Pinnacle Avid Liquid 7.2 Pro vs FCE4

Which is better a Ford or a Chevy?

FCE is very good and I assume that Avid is also good, but which is "better" for you depends on your personal requirements. No two people have completely identical priorities.

Continuing the car analogy, one person may want speed and a raucous engine noise whilst another desires luxury, space and silence.

The best item is the one that does exactly what you want.

Hello,

I've been using Liquid 7.2 for about four years now, and I like it a lot. I'm just going to start with FCE on Christmas Day , well probably Boxing Day when I have my new Imac set up and FCE installed. I bought FCE mainly for HDV work as my PC needs upgrading and I haven't decided which way(editors) to go yet. The thing you need to know about Liquid is that it has reached the end of its development. There have been rumours circulating for at least two years now that it is being re developed, but there has never been any official word from Avid or Pinnacle. This is one of the reasons I am switching for the time being.

As for the program itself, it is very user friendly, extremely stable and is an all in one application in that it will author DVD's as well. It will handle a lot of different codecs, and it has a great community forum, some members of which are developing or have developed codecs which equate to Apple Intermediate.

I myself am looking forward to working with FCE and seeing how different it is to Liquid.

It is said by many that Liquid is one if not the best value for money editors available and I would concur that it is excellent value for money.

Btw I'm not plugging Liquid on an Apple forum, just answering the question and giving an opinion.

Hope this helps.

Is Pinnacle Avid Liquid anything like the old Pinnacle Studio software?

no it's light years ahead. Similar to FCE I guess, multi track editing for both video, sound etc.

At $1,499 you should really be comparing it with Final Cut Studio 3 ($999), not FCE 4 at $199.

The basic version, i.e not Liquid pro retails at about £350. The pro version contains a break out box and this retails at about £700. I bouight mine as an upgrade from Studio for just less than £300.

Hello Ian! 🙂

My good freind! 🙂

I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch. Merry Xmas to you! I've seen you here and there, and appreciate all your input! I'll drop you an email soon. Thanx for the explanation on Pinnacle. Yes that old Studio software was a real dog.

Have you seen the latest trailer; http://vimeo.com/7340608

And good luck JhnD!

Happy Holidays!
Mike

I've seen it now Mike!

Very slick and impressive . . . . I like the mix of the archive footage, re-enactments and the veterans' interviews.

I am sure all the participants in the film will be extremely pleased with the result from both a historical and artistic viewpoint.