But, to be fair, it is not Final Cut Pro or Premiere that is
"putting media all over the place" it would be the editor that did that. With FCP you have the option to setup your Media Management exactly like Avid if you so desire. Whereas with Avid you are only given the Media Management style that the developers have determined is best for you, rather than letting you choose for yourself.
The main reason I said it was inconvenient is that while I can keep all my FCP projects, files, etc... wherever I want (neatly tucked into a folder with the name of the project) my Avid project is scattered among a sea of other folders on the root of my hard drive that have nothing to do with the project at all.
I understand your position and agree that Avid does a great job of keeping your project online, I just don't enjoy being forced into one way of operating.
Mac Pro | Leopard |
2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram |
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer