in my film school they teach us FCPX. its very easy to use but unfortunatly i have been a Windows kid my whole life and cannot adapt/afford to get a Mac just for the sake of FCP. I just got a 13.3" Acer laptop with a 1GB Nvidia 540m video card, 2.3ghz i3 processor, and 6 gigs of ram, with ability to output screen via HDMI. . with this i can afford to a Windows based Editing Suite.. Here is the thing:
i have a Canon XA10, which i plan on using for short films and music videos. format is AVCHD. i do not care if the NLE pre-renders or post-render as long as it doesnt crash half way through. i also like all my footage to be recolored, to give the most dramatic appearance of any footage i use.
I am also ADD so im not sure if Vegas would be good for media management or layout.
so let me scream HELP, AVID OR CS5??
Update:bruvamo, i dont think fcp would work effeciently under "emulation" in conjucnction with RAM and full video card potential.
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I've used all three and Avid is the best in my eyes.
If you really liked Final Cut you can always download a mac driver. My friend runs FCP on Windows.
I've never used Avid or Premier because I am still on XP64 so I had to use an old edition of Vegas. I'm used to it now and I would only switch to Final Cut if someone gave me a copy.
The best program and very simple to make video is adobe premiere