I finally left Premiere Pro…

…after about 7-years. I tried the 90-day free trial of FCP and have already edited two videos. This is only day 8. While Premiere has been fantastic in many ways, I started to lose my joy of editing. I love the creative process but the hiccups and glitches that happen after every update, having to create proxies for smoother editing, the long render times etc, sapped that joy. I started to dread the process and procrastinated like crazy.

I officially cancelled my Premiere subscription yesterday. So far, zero regrets but don’t get me wrong, there are quite a few things I appreciate about Premiere over FCP. But I’m starting to hit my stride with FCP and I’m a LOT more efficient in my workflow. And oh….the plugins! Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Once I understand the software better I believe I won’t miss Premiere at all. It not only takes half the time for me to edit a video from start to finish, but I am absolutely blown away by how fast it renders. I really scrutinized the quality of the render because I just couldn’t believe how fast it finished. Feels good to not have that monthly charge and while I have a lot to learn yet, so far, this was a decision I should have made a long time ago.