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Editing is my biggest consumer of time since I got my first computer for games (a Sinclair Spectrum) back in 1982. Ever since then I have been buying more and more expensive computers; a Commode 64, Amstrad CPC 128, Commodore Amiga and then I got my first PC for dial up internet. Not that long after I got my first Apple computer, the Mac Cube along with an iBook. This was just before OSX.

When OSX came along, whilst it was flawed for a while it was a wonderful experience. Since then I have bought so many different Macs; at least 3 different iMacs, a Powerbook G4, MacBooks, a G4 Mac Tower, MacBook pros, MacBook air and of course my Mac Pro trashcan. I have also bought quite a lot of Windows laptops, but never a desktop since that first PC. Can i use a harddrive configured for mac on a windows pc. I have never liked Windows, hated viruses, hated the clunkiness of it all compared to Macs.

I learnt to edit tape to edit 20+ years ago followed by Avid (this was on dedicated machines) and taught myself Final Cut (version 1) on my Powerbook. NLE editing is such a joy compared to tape to tape and I took to it like a duck to water. Final Cut Pro has been a joy up until they stopped making it with version 7.

It was then that I switched to Premiere Pro 5.5 which felt very much like a continuation of FCP but it did feel more like a Windows app. I was very fast on Avid and Final Cut Pro7, after a couple of projects with Premiere Pro I was also very fast with that. Knowing an edit system well is essential, whilst you can certainly learn more than (and I used to with Avid/ FCP 7 and Premiere) now I just edit with Premiere. What about FCP X? Well of course I own it and have tried it many times, I even had to do something with it this week. I just don’t like it though. I find it really limiting and really dislike the colour correction tools.

Each to their own and I am not dissing it, it just isn’t something I like compared to Premiere. I also love the integration of After Effects, Media Encoder and Audition with the Creative Cloud suite. What I don’t like is paying multiple subscriptions for my various machine each month forever. With FCP X I bought it once and all updates have been free since then. When I made the MZED Cinematic Masterclass it was a huge commitment in time; in planning, shooting and especially post production which took about 3 months of my life!

Stuck in my edit suite starting at my face endlessly on the screen. It wasn’t pleasant! Because the series was made in 4K that also meant a lot more time editing it. Whilst my 2014 MacPro Trash Can is pretty good it does feel slow at times when dealing with some codecs and effects. The graphics cards I have in it aren’t the greatest and aren’t optimised by Adobe. FCP X loves them but as I said, FCP X is not for me.