Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:01 am
I'm not sure a personal argument is good for this topic.
I have used Premiere, Avid, Lightworks, Media 100, Quantel, Sony linear digital tape suites etc. over a 40 year career editing & compositing. I have done quite a lot of trimming in that time. My favourite toolset for trimming was Lightworks. All those systems differ a lot in how you approach trim functions.
I agree with only ONE thing: I think that the best ideas & methods should be "borrowed" from other software. As a feature request I have no issues with improving the trim tools. Making them like Premiere may not be the best way forward as I believe they are also far from perfect.
I don't use Resolve for editing for a number of reasons but the way the trim tools work is NOT one of them. I just adapt to whatever software is in front of me. 40 years of editing has taught me that waiting for the right software with the right features is a waste of time & energy. Presently they ALL suck badly. The last editing software that had a good balance of power & ease of use was FCP7, but that was Mac only, and Apple took FCPX on a development journey that most editors hated. I also hate it, but for my purposes it's the best & most modern editing software available. I think it could be improved immensely in the trimming dept but Apple don't respond to feature requests like BMD do.
Let's be thankful that BMD ARE listening & trying their best to provide a fluid user experience.
Allen24, maybe you should describe the changes to the trim tools that you would like to see. You have not clearly explained why you prefer them. A lot of people have no experience with Premiere & will not understand why you seek a change.
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