Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Avid Media Composer | First (Free Video Editor)" video.

  1. It's very interesting and nice of Avid to put out a free version... but it's pretty limited too. :P Seems they've been switching models to match Premiere Pro and Final Cut X... Thanks for sharing Chris! I kinda hate doing transcoding, but oh well. Will give it a try later on. Of the free video editors I've tested so far the one I liked the most was Kdenlive, despite it's bugs. Even made some chroma key stuff, but the timeline got all confused at some point losing links and linking to the wrong sources... it has a good selection of compatible codecs though. The one in Blender is useable but kinda awkward, Resolve also has some file format limitations (particularly mp3 files), and then I think I tried a whole bunch of older stuff that just didn't work out, like Lightworks. Of course, this will vary with needs and experience... I learned editing with Sony Vegas and worked mostly with Premiere Pro/After Effects, dabbled a bit with Final Cut Pro 7. I think the worst problem with Avid is that if you ever decide to go pro, it can get expensive as hell. Yes, it's industry grade software, lots of Hollywood studios go for it, it's the one major NLE in the market which Hollywood studios go for, it's a plus to know how to deal with it for your curriculum and all that... but it's targeted and priced for the professional market, something to keep in mind. I'd love to have editing studio suites with switching boards and all that, but I'm only a hobbist at this point. xD If I was ever to go back to commercial packages... well, it's around 20 bucks a month if you pay for the yearly subscription for Premiere Pro CC, Avid Media Composer is more towards 50 bucks a month. It ends up being highly dependant on where you are working at, so there's that... but since I have no aspirations to work in Hollywood studios, for the rest of the market it's all entirely either Adobe or Final Cut.
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