP X can be more difficult, since you have to unlearn the conventional way of doing things. Once switched, I think FCP is faster at producing a final product because the organizational tools are so much better.</p><p></p><p>That said, another consideration is whether you are on CC or ever think you might upgrade to CC if on CS5, CS6, etc. Adobe no longer sells their software but only rents it for about $50 per person per month. Do the math -- in 2-3 years you could buy a new iMac for that. This alone could make the switch to FCP X worthwhile.</p><p></p><p>The biggest improvement in export performance would be using a CPU and software which support Intel's Quick Sync, which is essentially an on-chip transcoder. It only does single-pass MPEG-2 and H.264 but that is all you need for DVDs and Youtube videos. Quick Sync is about 5x faster than other methods.</p><p></p><p>Quick Sync was only introduced on Intel "Sandy Bridge" CPUs, which means a 2011 or later iMac. Also software support is needed. FCP X supports Quick Sync natively, Premiere does not, even on CC (I think). </p><p></p><p>There are Premiere Plugins which do support Quick Sync such as TMPGEnc, but it's Windows only. </p><p></p><p>On my 2013 iMac 27 running FCP X, exporting a 10 min 1080p/30 video from a Canon 5D Mark III using single-pass H.264 takes 2 min 31 sec.</p><p></p><p>Mac Pro uses the Xeon CPU which does not have Quick Sync, so a top-spec iMac will export video to single-pass H.264 much faster than a Mac Pro. </p><p></p><p>Re retina iMac vs Mac Pro, here is a good article: <a href="http://www.thepromacblog.com/i-bought-the-5k-imac/#!prettyPhoto" target="_blank">I bought the 5k iMac … | The Pro Mac Blog | The Mac Was Meant To Be Used By Professionals</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joema, post: 1634616, member: 312925"] I use both FCP X and Premiere Pro CS6. FCP is great but I would not suggest changing unless you are willing to make an investment in learning it. For someone starting from scratch, I think FCP is easier, and it definitely has better media organization tools. However -- FCP uses totally a different paradigm. While people can usually switch between Premiere, Avid and Vegas fairly easily, switching to FCP X can be more difficult, since you have to unlearn the conventional way of doing things. Once switched, I think FCP is faster at producing a final product because the organizational tools are so much better. That said, another consideration is whether you are on CC or ever think you might upgrade to CC if on CS5, CS6, etc. Adobe no longer sells their software but only rents it for about $50 per person per month. Do the math -- in 2-3 years you could buy a new iMac for that. This alone could make the switch to FCP X worthwhile. The biggest improvement in export performance would be using a CPU and software which support Intel's Quick Sync, which is essentially an on-chip transcoder. It only does single-pass MPEG-2 and H.264 but that is all you need for DVDs and Youtube videos. Quick Sync is about 5x faster than other methods. Quick Sync was only introduced on Intel "Sandy Bridge" CPUs, which means a 2011 or later iMac. Also software support is needed. FCP X supports Quick Sync natively, Premiere does not, even on CC (I think). There are Premiere Plugins which do support Quick Sync such as TMPGEnc, but it's Windows only. On my 2013 iMac 27 running FCP X, exporting a 10 min 1080p/30 video from a Canon 5D Mark III using single-pass H.264 takes 2 min 31 sec. Mac Pro uses the Xeon CPU which does not have Quick Sync, so a top-spec iMac will export video to single-pass H.264 much faster than a Mac Pro. Re retina iMac vs Mac Pro, here is a good article: [url=http://www.thepromacblog.com/i-bought-the-5k-imac/#!prettyPhoto]I bought the 5k iMac … | The Pro Mac Blog | The Mac Was Meant To Be Used By Professionals[/url] [/QUOTE]
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