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Posted by Pat Horridge on 05/10/06 11:53
"winay" <winay.mahajan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1147179505.435852.280440@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I want to edit a reality show which has an approx footage of 30 hours
> per day and my shoot sched is for 36 days... i want to know what would
> be the ideal edit setup for this kind of stuff... Avid or FCP... My
> first telecast is on the 10th day of the shoot...
>
> In either case i am looking at Lan Share (Avid) or G5 - X Serve For
> (FCP). with 3 machines on either software...
>
> My research says that AVID is slow and also old and FCp is crash
> Prone...
>
> Any Info on this would be of great help.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> W
>
While there are old and slow Avids around that's only because they're still
working and earning money many years after purchase.
A current Avid Xpress Pro system would be on a brand new fast PC so would be
fast and new.
As would a brand new FCP.
We use both here but I certainly prefer the Avids for media management and
project sharing. Probably a key part of a fast turnaround series.
FCP however does now come as a complete suite with all the other lovely
apps. Question is will you have time to use them if your flat out? Also I'd
be hesitant at investing in Mac hardware mid platform revamp.
finally although it's great that FCP and all it's software and hardware are
Apple. In practice that rarely seems to make much odds if you have a
problem. The advise often back from Apple is re-install everything and see
if that fixes it. Not useful when mid job and a deadline looms.
Finally if you are looking at that sort of editing pressure I presume you
will be looking at third party supply and support. This maybe the key to
which route you go. Getting the right people here will be important and they
will know which they are best to support for you.
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