Adobe’s mobile-first but desktop-capable video editing app is accessible and feature-rich enough for most vloggers, but it is missing some of the flashier tools YouTubers may want.
Best Windows 10 apps this week
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Discounts this week
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If you re a pro video editor, chances are good that you use Adobe Premiere Pro or Apple Final Cut Pro. Those aren t the
only options there s still some competition from the likes of Avid, Cyberlink, and Magix but most of the editing world falls into the Apple and Adobe camps. Both are remarkable pieces of video editing software, though there are important differences. Here, we ll consider the many aspects of choosing high-end video editing software.
Note that throughout this comparison, in each section we first summarize how Adobe Premiere Pro fares and then discuss Apple Final Cut Pro. The order is solely based on alphabetization of the product names. We re just comparing features, ease of use, and power not popularity.
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Adobe Premiere Pro earns its status as industry-standard video editing software, thanks to its familiar nonlinear editing interface, unmatched ecosystem of tools, and powerful capabilities. Since our last look at the massive application, it has added: the Auto Reframe tool; enhanced HDR support; new text, graphics, and audio tools; performance improvements; and many other features. All of this makes Premiere well worthy of an Editors Choice award for professional-level video editing software.
While Apple made a drastic break with the past when it updated Final Cut Pro X, Adobe continues to take an incremental approach, by polishing the interface and adding state-of-the-art tools to its professional video editing software. Longtime pro video editors who are used to traditional nonlinear digital video editing will applaud Premiere s familiar approach, but Final Cut, in its favor, offers innovative tools like Connected Clips, Auditions, and a Trackless Timeline that can