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fcp or iMovie?

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dylanpipe

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Jun 28, 2011
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hey guys,
I have been doing a lot of filming of late, but since I do not have a mac I have not been able to edit. But, I should be getting a Imac 21.5 within a few weeks.

But, I know iMovie comes with a mac, and FCP is rather pricy. I know this is most likely frowned apon, but how safe would it be to download FCP off a site like, piratebay, etc. Since, there are many,many more video effects and just better workflow with fcp.
Im filming with a canon t2i, so would I be able to straight up upload the video clips or would I need to convert them, and would this reduce the quality?


Last question, I'm making a summer video,movie thing and for an effect I want text but with video clips inside the text would this be possible with iMovie?
https://vimeo.com/userfundaprod check out some of our videos!

thanks,
dylan p.

I just realized that this area would be better than my previous post--sorry about the double post.
 
dylanpipe said:
hey guys,
I have been doing a lot of filming of late, but since I do not have a mac I have not been able to edit. But, I should be getting a Imac 21.5 within a few weeks.

But, I know iMovie comes with a mac, and FCP is rather pricy. I know this is most likely frowned apon, but how safe would it be to download FCP off a site like, piratebay, etc. Since, there are many,many more video effects and just better workflow with fcp.
Im filming with a canon t2i, so would I be able to straight up upload the video clips or would I need to convert them, and would this reduce the quality?


Last question, I'm making a summer video,movie thing and for an effect I want text but with video clips inside the text would this be possible with iMovie?
https://vimeo.com/userfundaprod check out some of our videos!

thanks,
dylan p.

I just realized that this area would be better than my previous post--sorry about the double post.
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iMovie is good for the basics, but why not trial FCPX? Ive been using Final Cut Express 4 for two years now and just tried FCPX this last semester for my editing class; which gets the job done nicely.
 
Im sure any pirated version works but you might have issues with running the older legacy version of FCS/FCP on a new iMac.
I suggest you stick with the free iMovie till you are ready to drop down $300 for FCPX (demo it first).
 
Try iMovie, and see if it works for your intended purpose.

FCP X is already updated with many of the features some demanded.

ZMAN Z28 said:
I'm not saying 399 isn't a lot of money, but it is a great value for FCP X.
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It's 299.
 
If you have friends that want to try it, then split the cost by using one iTunes account ;)
You have use up to 5 workstations with FCPX.
 
WRP said:
What?
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dylanpipe was asking about running the older legacy version on a new Mac.
Ive ran into a few issues with FCP and Lion.
Dont need to use it so no sense of trying to figure out why it wont run right.
 
mBox said:
dylanpipe was asking about running the older legacy version on a new Mac.
Ive ran into a few issues with FCP and Lion.
Dont need to use it so no sense of trying to figure out why it wont run right.
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I have 2 Mac Pros and 1 MBP, all on Lion running FCS3 just fine. I have different capture cards, raid cards, etc. Never have had a single issue with FCP7 (well in regards to the OS). YMMV
 
WRP said:
I have 2 Mac Pros and 1 MBP, all on Lion running FCS3 just fine. I have different capture cards, raid cards, etc. Never have had a single issue with FCP7 (well in regards to the OS). YMMV
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I know it works since others are doing it. I ran into a few weird things last summer and thats the last Ive had to open FCP.
Just giving others the heads-up that some folks have had problems.
Im assuming that most that are asking are new to this game.
 
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