The computer platform has a bearing on your decision even though Premier and Avid (more on which in a moment) are true cross-platform solutions.
But before you get that far one of the first questions for anyone facing this choice is… Mac or PC? Over the years I’ve had a reasonable insight into all of them – and all have their strengths and weaknesses. Why Edius 6.5 and not the obvious?Įven with my prejudices it would have been foolish of me not to consider the NLE market leaders.
#Edius 5 intro pro
The latest version has built on this reputation and on boot-up carries the legend… “Edius Pro 6.5 – Edit Anything”. Whilst other NLEs have caught up with Edius in this respect I still think it’s still hard to beat for its stability, simplicity and source compatibility. Whilst my old system didn’t have enough grunt to handle DSLR files natively (I had to convert the MOV files to Canopus HQ files to make them workable), I’ve rarely thrown something at the timeline that Edius has been unable to handle.
#Edius 5 intro upgrade
I guess this is a major part of my reasoning to upgrade my own, ageing Edius 4.6 editing system up to the latest version (Edius Pro 6.52 to be precise) housed in a shiny new and beefy PC. It does happen – as per Apple and their introduction of FCPX (more on which later) – but once you have your head around the way an NLE works it’s hard to switch. Whilst NLE-choice doesn’t exactly follow this there is undoubtedly a certain amount of loyalty amongst users and it takes a fair bit of crappy development and bad PR for an NLE manufacturer to lose users to another manufacturer. Once you pick a team as a child (more often picked for you!) it’s is virtually impossible to switch allegiance later in life. It is true to some extent that editing systems are like football teams. However, sitting behind these are some amazing NLEs – and in my view none more so than Grass Valley’s Edius.
My guess is that the professional market share today would probably place Adobe Premier at the top of the pile closely followed by Apple’s Final Cut.
There’s plenty of choice these days in professional NLEs (nonlinear editing systems) and pretty much all of them will do the job at hand.
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