Friday, April 2, 2010
Final Cut Pro
Okay, so this will be a completely biased post and I am content with that. When I was a junior in high school I signed up for a class that had something to do with television. Upon entering the class on its first day, I fell in love. Our first assignment was to create a PSA and from there I didn't stop. It was there in that little studio that I fell in love with final cut pro. Back then, the class was seen as a DIY course. Meaning, they gave you assignments... but never taught you the proper techniques. I quickly began messing with the program and loved how easy it was. I used final cut pro for two years in high school, and for an additional two years at my previous college. When I signed up for an editing course last semester that was based solely on avid, I was disappointed. I found avid to be confusing and not user friendly at all. In fact, Gregg allowed me to use final cut for my projects (thanks!) which I appreciated. I know the edit lab on campus now has final cut available for students use and I hope that in time the school will realize it is much more user friendly than its PC enemy!
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BSC is going to be PC for the duration.... I'm a Mac person, and I can speak from experience. But to call Avid the "PC enemy" of Final Cut is actually inaccurate--one of the cool things about Avid is that it can work on either platform (unlike Final Cut!).... When I taught as a grad student in Indiana, we used Avid...on Macs!
ReplyDeleteSame thing at Fitchburg, they're all mac systems with Avid and FCP. You start on avid and work your way up until about your junior year. They also have a pro and established author of multiple Final Cut publications on the teaching staff.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the new Pro in the lab, I sat down with Gregg on Wednesday to set it up and get it running well. It's pretty insanely fast and looks a lot better than any of the other computers.
I do like Avid, but I've done more with FCP. I think FCP is a little easier to work with but everybody feels differently. It's good to know as many programs as possible for post-college, because they vary depending on subject matter.