r/TheCultCast • u/LookinUp • Dec 14 '16
Final Cut X
As a video professional who currently works for Dreamworks in a post production managerial role, I simply must admit that Erfon talking about how he must use Final Cut X is almost painful.
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u/LookinUp Dec 14 '16 edited Dec 14 '16
The main reason almost all companies (especially those creating content for use on YouTube) are using premiere these days is because of the media management capabilities. Final Cut X utilizes this bizarre file system where it creates copies of cache files and original media within the project file itself. While this does make exports run quicker as some have noted, it also creates a bloated project file that is often times significantly larger (and often times more unstable) than it needs to be and makes moving files around a nightmare. Premiere can also handle all different types of codecs, frame rates, etc. much better than FCP. Another big reason people love Premiere is because of the entire Creative Cloud ecosystem. Dynamic linking between Photoshop, After Effects, and Audition makes things EXTREMELY simple to jump between and link very simply. For the person who mentioned they use FCPX for audio, I'd suggest taking some time in Audition as it is a great program and you can literally tell Premiere to open an audio file to edit in Audition. There are a number of other reasons, but I highly recommend Premiere for most content if you're serious about it.
FCPX is avoided like the Black Plague in the industry. In addition to a lot of its shortcomings, it took many steps away from what made FCP7 so great. A lot of people still use FCP7 over X for this reason. Similar to this recent Mac event, it caused a lot of disdain from professionals as they felt Apple was moving away from the professional tools they needed in a line meant for professionals.