the Black Monarch wrote:Editing software: Avid Xpress is available on both platforms and ownz j00r soul. Barring that, there's a lot of stuff on PC other than Premiere that can easily hold its own against FCP, and is cheaper, too.
Basically, the advantages once posessed by Macs (stability and ease of use) are no longer theirs. PCs are now either better than or the same as Macs in every category.
This post has nothing to do with me being an official Wintel whipping boy, I swear.
Coming from (once again, I know this gets old) a professional film editing standpoint, FCP still works better with 24fps capture when prepping an EDL for cutting motion pictures. I agree that there is a lot of software out there that, when cutting an AMV, makes it pretty much the same using either platform. But until you've worked with 35mm film and transfer, you have no idea what software can do. Premiere simply can't keep up, nor can Avid XPress. Macs still hold a very firm place in the professional film editing world.
And when AMV people talk about 24fps editing, it simply isn't true 24. There's a reason film has a sync ratio. You can read about it, but until you've physically cut film on a flatbed editor and moved to NLE systems, you understand. I cut film on an Aurora based Mac. It's basically what an Avid wants to be, only Avid is now outdated. That's why they've tried moving into the cheapie DV world.
Just try giving a GOOD transfer house five reels of HuffYUV footage to do a negative cut and composites (i.e. dissolves, wipes, etc.). The files would either be rejected outright, or look like crap. Then again, it's really expensive to do a transfer anyway... wait, let me clarify. If you shot something on DV and cut it on a PC with the highly touted HuffYUV, and cut it at 23.972398749283fps, a cheapie DV transfer house MIGHT transfer your film. But it would look ugly. Film editors cut at a true 24fps - the aproximation is for HD, which STILL hasn't matched film quality.
You know, I've rambled into an incoherent conversation that has nothing to do with the current posts. Why do I do this? Because I stay up very late and my thoughts become... what's the word? Oh yeah. CRAP.
Anyway, my point is, PCs are fine for AMVs. If you have a Mac, that's fine too, you can make a video on either one. It truly does not matter. There are specs, and there are tests. Screen tests are VERY important.
Christ, why am I even talking anymore? I need to shut up and go to sleep. If anyone even decides to respond to this post, you're crazy. As crazy as ME!!! YEAH! God, I'm tired...
Oh! I was kinda responding to you, Black Monarch! The reason I responded was because... I liked your Wintel whipping boy comment! That was funny.
Anyway, for a lot of people, AMVs are a hobby. But I KNOW some of you out there in AMV world want to go into professional editing. If you want work, you're going to have to learn how to work on a Mac. Cinema Tools ROCKS for 24fps when combined with the Aurora system. And a one terrabyte RAID. EDLs are actually accurate. And that's important.
Crap. No one here is going into film editing, nor does anyone care. Don't respond to this post. I'm a crazy person who stays up too late and drinks too much. My comments have absolutely NOTHING to do with AMVs, as far as I can tell. I will go to sleep now.
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