Hello filmmakers,
I am thinking of purchasing either Premiere Pro or Avid XPress Pro and have one question. I understand that the only limitation of Avid XPress Pro is that it will not allow real-time rendering unless you purchase an additional Mojo. My question is this: does Premiere Pro allow real-time effects rendering by itself, or, does it also require something extra like the Mojo for it to work?
My second question is this: I understand that both Premiere Pro and XPress Pro are HD supportive. This would lead me to believe that both systems will more-or-less do the same thing, the major difference being that they have different interfaces. But is this so? Or is there a clear advantage going the Premiere/Avid way?
Avid Xpress Pro does not support HD. You need Avid Xpress Pro HD for that. I use AVID and I love it but a ton of people love Premiere pro as well.
Matthew Sconce
Matthew Sconce
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I can only advice from all the books i have read, and that is Avid is a market leader in the editing world. Avid is used for all the major films.
Also to see Avids features go to www.avid.com
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As you have Avid do you need any hardware for it to work or will it work fine with no hardware. As im buying Avid xpress on CD.
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I plug straight into my computer via Fire Wire. I did not have to buy any other hardware, and the USB dongle came with the program. I hope that helps!
Matthew Sconce
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But the question I want to know is can Premiere render effects in real-time??? I know that Avid requires an expensive Mojo to do this, which is one of the main things that turns me off using Avid. If I can find out that Premiere can do this without additional hardware then I might buy Premiere instead for this reason.
I don't know about this?
Matthew Sconce
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avid can render in real time just fine without the mojo, been doin it forever, and it also supports HD, just get avid xpress pro HD...
Premiere Pro needs a card such as the Matrox RTX-100 to render effects real-time. Last I looked; it ran around $1000 (ouch). To top it off the Matrox card is picky and requires 3 separate hard drives (no set up in a raid array). Even with all of this and a stout PC, Premiere gave me problem after problem.
After 2 years with Premiere, I finally got smart, saved my $, and bought a G-5 with Final Cut Pro. Final Cut will take HD, but needs a $300 piece of hardware to render HD real-time.
I don't know much about Avid, but I can tell you that since using Final Cut Pro, I wouldn't use Premiere if somebody threatened to throw me into a pool of double edged razor blades.?:)?
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