Adobe Premiere Pro VS Avid Media Composer - What should you Edit with? | Department Spotlight

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In this short extract of the Editing podcast, Jaco & Mark talk about using Adobe Premiere Pro vs using Avid Media composer and which they thought was best.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:21 What do we use?
2:11 Using Avid
3:01 Best Avid Feature
4:35 Avid vs Premiere
5:21 Industry Standard?
6:03 Linking with different programs
6:50 What to use if not these
8:18 Project Organisation
12:19 Outro
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[@LoopedPictures]

Hey everyone! *We have updated this video* and tested out more programs specifically for editing KZbin videos. Please check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGmvlIBmodZ9rNU

[@alvinburrell]

I'm an AVID user - coming from Premier Pro, and it frustrates me when people compare AVID when they clearly do not use it. Yes it is difficult to learn if you are not a serious about editing but there is a reason why almost every major film and TV broadcast...it is designed for Editors, not really people who dabble. The fact is if you want to make a living as an editor in the industry you need to know AVID. Media Composer is pretty much the same price as Premier and there is a free version. Why do I prefer AVID? 1. It is stable as hell (Premier used to crash on me every single day with anything over 30 minutes) 2. It keeps you so organised 3. The multicam is just the best 4. ScriptSync (the ability to import a script and edit based on the actual words in the script) is amazing I know Premiere is very good and I still use it if I need to collaborate with other users but given the choice I'd rather stick with AVID any day of the week.

[@LoopedPictures]

Hi! First off, so sorry for not responding to your comment sooner, KZbin somehow hid it from us :) While we haven't used the latest versions of AVID lately, we both have at least one year's experience each editing short films with it. We definitely agree that AVID has a much stronger reputation than Premiere. The idea with the title of the video wasn't really to pick a winner, but rather give our views and opinions from using both, albeit AVID for a shorter time than Premiere. We actually forgot about ScriptSync and agree that that is such an amazing feature! And you can't even compare stability of AVID to Premiere. AVID wins hands down. We are very passionate about filmmaking and editing and for us at our level and in our country (working as professional editors in the South African Film and Commercials space), Premiere Pro and all the apps that come with the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite are a great fit.

[@paragonkurby1771]

Hello! I'm new to the idea of video editing, a friend had told me to try out avid media composer. Just gonna say this now I have had it for a year now and I haven't the slightest clue as to what to do. long story short I have attempted it 3 or 4 times now and cant get the video that i edit to upload. of course it makes things more difficult for me when they constantly add new things in lol. if you would have any tips for someone trying to learn this the hard way i'd be open ears.

[@faisalsalam4161]

@@paragonkurby1771 are you using the right codec? Make sure everything is an xmf file. I prefer Premiere myself but I'm doing my best to learn Avid because I need it for this one job that I'm applying to. Premiere is a very simple software and easy to use. However, Avid has been around since basically digital editing was invented. Everything works the way it is supposed to.

[@LoopedPictures]

Hi @PARAGONKURBY1 Sorry for the late response. I would definitely check your export settings as @Faisal Salam suggested. AVID is a great program, but there are very few tutorials online for how to use it properly unfortunately. If you're just starting out, I would highly suggest using Premiere to start with just because of the amount of support and how-to videos that are out there already. That being said, here is a video that could potentially help you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4vGh2eIh7J5d5o

[@paragonkurby1771]

@@LoopedPictures thank you both for the advise, I will look into those and try it a bit more. If nothing else comes up I'll check out the premiere and give that a whack. I shall also check out you're link.

[@josephb1884]

The right tool for the right job. Avid is great in certain situations, but it absolutely flails in others. As a one-man-band (audio, graphics, etc) I would rather use Premiere.

[@junioraray5269]

I learned so much y’all changed my life 🙏🏼

[@LoopedPictures]

So glad you enjoyed it :) We did editing breakdowns of our films if you'd like to check those out too: kzbin.info/aero/PLxZYofJRhZfIQvcKwwpsQQPjIAneqI38L

[@phillipe2002]

Loved this, very informative :)

[@d1fuze422]

And 1 more thing, if you are a keyboard guy and you hate to use mouse for editing, avid is the best choice.

[@roquefabian.2099]

I am 15 years old, I have been using premiere pro since I was 12 years old, Linked with adobe after effects, Well in my opinion errors are something to get used to, I have also worked with DaVinci resolve for color grading But it is really unnecessary for me to use software like Avid if you make videos other than television or cinema, I know large film companies that use premiere pro as well as: TELEVISA (Mexico) and Discovery Chanel and in fact I was curious to try the free version of Avid media composer and I did not like it at all, it took like 1 hour to know how to cut and apply a transition, so I say my respects to movie editors, I hope one day I can be there. conclusion: if you edit from home or crazy use Avid, it is unnecessary and you will break your head.. you will cry like a baby

[@LoopedPictures]

Kudos for starting so young!

[@annoyken]

One thing that Avid does great is Elastic Keyframing - just try it - you’ll never want to go back. And the 3D warp effect that basically adds a ton of simple effects at once without having to drag crop

[@wallywah222]

I'm an Adobe power user, I enjoyed every bit of this.

[@gamerdeluxe7409]

Enjoyed your video! (20+ years on Media Composer ;-) )

[@305kubrick]

The title of this video should be “Watch paint dry”.

[@LoopedPictures]

😂 We made an update to this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGmvlIBmodZ9rNU Maybe it's a little bit more exciting.

[@comunissa]

My favorite editor is Premiere. I have also tried Davinci, Vegas Pro and Final cut. I must admit that I really like Vegas Pro. This program needs polishing in some aspects and without a doubt it could be competitive.

[@noticiasinmundicias]

It's wild to read that disclaimer today

[@gilbertlawrence7161]

Great content. Very informative. However it will be nice if you guys can use cut-aways or b-roll of the GUI's of the NLE's you're referring to it will be nice.

[@LoopedPictures]

Hi! We definately agree and are working on more editing videos. This one was just an extract from our hour long editing podcast. You can listen to the full conversation on Spotify at bit.ly/DeptSpot

[@gilbertlawrence7161]

@@LoopedPictures Great Stuff. Can you include an overview of the new Productions workflow in Adobe Premiere Pro and how you guys can take advantage of the Production panel. How will you leverage this new functionality in your own productions. Thx

[@LoopedPictures]

@Gilbert Lawrence, YES! We are so excited about the new features introduced recently. Stay tuned!

[@d1fuze422]

Hello mate, there is an another reason why filmmakers use avid. You can open/import your project file from any avid versions above 18. So that would be great of u wanna edit a movie after a year.

[@LoopedPictures]

Hi! Yeah definitely. I'm pretty sure you can do that in Premiere as well. But also we have updated this video if you'd like to go check that out, link in description :)

[@LonwaboMfundisi]

I started on Premiere 6.5 way before they released Adobe Premiere Pro 1.0. They used to have a feature called AB editing some weird timeline collapse of some sort. They then adobted Final Cut thinking with Pro 1. I then moved to Avid 3.5 and Avid Pro I got frustrated at first and then I got used it and I respected it. I then moved to FCP 7 I saw similarities with PPRO. I never looked back in using AVID due to the nature of the shows I worked on. I realise that avid is superior with media management and good for Drama and movies too but with Reality TV I think I'll break my monitor because in need to get going and start working lol am now digging Davinci Resolve as it tries to combine Adobe, FCP, Avid a bit. Resolve is also good and it's cheap and reliable and it has frequent updates.

[@LoopedPictures]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@Barowiec]

I think, they could communicate without words

[@kausoul]

Why dont you make tutorial on avid media?

[@dekamotionpictures2132]

👍

[@juanlagos2125]

Can you make marks for chapters in Avid?

[@LoopedPictures]

Hi! Yes you can. If you open your command pallete it's a command you can map to a keyboard shortcut

[@juanlagos2125]

@@LoopedPictures are you sure ? I asked you how to create chapters to export them in avid.

[@IPGarland]

Avid was and is far superior than Premiere as an edit tool. As an editor with many years of experience and having helped on the original interface for Avid MC back in 1991 and knowing both systems, I think both have their strengths, but Avid wins hands down as an editing tool. Cutting tool, call it what you like. It was designed from the ground up by film professionals for film industry people, not for your home based amateurs or video editors. It does take proper training to use, but is a lot more robust and accurate than Premiere. Premiere is useful and has some fun things but it has no heritage.

[@slykhajiit2]

It's weird how they're so light toned and humorous but the background music is soft and dramatic 🤣🤣

[@LoopedPictures]

We might use Premiere Pro, but we're _avid_ fans of dramatic music 😜 Thanks for the feedback!

[@PerspectivePhilosophy]

Came for the question, stayed for the dry humour.

[@LoopedPictures]

😂🙈

[@glenndigital9065]

####avid is not for everyone...any one can learn premier pro but not avid....avid> premier pro.........

[@LoopedPictures]

While we do agree that it could be a difficult program to learn if you've never used anything else, we don't think that's any testament to how good it is. We believe anyone can learn Avid, or any other program, if they try and spend time working on it. Saying something is better because it's harder to learn is counter intuitive.

[@fairy3201]

why are all the comments so negative omg

[@DreamGaming12]

This video makes me click off it

[@LoopedPictures]

Fair enough. We have updated it tho if you'd like to try that one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGmvlIBmodZ9rNU

[@barryfarrell123]

Sorry but 4/5 years editing no where near qualifies you as an expert in anything. Try 20/30 years and then you have an educated opinion….

[@markkilby2012]

Time only goes so far. I've seen people 20 years on the job who have developed bad habits or are slow to learn. Ive seen people in 5years pick up what takes some 10.

[@JohnRollercoasterJr]

Bruh