There has been a continuing argument between content creators for many years now as to which video editing software you should use when creating content. Obviously, we all know it comes down to personal preference, but in this article, I’m going to go through the pros and cons of Adobe Premier Pro and Final Cut Pro to help you pick which software you should go with.
Operating System
The most limiting factor of Final Cut is that fact its locked to Apple’s Mac OS operating system, which can be a massive deterrent to people like myself who are strong users of the Windows operating system, and don’t want to be forced into buying a product so you can then buy another product to edit videos. Whereas Premier Pro isn’t locked to a specific operating system as its part of the Adobe creative suite, as a result being available to a much wider audience. If you’re a Windows user and want to decide what software to use, stop reading and go sign up the to Adobe Creative Suite.
Price
What you can afford can have an influence of what software you choose; Final Cut Pro is flat one-time purchase of £250 whereas Premiere Pro is a subscription service of minimum £20 a month for the program alone or £52 a month as part of the Adobe Creative Suite. Each have their positives and negatives; I prefer the idea of a flat purchase rate as you could only have Premiere Pro for a year for the same price you could buy Final Cut for and that for me is a major downfall for Premiere Pro. However, if you haven’t got the capital to buy a software license all up front, Premiere Pro might be the better option for you if you’re choosing solely on the pricing of the program but if you want to save money in the long run Final Cut may be better.
Pros of Final Cut Pro
Don’t be mistaken just because Final Cut isn’t on the most popular operating system it doesn’t make it a slouch when it comes to editing and creating content and for a lot of content creators on Apple products it’s their go to software. So, what’s so good about it. First of all, it’s known for its impressive speed when rendering and as result is better for amateur or lower production level content creators as they are able to edit there less perfected videos and have them rendered quicker than they would on Premiere. It has a more simplified look and abilities to it which is both a pro and con, as for first time users or smaller creators it makes a lot of sense as they won’t need a lot of the more complicated features. However, its also a limiting factor for Final Cut as it stops it from being used by the top production companies as it can lack some features.
Pros of Adobe Premiere Pro
Premiere Pro is part of Adobe’s Creative Suite and therefore offers greater inter compatibility with their other software within the Creative Suite. As the program is based on a network it receives more regular updates and allows multiple editors to work on a project at once. So, if you’re part of a production team all working from home it makes working together a much more seamless experience than that on Final Cut. Premiere Pro is overall more advanced than Final Cut and offers more features to its users, such as, a multi camera editing feature, the best colour grading on a video editing software and advanced tracking for identifying objects, to name a few.
Conclusion
In conclusion to this debate, I believe the gap between the two has been getting a bigger and bigger each year with Premiere Pro edging away with it. Premiere offers so many more features to its users and frequent updates to patch any bugs with the program. Both are still popular though even with the gap getting bigger and just comes down to what kind of content creator you are. For example, if you need all the bells and whistles with inter compatibility over a selection of programs and you may be on a windows system, then Premiere Pro is for you. Whereas if you’re running a Mac system and don’t need all of complicated features and are just getting into editing then maybe Final Cut Pro is for.
I hope this article has helped you figure out what editing software is best for you and if you have any questions feel free to contact me in the ABOUT section. Thanks for reading.
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