AVID SYMPHONY at 1000$ OR ADOBE PREMIERE CS6 at 1700$

[Guillaume Tremblay]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate. I was finally decided for CS6 but a bunch of people told me that there was reliability issues. Did you experience some on MAC? Some even recommend to me FCP X????

[Eric Santiago]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate. I was finally decided for CS6 but a bunch of people told me that there was reliability issues. Did you experience some on MAC? Some even recommend to me FCP X????

Well FCPX would be fine if its a budget issue. I dont think that will work for what you want. I use it and love it but honestly Avid or CS6 (RED reason) would be best.

[Nick Morrison]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate. I was finally decided for CS6 but a bunch of people told me that there was reliability issues. Did you experience some on MAC? Some even recommend to me FCP X????

Again, depends on what you are doing.

Premiere...as many on these boards have declared....works BEST with RED footage.

If you plan to cut projects yourself, it sounds like a good option.


Avid 6 is awesome, is rock solid, and has massive talent pool. If you plan to HIRE editors to cut your work, then this would be the way to go.

However the RED workflow is not as seamless....you can AMA R3d's into the project, but the most common way to get footage in is to transcode a ONE LIGHT out of Red Cine X and make DNX HD proxies...much more labored than dropping them into the timeline like Premiere.

[Ben Rojas]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate. I was finally decided for CS6 but a bunch of people told me that there was reliability issues. Did you experience some on MAC? Some even recommend to me FCP X????

Trying PPro out on a project w/a bunch of 45sec. web vids. I'm working w/AVC Intra100 footage and for the most part PPro is working ok... Occasional crashes, which I'm narrowing down to why. Response is good, other than a play lag, but I'm attributing it to working w/the AVC codec. Editing-wise, it's fine, one can get used to it. I will say this, I got back on FCP7 to make some changes to another project and it felt soooooo good. We really got dicked by Apple ay Avid is an old faithful, and if PPro doesn't grow on me, I'll likely head back... Unless of course that jack Symphony back up to 5K Smoke 2012 is my finishing tool, but I'm giving 2013 a trial. Performance is not great and I'm on a strong MP. Let's see how things progress w/it but an all in one sys would be great. FCP-X, no thanks!