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November 9, 2011
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Using Premiere Pro on OSX and Win7

  • November 9, 2011
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Ok so I have currently got a job as a video editor and am currently using FCP7. At the moment they are not using FCP X as it doesn't open older FCP files. I am a very efficient Windows use since I have been using a PC for 10yrs and have had to jump into the OSX world which I have not had an issue with (not an apple hater) but I find OSX feels like a toy to me and I can't work half as fast as I do on windows 7. I realise i will speed up over time but that is not what i'd like to discuss here please.

Since Premiere Pro is available on both OSX and Windows I have been in discussion with my employer about making the jump to Pp CS5.5 but he is very keen to continue using his iMac (which he spent some sum of money on) and is not so keen to learn windows all over again.

So my question is

Can I work on a project in Premiere Pro on my Windows 7 machine and then take it to my employer and open the same project in Premiere Pro on OSX and have it work?

Many thanks

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    Colin Brougham
    Colin Brougham
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    November 9, 2011

    For the most part, yes. There are a few effects on Windows that aren't available on Mac (as far as I recall), but beyond that, the project files are 100% transferable from platform to platform.

    Note that both platforms will open up FCP XML documents from FCP 7, too--another important selling point fro your employer, I'm sure

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    Votary105Author
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    November 9, 2011

    Thats fantastic and thanks for the incredibly quick reply.

    Is there somewhere here or on the web that talks about this as i would like to really research the issues and find out what limitations there are so i can give my employer as much info about the pros and cons as i can.

    Again, thanks for the reply

    Colin Brougham
    Colin Brougham
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    November 10, 2011

    You should transcode h.264 no matter what you are using.


    What Tom said. For the most part, transcoding H.264 is a waste of time, especially if you have a reasonably decent editing system. These days, 75% of my source material is H.264 of one sort or another, and I work with it right out of the box in Premiere Pro.

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