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Final Cut Pro convert ... wow, CS6 is impressive!

Aug 13, 2012 9:17 AM

Tags: #convert #fcpx

Just wanted to thank the hard work of the folks at Adobe.  I recently converted over from my MacPro Final Cut Studio 7 and Final Cut Pro X to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Suite on a Windows 7 based computer.  I was a little tentative because I have a good investment of 3rd party tools and hardware for my Mac.  But fortunately I'm not missing them as much as I thought I would ... CS6 is that good. 

 

The transition has been VERY easy and the performance advantage of CS6 is simply amazing.  I'm comparing similar projects on my MacPro 12 core @ 2.4 Ghz (FCPX) vs. Windows 7 - 6 core @ 4.8Ghz with CUDA (nVidia card) and rendering is about 5X faster with CS6 even with only 6 cores vs. my MacPro's 12 cores.

 

Audition integration is fantastic, it was easy to drop a bad channel in a stereo track and move the good channel (in this case my left) over and then apply some echo/delay an simulated stereo.  Or even create a some music of my own for background titles and credits.

 

I was also able to write and even preview directly to an external USB 3.0 3TB hard drive without any issues at all!!  This just wasn't a realistic option on my MacPro (no thunderbolt and no USB 3.0) -- huge time saver!

 

I'll miss Logic Pro 9, but it wasn't integrated with FCPX anyway and I'm finding Audition to pretty much cover everything I needed in Logic Pro 9.

 

Amazing suite of product ladies and gents, Bravo!!!

 

P.S.  oh yeah, photoshop extended integration is great with some very nice new features especially around animation/3D/Video!!  I also had no worries about moving Cinema 4D R12 over to Windows side.

 
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    Aug 13, 2012 10:33 AM   in reply to robains

    Well I have never had a Mac, but I share your enthusiasm regarding the speed and integration with the whole suite - works great :)

     

    Ulf

     
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    Aug 14, 2012 4:00 AM   in reply to robains

    Robains, since your post was about performance mostly I'd love to hear more about your PC hardware, i.e., how you overclocked (I assume) 6 cores to 4.8 Ghz and how much memory you have, etc.  I'd think everyone would have to agree with you about the speed improvements in CS6; however, since hardware might have played a role in the five-fold improvement, it would be good to hear more.  Thanks.

     
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    Aug 14, 2012 6:09 AM   in reply to JAKE JONSON

    If you'd like to discuss how to tweak hardware settings, what hardware to use, etc., please start a topic in the Hardware Forum:

     

    http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/hardware_forum?view=overvie w

     

    Jeff

     
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    Aug 14, 2012 9:42 AM   in reply to robains

    Thanks -  a hardware thread is a great idea.  Once there, I'd love to see which CPU heatsink/fan/cooler helped you get to 4.8 Ghz.  Motherboard is an important variable too.

     
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