Irish m - " Other professionals I work with agree that FCP produces the best results on final output for a cheap NLE. Alot of the POst Production house I've worked in ahve avid suites that sit idle because FCP has taken over and is cheaper to maintain"

Indeed, I blagged a look round the bbc news room here in bristol the other day. They had a full avid suite, all rack mounted boxes with flashy lights and a zillion monitors in custom furniture but it was startting to look dusty. The journo who showed me round said they hardly use it ! I oofered them a fiver to take it all away.

When the journos film stuff for the news they edit it themselve on thier desk top PCs most of the time. I forgot to ask what they use tho but they were PCs running xp for sure.

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