
For years Premiere lacked built-in proxy support which is a big issue for 4k. It has a crisp, detailed, configurable interface somewhat like Photoshop. The Premiere UI and conceptual paradigm is track-based thus similar to most other editing software. Premiere is not as efficient as FCPX so you typically need more hardware for the same performance level. If I was still 100% Premiere I'd likely be on Windows since you have more hardware config options.
#FCPX 10.3 AND COLORFINALE. FULL#
If you get the Adobe suite (not just Premiere) this is very full featured, however it's $50 per month. You can now get a free, mostly full-feature version of Avid, called Media Composer First: By "use as a pro" if you mean Hollywood, high-end independent productions, or large-market news production, 90% of this is done in Avid. You can get the job done with either one. I have a subscription to Premiere CC and still use it occasionally. I've used Premiere professionally since CS4 although in recent years have transitioned to FCPX. I have no background or experience with either style of workflow, I'd be starting from scratch.
#FCPX 10.3 AND COLORFINALE. PRO#
Since FCPX is an Apple product, and I'd mostly/only be using it on an Apple machine, as time goes on, don't you think that they would keep enhancing FCPX along with how it works on Macs? I'm thinking with this in mind, the long term bet would be favoring FCPX more.Īnyone with experience using both have any strong opinions? Remember, cost is not an issue, but ease of use and options in the long run (for daily and pro use) are.

Since I'm going to spend a LOT of time learning the software, here's the part I'm still thinking about. So after a LOT of research on different boards that tend to favor either Adobe and/or Apple a little bit, it seems that when cost is not factored in, Adobe's Premier Pro comes ahead a little bit when you focus on pro use and don't care about the initial (or monthly) costs. Also, I tend to go through a Lynda or other similar course step by step when learning a new software, so I will end up learning to use it properly, as opposed to using it a lot and picking up tricks along the way and getting familiar with it that way. Initial or monthly costs are not an issue, but my time is. Mine are: I want to learn something I can use as a pro as time goes on, where my time spent learning is as much an investment along the way as possible. There are a lot of arguments and comparisons of Premier Pro and FCPX, and I think the reason they are so varried is that everyone has different priorities.
