I give in. I brought a MAC Book Pro..Imovie any good?

[dandoolittle]

I love my Dell xps 13. It's pretty quick but it gets too hot and it can't handle editing that well.

I thought sod it, I'll get a MAC.

It can't be that hard to learn a new OS right?

I may cancel my Adobe Premiere account and just use Imovie, do they actually compare to each other?

I want better titles etc. I'm not fussed about fancy editing just better editing

 

[monkeystrada]

iMovie will do a fairly decent job of basic titles & stuff. It's getting more and more features with every update, but if you really want to get the same level of features as Premiere you will need to get Final Cut Pro X.

The good thing about apple software is that it can be *acquired* very easily! Serial numbers don't seem to be a priority for Apple

 

[dandoolittle]

iMovie will do a fairly decent job of basic titles & stuff. It's getting more and more features with every update, but if you really want to get the same level of features as Premiere you will need to get Final Cut Pro X.

The good thing about apple software is that it can be *acquired* very easily! Serial numbers don't seem to be a priority for Apple

Jailbreak?

 

[Arctic Pride]

Final cut is the competitor to Premier

I'd stick with what you know

 

[CBRHoonigan]

Never been a fan of apple, that much of a prude never even attempted to learn it

 

[alchemy69]

Jailbreak?

no need, one of those bay full of pirate places should get it done

 

[TriumfAnt]

iMovie just had a big update, so I'm having to learn how to use it all over again. But I find it great for my standard of editing skills. I defo don't do anything fancy, but it does the basic stuff really well.

 

[Lurch]

iMovie is fine, you can't do picture in picture or blurring number plates or faces though, well not last time I looked anyway.

So for those who acquired FCPX to have a go before they buy, does Apple allow you to update the otherwise acquired copy?

 

[dandoolittle]

iMovie is fine, you can't do picture in picture or blurring number plates or faces though, well not last time I looked anyway.

So for those who acquired FCPX to have a go before they buy, does Apple allow you to update the otherwise acquired copy?

Doubt it.

I'm sticking with premier pro anyway. I movie for quick jobs

 

[monkeystrada]

So for those who acquired FCPX to have a go before they buy, does Apple allow you to update the otherwise acquired copy?

No you can't update it through the App store. Have to download the new version and just install over the top

 

[MedicDan]

FCP rocks. Drop me a pm and I'll upload a download complete with serial to a drop box link for you.

 

[RoninK6]

Also, drop me a PM for the grandaddy of all sites that will give you anything you want on a Mac . Steve Jobs was rumored to have been on that site himself back in the day ~.....

Congrats on your purchase ^_^ !!!

 

[TriumfAnt]

iMovie is fine, you can't do picture in picture or blurring number plates or faces though, well not last time I looked anyway.

So for those who acquired FCPX to have a go before they buy, does Apple allow you to update the otherwise acquired copy?

You can do picture-in-picture. While you can blur number plates, you can't track it if it or the camera moves, so it's a royal pain in the ass. Thankfully I've never found the need to blur a moving target.

 

[MotoJedeye]

Doubt it.

I'm sticking with premier pro anyway. I movie for quick jobs

Congrats on the new purchase. It's the ever present question- Apple vs PC / Final Cut vs Adobe

I just started the trial version of adobe cc. If all goes well, will upgrade and purchase a new desktop for editing and home entertainment. If doesnt then, I will upgrade to a newer IMAC

 

[dandoolittle]

Congrats on the new purchase. It's the ever present question- Apple vs PC / Final Cut vs Adobe

I just started the trial version of adobe cc. If all goes well, will upgrade and purchase a new desktop for editing and home entertainment. If doesnt then, I will upgrade to a newer IMAC

I love Adobe. I am in the process of doing a course on it on Lynda.com

 

[AndyManCam]

I have a Macbook WITH Adobe. Mixing the bloodlines! Works great for me though. I've gone the other way in that a while ago I made a fast and dirty video (not THAT kind of dirty) on my phone and Premiere wouldn't touch it without sending the audio out of synch. Long story short, iMovie worked fine. But it took me ages to figure out how to use it!! So I'll stick with Premiere for now! Though I have an old version so MAY have to go full apple with FCP X at some point soon.

 

[GixxersShadow]

Not a fan of apple products, only good thing in my opinion is garage band, that's about it... Lol. Apple is just too restricted on what you can, and can't do.

 

[AndyManCam]

I used to agree with you entirely Gixxers Shadow, as I enjoyed messing with my PCs, customising them, pimping them and fiddling with every possible setting to get every last drop of performance from them.

Then I bought a macbook pro to record an album with (I'm a musician, see for yourself www.theandrewpage.com) and since then I wouldn't change because everything just worked so much better without need for fiddling and customising. And 3 years on, I regularly edit and render complicated multi angle videos with no real problem. A PC would have been off the pace and out of steam about 12 months after I bought it! The Mac just keeps going. I'm almost annoyed because I have simply NO reason to replace it!

Still, each to their own.

I don't have an iPhone though. That shizzle IS too restrictive! But then if you all me, google is becoming more like apple every day.

 

[OlliePrice]

When I was buying my PC, it cost £800, A mac which was similar in hardware cost £1700. Maybe one day Ill step over, but for now my mind is with my wallet

 

[AndyManCam]

I ran the same exercise when I bought mine. But you have to be sure to compare apples with apples. I found that a laptop with the EXACT same spec (same processor, same ram size and speed, same hard drive, same graphics performance) came in at pretty much the same price. Mind you, that was 3 years ago so things may well have changed. Though I know that a windows based laptop would have needed replacing at least once by now. Plus the battery would be goosed by now too! I still get 6-7 hours of unplugged web browsing / Netflix viewing out of my original battery. That coupled with the fact that I just upgraded to the very latest Mac operating system completely for FREE means I also see it as better economy in the long run.

By no means am i trying to say apple is the only way, you find what works for you. I've just had a very good experience. I'm also usually the last to splash out lots of cash at the start. But in this case I've spent lots less than if I'd been 'chasing the dragon' of trying to keep a PC both current and running smoothly.