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Hang on - is your wife into beauty and makeup as a subject OR video editors and their various benefits.
Seems a question that needs answering before making a potentially expensive system purchase decision.
I have certian genres of videos I like, but its the subject not the method of creation that entertains me.
Yes I have a decent camcorder and enjoy processing my videos using PD, but when watching others, their content far outweighs how they editied them!
I chose PD from reports views and reviews - not because my favourite videos were made using it. I think the quality of camcorder and the skill of the operator and post productive skills are far more contributive to the quality and interest of the final product - than the editor used in getting there.
And if you both run the same software on the same OS I think the benefits for you both would far outweigh any debateable benefits one piece of software would have over the other.
Yes, I agree with you. So the question here is, what hardware and software should we use? You are right that we will probably share the setup since having 2 computers will be expensive.
She would like to make the videos showing her reviewing some products. We will need the video setup including the cameras, lights, computer, and software.
So far, my cameras don't have microphone inputs, although I already have the mics. She would prefer the external mics to plug into the camera instead of having to record on a separate device and then syncing the sound. (One reason why I chose PD was for it's auto sound syncing feature, but she doesn't want to go through that route). So I might look for another camera... I've also built my own lights already. I own a copy of PD, but will need to purchase a faster computer (mine is terribly slow for video editing).
So my wife is requesting her equipment based on the equipment of people she watches (who are beauty product reviewers). These people she watches has influenced her, and is obviously her guide. Many of them use cameras with mic inputs, and many of them indicate using final cut pro x and Mac. She has the impression that the final cut pro x and Mac will be easiest to use for her.
Now, I already own PD (but cannot get a good user experience from it because of my slow computer). I've never used final cut pro x. Every website I looked to compares PD to Vegas and Premiere, but not to final cut pro x. So I can't figure out which one gives a superior experience.
So in conclusion, I will be spending some money either for a Mac and it's software or for a faster PC with PD. Money aside, the PC with PD is much cheaper. So the question is, how is the user experience between these 2 setup?
Now this is the PD forums (and yes I have PD), so I presume people here are PD users. I am hoping to find someone who has used both the Mac the final cut pro x and PD and can tell me why he/she prefers PD over the Mac and final cut pro x setup based on user experience (I presume he/she will prefer PD since this is the PD forums). Aside from being cheaper and running on Windows, what other advantages does PD offer over final cut pro x?
Now, for the title of my thread, I wanted to show her the channels of people who use PD. She tells me that no one seems to be using it to make their channels. For one, no one she follows indicates using PD on their channels, unlike those who use Final Cut Pro X, who really write it on their description boxes. I am hoping to find people whose channels are similar to those she watches (beauty reviewers), to help me convince her to try out the PC and PD solution instead of the Mac and Final Cut Pro X solution.
Lastly,I would like to encourage everyone to put PD into their YouTube description boxes. If we really like PD, doing so may encourage others to use PD. Putting final cut pro x in the description of the channels my wife follows certainly seems to have influenced her.
Thank you so much. I appreciate your replies.
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