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For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d focus on three things: reliable multicam sync/switching, multiple editors being able to work without overwriting each other, and easy client review.

Shortlist

• DaVinci Resolve — A strong fit if you want an integrated, relatively low-cost post stack. Resolve 21 supports multicamera workflows and real-time collaboration through Blackmagic Cloud, with editors, colorists, audio engineers and others able to work on the same project. The Studio version is currently $295. Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design

Best for: a small team wanting editing + color + audio in one application.

• Adobe Premiere Pro — Probably the most straightforward choice if your editors already know Premiere. Team Projects lets remote editors collaborate on cloud-hosted projects with sequence locking, while Productions is better when you have shared storage and want to divide a larger interview project into separate projects/bins. Adobe also integrates review/comment workflows through Frame.io. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

Best for: small studios with distributed editors and client-review-heavy workflows.

• Avid Media Composer — The heavyweight option. It handles multicam very well—Avid says it can group up to 64 cameras—and Shared Projects provide bin locking and centralized shared-media workflows. Its newer 2026.8 release also adds AI-assisted multicam editing based on speaker transcripts, which is particularly relevant to interviews. Avid Avid

Best for: a studio expecting more editors, lots of episodes, or broadcast/production-house workflows.

How I'd choose

For hour-long interviews specifically, I'd give extra weight to Premiere and Resolve because you're likely to benefit more from transcript-driven editing, fast multicam switching, and lightweight review workflows than from Avid's broadcast-scale infrastructure. Avid's new PhraseFindAI Multicam Auto Cut is worth testing, though, if you do a high volume of talking-head content. Avid

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/Windows, whether everyone works remotely, and where your footage currently lives (NAS, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.), I can narrow this down to a concrete workflow and estimate the software/storage costs.

For a small studio cutting hour-long, dialogue-heavy interviews, I’d focus on four things: reliable multicam syncing, transcript/dialogue tools, multiple editors being able to work without overwriting each other, and a sensible media-sharing setup.

My practical shortlist

Premiere Pro is probably the most straightforward choice for a small professional studio. Team Projects lets editors work on a shared cloud-hosted project, with sequence locking, collaborator presence, version history, and offline editing. Adobe also supports Productions when you want to divide larger projects into multiple project files. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

DaVinci Resolve is worth serious consideration if you want one application handling editing, color, audio, and finishing. For a studio where the same people take projects from rough cut through final delivery, that can simplify the pipeline considerably.

Avid Media Composer becomes particularly interesting if you're moving toward a more traditional post-production setup with assistants and multiple editors. Avid supports shared projects and bin locking, and its current 2026.8 release adds PhraseFindAI Multicam Auto Cut, which can generate an editable multicam starting point based on speakers and speech boundaries—quite relevant to interview production. Avid Avid

Descript is the wildcard. Its 2026 releases added multicam and automatic multicam switching, alongside its transcript-first workflow. For straightforward two-person interviews or podcasts, that can eliminate a lot of repetitive camera-switching work. Descript Descript

What I'd choose for a small studio

If your workflow is roughly:

ingest → sync 2–4 cameras → transcript/selects → editor makes cut → second person reviews → graphics/color/audio → delivery

I'd narrow it to Premiere Pro vs. Resolve.

If you expect several editors/assistants simultaneously touching projects, I'd investigate Avid as well.

If you're producing lots of interview/podcast episodes where speed and transcript editing matter more than elaborate finishing, I'd test Descript alongside one of the traditional NLEs.

One important caveat: collaboration software doesn't eliminate the need for a good shared-media strategy. For example, Adobe's Team Projects shares project metadata in the cloud, but the underlying media still needs to be accessible to each collaborator; Adobe documents workflows using shared storage and services such as LucidLink, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive. Adobe Help Center

If you tell me how many editors you have, how many cameras per interview, and whether everyone works from the same studio or remotely, I can narrow this to a concrete workflow and recommend the appropriate storage/collaboration setup too.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d narrow it to DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro. Both handle multicam well; the bigger difference is how your team wants to collaborate.

My picks

1. DaVinci Resolve — my first choice

DaVinci Resolve is particularly attractive for your use case. Its multicam editor supports numerous camera angles and syncing via timecode, waveform, or in/out points, so a 2–4 camera interview is straightforward. Blackmagic Design

The bigger advantage is collaboration: Resolve lets editors, colorists, audio people, and VFX artists work on the same project simultaneously, including remotely through Blackmagic Cloud. Blackmagic Design

For a studio, that could look like:

• Editor A → multicam assembly and interview edit
• Editor B → polish/graphics
• Colorist → color page
• Audio editor → Fairlight
• Producer → review/approval

Why I'd choose it: you can keep the entire post pipeline in one application instead of bouncing between an NLE, color software, audio software, and review tools.

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best if you're already an Adobe shop

Adobe Premiere Pro is arguably the safer choice if your team already uses After Effects, Photoshop, or other Adobe tools.

Its Team Projects let multiple people collaborate on a cloud-hosted project, with sequence locking, version history, and synchronized changes. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

For a studio working from shared storage, Productions is particularly interesting: you can split a large project into multiple Premiere projects, have different editors work on them, and use project locking to prevent people from overwriting each other's work. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

Adobe also integrates Frame.io directly into Premiere for frame-accurate client/stakeholder comments and review. Frame.io

What I'd actually implement

If you're starting fresh, I'd lean DaVinci Resolve Studio + Blackmagic Cloud.

If you already have an Adobe workflow, I'd stick with Premiere Pro + Team Projects/Productions + Frame.io rather than changing ecosystems just for multicam.

For hour-long interviews specifically, I'd also prioritize proxy workflows and shared media storage over raw cloud editing. Your bottleneck is likely to be moving/decoding several hours of camera footage rather than the actual multicam cutting.

Bottom line:
Resolve = best all-in-one studio workflow.
Premiere = best if Adobe/After Effects and client review are central to your operation.
Final Cut = great editor, but I wouldn't make it my first choice for a multi-editor studio.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d shortlist these three:

1. DaVinci Resolve — my top pick

Resolve is particularly compelling for a small studio because the editing, color, audio, and collaboration are all in one application. Its collaboration system lets multiple people work on the same project simultaneously, with Blackmagic Cloud supporting editors, colorists, audio people, and others working remotely. Blackmagic Design

For your interviews, I'd use a workflow like:

ingest → sync cameras/audio → multicam edit → transcript-based cleanup → audio mix → color → client review

The big advantage is that you don't have to hand the project off between Premiere, After Effects, Resolve, etc. If you eventually have one person doing the rough cut and another doing color/audio, Resolve scales nicely.

Best if: you want professional post-production capabilities without building your workflow around Adobe.

2. Premiere Pro + Frame.io — best established studio workflow

If your clients or freelancers already use Adobe, Premiere is probably the safest choice. Premiere's Team Projects allow multiple editors to work on shared timelines, while Frame.io provides frame-accurate review/commenting and media sharing. Adobe Help Center Frame.io

This is especially good if your process looks like:

Editor A → Editor B → producer/client review → revisions → graphics/color

You can lock sequences to avoid people stepping on each other's work, and clients can comment directly against specific frames rather than sending vague "around 32 minutes" emails. Adobe

Best if: you expect to collaborate with outside editors, motion designers, or agencies and want maximum compatibility.

3. Descript — potentially the fastest for interviews

For talking-head interviews specifically, Descript deserves serious consideration. It combines transcript-based editing with a traditional timeline, so you can remove a section simply by editing the transcript. Its current workflow also includes Automatic Multicam, which can automatically switch between speakers/camera angles. Descript Descript

Its collaboration model is arguably the easiest of these three: the project lives in the cloud, multiple people can work on it, and reviewers can comment through shared links. Descript

The tradeoff is that I wouldn't choose it as my primary finishing environment for a studio doing highly polished, complex post. Think of it as exceptionally good at getting an interview from hours of footage to a tight rough cut quickly.

What I'd choose for your studio

If you're doing 5–50 interviews/month: I'd lean DaVinci Resolve.

If you're already an Adobe shop or regularly exchange projects with other professionals: Premiere + Frame.io.

If speed is the priority and most of the work is dialogue editing, multicam switching, captions, and social clips: Descript.

A particularly good hybrid is Descript for transcript/rough-cut work → Resolve or Premiere for finishing. That can make hour-long interviews dramatically faster without giving up professional finishing tools.

If you tell me how many editors you have, how many cameras per interview, where the footage is stored (local NAS/cloud), and roughly how many interviews you cut per month, I can recommend a specific collaborative setup—including storage, proxies, review, and project/file structure.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d prioritize:

• strong multicam sync/switching (2–6+ cameras, separate audio)
• shared projects so editors can work without passing files around
• easy producer/client review
• good handling of long dialogue timelines, transcripts, and proxies

My shortlist:

1. Adobe Premiere Pro — best all-around studio choice

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Best for: small teams that want a conventional professional workflow and may hire freelance editors.

Strengths:

• Excellent multicam editing: sync by timecode or audio, then cut between angles quickly.
• Strong ecosystem with After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, and plugins.
• Good collaboration through Team Projects and integrated Frame.io review workflows. Adobe Adobe Help Center
• Lots of editors already know it, which helps when scaling.

Weaknesses:

• Subscription cost.
• Large projects can require careful proxy/media management.

I’d pick Premiere if: you have 2–5 editors, regular client approvals, motion graphics needs, or you expect to outsource work.

2. DaVinci Resolve — best value + strongest finishing workflow

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Best for: a studio that wants editing, color, audio, and collaboration in one application.

Strengths:

• Excellent multicam tools.
• Built-in professional color grading and Fairlight audio.
• Blackmagic Cloud supports shared projects and remote collaboration. Blackmagic Design
• Free version is unusually capable; Studio is a one-time purchase. Blackmagic Design

Weaknesses:

• Smaller hiring pool than Premiere in some markets.
• Team workflows require a little more setup discipline.

I’d pick Resolve if: your interviews are documentary-style, you do your own color/audio finishing, and you want to avoid subscriptions.

3. Avid Media Composer — best for broadcast/documentary-scale teams

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Best for: larger editorial teams or broadcast-style workflows.

Strengths:

• Extremely mature shared-project workflows.
• Strong media management and bin-locking.
• Designed for large productions with many editors. Avid Avid

Weaknesses:

• More complexity than a small studio usually needs.
• Less attractive for quick creator-style workflows.

I’d pick Avid if: you have assistants, multiple editors, producers, and a lot of archived interview material.

4. Final Cut Pro — great for a Mac-only solo/small team

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Best for: fast editing on Apple hardware.

Strengths:

• Very fast on Apple Silicon Macs.
• Excellent organization tools.
• Good multicam performance. Larry Jordan

Weaknesses:

• Collaboration is less mature than Premiere/Resolve.
• Sharing projects between editors requires more workflow planning.

I’d pick Final Cut if: one or two editors do most of the work on Macs and collaboration is mostly file sharing + review.

My recommendation for your specific use case

For a small interview studio, I’d rank them:

1. Premiere Pro + Frame.io — safest choice for a growing studio
2. DaVinci Resolve + Blackmagic Cloud — best value and increasingly powerful for teams
3. Final Cut Pro — fastest if you’re mostly solo on Macs
4. Avid — only if your workflow is approaching broadcast scale

A practical interview workflow would look like:

1. Ingest footage → create proxies
2. Sync multicam interview angles + clean audio
3. Editor creates first cut
4. Producer/client reviews with frame comments
5. Editor applies notes
6. Color/audio finishing
7. Export long-form + social clips

For hour-long interviews, I’d also consider adding a transcript-based tool (for finding quotes and creating clips), because the biggest time sink is often finding moments, not the actual multicam cutting.

If you tell me:

• number of cameras per interview,
• number of editors,
• Mac/Windows,
• and whether clients need to review remotely,

I can narrow this to a recommended stack and storage setup.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d prioritize:

• reliable multicam sync (2–6+ cameras, separate audio)
• shared projects and handoffs between editors
• proxy workflows for long footage
• review/approval tools for clients
• easy relinking and archiving

My shortlist:

1. blackmagicdesign.com — best value for a small post studio

Best if: you want an all-in-one system and don’t want per-seat subscriptions.

Strengths:

• Excellent multicam editing and audio sync
• Built-in colour grading, audio post (Fairlight), and delivery tools
• Shared project databases and multi-user collaboration (especially with Resolve Studio)
• Very strong handling of interview workflows where you may need to pass projects between editor, colourist, and audio person
• Free version is unusually capable; Studio is a one-time purchase DaVinci Resolve Club The Digital Project Manager

Potential drawbacks:

• Editors coming from Premiere may need time to adjust
• Client review/comment workflows are less mature than Adobe + Frame.io

A good studio workflow:

1. Ingest footage → generate proxies
2. Sync cameras + audio
3. Create multicam interview timeline
4. Editor does assembly
5. Producer/client reviews
6. Colour/audio finishing in the same project

2. adobe.com + frame.io — best for client-driven studios

Best if: you regularly send drafts to clients and receive lots of feedback.

Strengths:

• Mature multicam workflow
• Huge ecosystem of editors, plugins, templates, and freelancers
• Excellent integration with After Effects, Photoshop, and Audition
• Frame.io gives clients timestamped comments and approval workflows
• Team Projects and Productions support collaborative editing workflows Adobe Help Center

Potential drawbacks:

• Subscription cost
• Larger projects often need careful media management
• Collaboration is excellent for review/handoff, but different from everyone simultaneously editing the same timeline

For interview studios producing branded content, podcasts, documentaries, or corporate films, this is often the safest hiring-market choice. Software Advice Adobe Help Center

3. apple.com — best if everyone is on Mac

Best if: you have a small Mac-based team and speed matters.

Strengths:

• Very fast playback and rendering on Apple Silicon
• Excellent multicam support
• One-time purchase
• Smooth for solo editors

Potential drawbacks:

• Collaboration is not as natural as Resolve or Premiere
• Smaller professional team ecosystem

4. Cloud-first options (if editors are remote)

For a distributed studio, consider combining an NLE with a media/review layer:

• Premiere Pro + Frame.io: strongest client review workflow
• Resolve + shared storage/project database: strongest post-house style workflow
• Add dedicated storage such as a NAS or cloud media platform rather than passing project folders around

My recommendation for your specific use case

For a small interview-editing studio, I’d choose:

Option A — most cost-effective professional setup

DaVinci Resolve Studio + shared storage + Frame.io for reviews

Best if you have 2–5 editors and want to keep costs controlled.

Option B — easiest to scale with freelancers and clients

Adobe Premiere Pro + Frame.io

Best if clients, agencies, or outside editors already expect Premiere files.

Option C — fastest simple Mac workflow

Final Cut Pro

Best for a very small team where one or two people do most edits.

A few questions would change the recommendation:

1. How many cameras are typical (2, 3, 6+)?
2. Are editors working in the same room, remotely, or both?
3. Do clients need to comment/approve cuts inside a review system?
4. Are you currently on Mac, Windows, or mixed?

DaVinci Resolve Studio + shared storage + Frame.io for reviews

Best if you have 2–5 editors and want to keep costs controlled.

Option B — easiest to scale with freelancers and clients

Adobe Premiere Pro + Frame.io

Best if clients, agencies, or outside editors already expect Premiere files.

Option C — fastest simple Mac workflow

Final Cut Pro

Best for a very small team where one or two people do most edits.

A few questions would change the recommendation:

1. How many cameras are typical (2, 3, 6+)?
2. Are editors working in the same room, remotely, or both?
3. Do clients need to comment/approve cuts inside a review system?
4. Are you currently on Mac, Windows, or mixed?

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multi-camera interviews, I’d shortlist these three:

1. DaVinci Resolve Studio — my top pick

If you're doing serious finishing—color, audio, graphics, multicam—I’d make Resolve the core of the studio workflow. It handles traditional multicam editing very well, while its shared-project collaboration is designed around multiple people working on the same project.

The big advantage is that you don't have to leave the NLE for finishing: your editor can build the interview, another person can work on audio/color, and you retain a professional finishing pipeline.

Choose this if: your interviews are high-quality productions and you want one professional system rather than a collection of specialized tools.

2. Premiere Pro + Frame.io — best if clients are heavily involved

Premiere is still a very strong choice for multicam interviews, and pairing it with Frame.io makes the review process particularly attractive. You can have an editor cut the interview while producers/clients review and leave timecoded feedback rather than passing around exported versions.

Choose this if: you frequently send cuts to clients and have multiple editors/producers involved.

3. Descript — best for getting through interview footage quickly

Descript is particularly interesting for your use case. Its current version has multicam support with automatic syncing, and its AI can automatically switch camera angles based on who's speaking. Descript Descript

Its text-based editing is also excellent for interviews: you can work through the transcript, pull selects, remove sections, and restructure an interview without spending as much time scrubbing the timeline. Descript explicitly supports collaborative projects with comments, permissions, version history and shared storage. Descript Descript

The catch is that I'd be more cautious about making Descript your final finishing system. Its multicam/round-tripping workflow with conventional NLEs has historically had limitations, particularly when you want to preserve multicam structures going back into Premiere/Resolve. Descript Feedback Descript Feedback

What I'd actually use for a small studio

Best professional workflow:

Resolve → Descript (optional) → Resolve

1. Ingest and sync the cameras/audio in Resolve.
2. Create proxies and your multicam sequence.
3. If the interview needs substantial story editing, send a suitable copy to Descript for transcript-based selects/rough assembly.
4. Bring the assembly back into Resolve.
5. Do the real multicam edit, audio mix, color, graphics and delivery in Resolve.

That gives you Descript's speed for finding the story in an hour of conversation without giving up the professional finishing workflow. Descript itself describes the advantage of transcript-based editing for finding the useful portion of long interviews. Descript

If you want just one application: I'd choose DaVinci Resolve Studio.

If your biggest pain is client review/collaboration: Premiere + Frame.io.

If your biggest pain is turning 60–90 minutes of conversation into a tight rough cut: Descript.

If you tell me how many editors you have, how many cameras/angles you typically shoot, and whether clients need to review cuts, I can recommend a specific studio workflow and storage setup.

Choose this if: you frequently send cuts to clients and have multiple editors/producers involved.

3. Descript — best for getting through interview footage quickly

Descript is particularly interesting for your use case. Its current version has multicam support with automatic syncing, and its AI can automatically switch camera angles based on who's speaking. descript.com descript.com

Its text-based editing is also excellent for interviews: you can work through the transcript, pull selects, remove sections, and restructure an interview without spending as much time scrubbing the timeline. Descript explicitly supports collaborative projects with comments, permissions, version history and shared storage.

The catch is that I'd be more cautious about making Descript your final finishing system. Its multicam/round-tripping workflow with conventional NLEs has historically had limitations, particularly when you want to preserve multicam structures going back into Premiere/Resolve.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d narrow it to DaVinci Resolve Studio and Adobe Premiere Pro. Both handle multicam well; the bigger difference is how your team wants to collaborate.

1. blackmagicdesign.com — best overall for a small studio

This would be my first choice if you want a powerful all-in-one post system without a per-editor Adobe subscription.

• Excellent multicam editing for 2–6+ camera interview shoots.
• Multiple editors can work in the same project, with bin and timeline locking. Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design
• Blackmagic Cloud supports remote collaboration, so editors, colorists, audio people, etc. can work on the same project. Blackmagic Design
• Resolve also gives you editing, color, Fairlight audio, and basic VFX in one application.
• Studio is currently $295 one-time, rather than a recurring subscription. Blackmagic Design

Best fit: 2–5 person studio where you want editors, color, and audio to stay in one ecosystem.

2. adobe.com — best if collaboration/review is the priority

Premiere is particularly attractive if your workflow involves editors + producers/clients constantly reviewing cuts.

• Strong multicam workflow.
• Productions lets multiple editors work across projects with project locking and shared storage. Adobe Blog Adobe Help Center
• Frame.io is integrated directly into Premiere for uploading cuts, timestamped comments, annotations, approvals, and version management. Adobe Frame.io
• Editors can work on shared timelines/projects, while collaborators review without needing Premiere. Adobe
• Particularly good if you already use After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, etc.

Best fit: studios where client/producer feedback and Adobe integration are a major part of the workflow.

My recommendation

For your particular workload, I'd pick Resolve Studio if the core job is "get these long interviews edited efficiently by several people." I'd pick Premiere + Frame.io if the core problem is "multiple people need to edit, review, comment, and approve remotely."

One important distinction: collaborative editing isn't the same as putting the project file in Dropbox/OneDrive. Premiere Productions, for example, is designed around shared storage and project locking rather than several editors simultaneously modifying the same ordinary .prproj file. blog.frame.io Adobe Help Center

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/PC, number of cameras, and whether editors work remotely, I can recommend a concrete setup (software + storage + proxy workflow) for your studio.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d narrow it to three serious options, depending on how you want the team to collaborate.

1. adobe.com — my default recommendation

For your workflow, Premiere is probably the sweet spot. Its multicam workflow is mature, while Team Projects lets editors collaborate on the same cloud-hosted project with sequence locking, version history, presence indicators, and offline editing. Adobe specifically positions Team Projects for small teams and businesses. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

A practical setup would be:

• Assistant/editor syncs the cameras and audio into multicam sequences.
• Editor A handles the main interview cut.
• Editor B can work on another sequence, selects, social clips, or B-roll.
• Producer/director reviews and leaves feedback without disrupting the master sequence.
• Use Productions instead if your projects become large enough that splitting media, interviews, selects, graphics, etc. into separate projects makes sense. Adobe Help Center

I'd choose this if you want a conventional professional editing environment without building an elaborate infrastructure.

2. blackmagicdesign.com — best all-in-one

Resolve is particularly attractive if the same studio handles editing + color + audio + delivery. Its collaboration model is built around shared projects and shared media, making it a strong choice if you're willing to establish a proper shared-storage/cloud workflow.

For interviews, it's especially nice when you want the editor to hand the finished cut directly into color and Fairlight rather than round-tripping through multiple applications.

I'd choose Resolve if you're building your studio around Blackmagic's ecosystem or want to minimize the number of applications in the pipeline.

3. avid.com — best for serious multi-editor workflows

Avid is arguably overkill for a small interview studio, but its collaborative architecture is exceptionally mature. Media Composer supports multicam workflows with up to 64 camera angles, while Shared Projects provides bin locking so multiple editors can work without overwriting each other's work. Avid Avid

The current 2026.8 release also adds AI-assisted Multicam Auto Cut, which can generate an initial multicam edit based on speaker/transcript information—quite relevant to interview-heavy work. Avid

The downside is infrastructure and complexity. Avid makes the most sense when you're moving toward a genuine post-production operation with assistants, multiple editors, shared storage, and strict media management.

4. descript.com — surprisingly compelling for interviews

Descript has become much more interesting for this exact use case. Its 2026 release added multicam with automatic synchronization, plus automatic camera switching based on speakers. Descript Descript

Its collaboration experience is also extremely approachable: cloud projects, comments, permissions, version history, and transcript-based editing. Descript

I'd use it if your interviews are essentially video podcasts/conversations where the transcript is central to the edit. For complex editorial work, heavy graphics, elaborate sound design, or demanding finishing, I'd still favor Premiere or Resolve.

What I'd pick for your studio

Start with Premiere Pro + Team Projects if you have 2–5 people collaborating and want the least disruptive professional workflow.

Choose Resolve if color/audio finishing is a major part of your business.

Choose Descript if speed and transcript-driven interview editing are more important than traditional NLE flexibility.

Choose Avid only if you're deliberately building toward a larger post-production operation.

One important distinction: "collaborative" doesn't necessarily mean everyone is editing the same media over the internet. For a small studio, I'd design the workflow around shared/cloud media or synchronized local media, clear ownership of sequences, and proxy files. That's usually more important than the editing application's collaboration checkbox.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d prioritize:

• fast multicam syncing (2–6+ cameras, separate audio)
• shared projects so editors can hand off work
• proxy workflows for long 4K interviews
• client review/comments
• easy relinking and archiving

My shortlist:

1. Adobe Premiere Pro — best overall for a small professional studio

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Best if: you have multiple editors, freelancers, producers, or clients involved.

Strengths:

• Excellent multicam editing and audio sync workflows. Larry Jordan Adobe Help Center
• Strong collaboration through Team Projects and integrations with review tools. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center
• Huge ecosystem: After Effects for graphics, Photoshop for thumbnails, Audition for audio cleanup.
• Easy to find editors who already know it.

Good studio workflow:

1. Assistant editor ingests footage and creates proxies.
2. Editor builds multicam interview sequence.
3. Producer reviews cuts through shared review tools.
4. Motion designer handles graphics separately.

Downside:

• Subscription cost.
• Collaboration features are excellent, but a full Adobe workflow can get expensive.

My pick for: a studio producing regular interview shows, podcasts, documentaries, or branded content.

2. DaVinci Resolve — best value and strongest finishing workflow

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Best if: you want editing + color + audio in one application.

Strengths:

• Very capable multicam editing.
• Built-in professional color grading and Fairlight audio tools.
• Strong collaboration features through Blackmagic Cloud, including multiple people working on shared projects. Blackmagic Design
• Free version is unusually powerful; Studio is a one-time purchase.

Great for:

• Interview series where every episode needs consistent color.
• Small teams where one person handles edit, audio, and finishing.
• Studios wanting to avoid subscriptions.

Downside:

• Smaller pool of freelance editors compared with Premiere.
• Some teams find the collaboration setup more technical.

My pick for: a lean studio that wants maximum capability per dollar.

3. Final Cut Pro — best for a Mac-only solo/small team

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Best if: everyone is on Macs and speed matters.

Strengths:

• Extremely fast on Apple Silicon Macs.
• Excellent multicam viewer.
• One-time purchase rather than subscription.
• Very smooth for long-form interview editing.

Downside:

• Collaboration is less mature than Premiere or Resolve.
• Smaller professional ecosystem for handing projects around.

My pick for: one or two editors doing lots of episodes on Macs.

4. Add a review platform regardless of NLE

For interview studios, the bottleneck is often feedback, not editing.

Consider:

• frame.io — timestamped client notes and approvals (especially good with Premiere). Adobe Help Center
• dropbox.com — simple review workflows.
• vimeo.com — useful if clients already use Vimeo.

My recommendation by studio size

For hour-long multicam interviews, I’d probably choose Premiere Pro if collaboration and outsourcing matter, or DaVinci Resolve if you want a smaller, self-contained studio pipeline. Blackmagic Design Adobe Help Center

If you tell me your setup (number of cameras, editors, Mac/PC, and whether clients review remotely), I can suggest a more specific workflow.

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multicamera interviews, I’d narrow it to DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro. Both handle multicam well; the bigger difference is how your team wants to collaborate.

My picks

• 🥇 DaVinci Resolve — best overall for a small studio

• Excellent multicam editing, including syncing and switching multiple interview angles.
• Strong collaboration: editors, colorists, audio people, and VFX artists can work in the same project simultaneously through Blackmagic Cloud. Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design
• Particularly attractive if you want editing, color, audio cleanup/mixing, graphics, and delivery in one application.
• Cost advantage: Resolve has a free version; Studio is currently a one-time $295 purchase. Blackmagic Design Software Advice
• I'd choose this if you're building the studio workflow from scratch.
• 🥈 Adobe Premiere Pro — best if you already live in Adobe

• Very mature multicam workflow and a particularly good fit if you're already using After Effects, Photoshop, or other Creative Cloud tools.
• Team Projects lets multiple editors collaborate on the same cloud-hosted project, with version history and sequence locking. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center
• For a studio working from shared storage, Productions is arguably the better Premiere workflow: you can split a large project into multiple project files, lock projects, and let different editors work without stepping on one another. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center
• Premiere's current Productions workflow explicitly supports multicam source sequences. Adobe Help Center
• I'd choose this if your team already knows Premiere or relies heavily on Adobe/After Effects.

What I'd use for your interviews

For a typical 60–90 minute interview with, say, 2–4 cameras + separate audio, I'd set up:

Resolve:
Camera originals → proxies → synced multicam clips → editor's cut → producer review → color/audio → final

or

Premiere:
Shared media → multicam source sequences → editor projects/Productions → Frame.io review → finishing

For a 2–5 person studio, my preference would be Resolve + Blackmagic Cloud unless there's a strong reason to stay in Adobe. Resolve's ability to have editorial, color, sound, and other specialists working in parallel is especially compelling for a small operation. Blackmagic Design

If you tell me how many editors you have, whether they're remote, Mac/PC, and roughly how many cameras per interview, I can recommend the specific workflow and storage setup I'd use.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d prioritize fast multicam syncing, shared projects, easy handoffs, and low collaboration overhead rather than the full complexity of a feature-film workflow.

My shortlist

1. DaVinci Resolve — my first choice

For your particular workload, I'd probably start here.

Resolve has mature multicam editing and, importantly, collaboration is built into the application: editors, colorists, audio people and VFX artists can work on the same project, with Blackmagic Cloud supporting distributed teams. Blackmagic also says you can use your own storage rather than being locked into proprietary shared storage. Blackmagic Design

That makes it particularly attractive for a small interview studio where you might have:

• Editor A doing the multicam assembly
• Editor B doing a second-pass/story edit
• Someone else handling color
• Someone else cleaning up audio
• Remote producers reviewing changes

Why I'd pick it: excellent value, very capable finishing tools, and you don't have to build your entire workflow around Adobe subscriptions or Avid infrastructure.

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best all-round team choice

Premiere is probably the safest choice if your editors already know Adobe.

Adobe's Team Projects lets multiple people work on a shared project with cloud-synchronized changes. For larger projects, Productions lets you divide the work across multiple project files, with bin locking and shared media. Adobe specifically describes Team Projects as appropriate for small teams and businesses. Adobe Help Center

For an interview studio, I'd lean toward Team Projects initially rather than overengineering things with Productions.

Why I'd pick it: huge ecosystem, lots of editors already know it, strong multicam workflow, and very easy to find third-party integrations/plugins.

3. Avid Media Composer — strongest collaboration architecture

Avid is arguably overkill for a small interview studio, but it's extremely good if you're planning to grow into a serious post-production operation.

Media Composer supports multicam workflows with very large numbers of cameras, shared projects and bin locking. Its current 2026.8 release also adds PhraseFindAI Multicam Auto Cut, which can generate an editable multicam first pass based on who is speaking—a particularly interesting feature for interview/podcast production. Avid Avid

The downside is that Avid's collaborative architecture makes the most sense when you actually need a professional shared-storage/post-production environment.

4. Final Cut Pro — great editor, weaker team choice

Final Cut's multicam implementation is very good: you can sync angles automatically, view multiple angles simultaneously and switch video and audio independently. Apple Support

But for a studio with multiple editors, I'd generally put Resolve or Premiere ahead of it because collaborative workflows are a more important requirement for you than Final Cut's excellent individual-editor experience.

What I'd choose for your studio

If you're starting fresh:
DaVinci Resolve Studio + Blackmagic Cloud.

If your team already lives in Adobe:
Premiere Pro + Team Projects.

If you're becoming a larger post house with shared storage and multiple editors:
Avid Media Composer.

For hour-long interviews specifically, I'd also pay close attention to transcription/speaker detection and automated multicam assembly. Those features can save substantially more time than small differences in timeline editing speed—and Avid's new speaker-driven Multicam Auto Cut is particularly interesting for this exact use case. Avid

If you tell me how many cameras/audio tracks you typically have and how many editors need to work on one interview simultaneously, I can recommend a concrete workflow (including storage, proxies, project structure, and review/approval).

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d shortlist DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Descript. The best choice depends mostly on how much you value traditional post-production control versus easy collaboration.

My picks

1. DaVinci Resolve — best overall for a small studio

• Strong multicam editing and excellent audio/color/finishing in one application.
• Its collaboration system lets editors, colorists, VFX artists, and sound people work on the same project simultaneously, including remotely through Blackmagic Cloud. Blackmagic Design
• Particularly attractive if you want to avoid paying for several separate post-production applications.
• Best fit: 2–6 person studio where editors may hand work between editorial, audio, and color.
• Adobe Premiere Pro — best if your team already uses Adobe

• Mature multicam workflow and excellent ecosystem for After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, etc.
• Team Projects lets multiple editors collaborate through a cloud-hosted shared project, with sequence locking and version history. Adobe Help Center
• Productions is particularly useful if you're doing lots of interviews: you can divide a large project into smaller projects while sharing media and avoiding editors stepping on each other's work. Adobe Help Center Adobe Blog
• Best fit: studio already invested in Creative Cloud or frequently needs After Effects/motion graphics.
• Descript — best for fast interview/podcast turnaround

• Especially compelling for talking-head content because you can edit from the transcript rather than manually hunting through an hour-long timeline.
• Its newer multicam system automatically syncs camera feeds, and Automatic Multicam can switch angles based on who's speaking. Descript Descript
• Collaboration includes comments, permissions, version history, shared cloud storage, and browser-based access. Descript
• Best fit: podcasts, YouTube interviews, corporate interviews, and teams prioritizing speed over sophisticated finishing.

One I'd consider only for a more traditional post house

Avid Media Composer is extremely capable for multicam and team workflows. Its current version supports large multicam groups, shared projects/bin locking, and centralized shared-storage workflows; its new AI Multicam Auto Cut is specifically aimed at interviews, panels, podcasts, and other dialogue-heavy multicam work. Avid Avid

For a small interview-focused studio, though, I'd probably choose Resolve first, Premiere second, and Descript if rapid transcript-driven editing is central to your business.

If you tell me how many editors you have, whether they're remote, how many cameras per interview, and where your media is stored (NAS/Dropbox/Frame.io/cloud/etc.), I can recommend a specific workflow and collaboration setup.

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multicam interviews, I’d shortlist these:

My recommendation: DaVinci Resolve

For a studio rather than a solo creator, Resolve is probably the strongest long-term choice. Its collaboration system lets editors, colorists, VFX artists, and audio people work on the same project simultaneously, with Blackmagic Cloud supporting remote collaboration. Blackmagic Design

For your interviews, I'd structure the workflow roughly as:

Ingest → sync multicam → transcript/rough cut → editor cuts → color/audio → client review → master/export

That gives you a proper professional NLE while avoiding the handoff headaches of passing project files between editors.

Premiere Pro: strongest alternative

If your studio already relies on Adobe, Premiere Pro + Team Projects + Frame.io is a very compelling setup. Team Projects lets multiple people work in a shared cloud-hosted project, with collaborators able to edit sequences and see each other's status. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

I'd favor Premiere if you frequently need After Effects, Photoshop, Motion Graphics, or existing Adobe workflows.

Descript: worth considering for interview-heavy work

Descript is particularly interesting if most of your work is talking-head interviews, podcasts, or documentary interviews rather than elaborate visual edits. Its current version supports multicam with automatic syncing and has Automatic Multicam, which can switch cameras based on who's speaking. Descript Descript

Its collaboration model is also extremely approachable: teammates can edit/comment in the same project, and reviewers can work from shared links. Descript

The catch is that I'd be more cautious about making Descript your only finishing environment for demanding professional projects. There are still real-world reports of multicam/XML round-tripping issues when moving Descript edits into conventional NLEs. Reddit Descript Feedback

What I'd choose for your studio

• 2–5 editors + serious client work: DaVinci Resolve
• Adobe ecosystem already established: Premiere Pro + Team Projects
• Lots of interviews/podcasts + clients helping with story edits: Descript → Resolve/Premiere for finishing
• Mostly one editor on Macs: Final Cut Pro

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/Windows, number of camera angles, and whether clients need to make/comment on edits, I can recommend a specific workflow and storage/collaboration setup rather than just the editing software.

For a studio rather than a solo creator, Resolve is probably the strongest long-term choice. Its collaboration system lets editors, colorists, VFX artists, and audio people work on the same project simultaneously, with Blackmagic Cloud supporting remote collaboration. Blackmagic Design

For your interviews, I'd structure the workflow roughly as:

Ingest → sync multicam → transcript/rough cut → editor cuts → color/audio → client review → master/export

That gives you a proper professional NLE while avoiding the handoff headaches of passing project files between editors.

Premiere Pro: strongest alternative

If your studio already relies on Adobe, Premiere Pro + Team Projects + Frame.io is a very compelling setup. Team Projects lets multiple people work in a shared cloud-hosted project, with collaborators able to edit sequences and see each other's status. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

I'd favor Premiere if you frequently need After Effects, Photoshop, Motion Graphics, or existing Adobe workflows.

Descript: worth considering for interview-heavy work

Descript is particularly interesting if most of your work is talking-head interviews, podcasts, or documentary interviews rather than elaborate visual edits. Its current version supports multicam with automatic syncing and has Automatic Multicam, which can switch cameras based on who's speaking. descript.com descript.com

Its collaboration model is also extremely approachable: teammates can edit/comment in the same project, and reviewers can work from shared links.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d narrow it to Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve Studio. Both handle multicam very well; the bigger difference is how your team wants to collaborate.

1. Premiere Pro — my recommendation for your studio

Premiere is probably the safest choice if multiple editors need to touch the same interviews.

Its multicam workflow can sync multiple cameras using timecode, audio, or in/out points, then let an editor cut between angles in real time. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

For collaboration, you have two useful approaches:

• Team Projects: cloud-based collaboration where multiple editors can work on the same project, with sequence locking, version history and synchronized changes. Adobe Help Center
• Productions: better if your studio has shared storage. You can split a larger job into projects, have different editors work on different projects, and use project locking to prevent people overwriting each other. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

For example, you could structure an interview job as:

Client Production → Interview 01 → Interview 02 → B-roll → Social Cuts → Graphics → Exports

That scales nicely when one editor does the multicam assembly, another does the polish, and someone else handles social clips.

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2. DaVinci Resolve Studio — strongest all-in-one alternative

Resolve is particularly compelling if you want editing + audio cleanup + color + finishing under one roof.

Its multicam system supports large numbers of angles and synchronization via waveform, timecode or in/out points. More importantly for a studio, Resolve has genuine multi-user collaboration with bin/timeline locking, shared markers and simultaneous work by editors, colorists, VFX artists and audio personnel. Blackmagic Design

For interviews, that can be a very nice workflow:

Editor → Audio → Color → Final review

without constantly moving between applications.

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What I'd choose

If you're primarily an editing studio: Premiere Pro. Its collaboration and Productions workflows are particularly mature for teams, and the ecosystem around After Effects, Photoshop and client review is useful.

If you're building a post-production studio: DaVinci Resolve Studio. The ability to have different people working on editorial, color and audio in the same project is a major advantage.

If most jobs are one editor at a time on Macs: Final Cut Pro is worth considering, but I wouldn't make it my first choice for a team-oriented studio.

One important distinction: "collaborative" doesn't necessarily mean editors can all work on the same interview timeline simultaneously. For a small studio, I'd design the workflow around shared media + locked projects/timelines + clearly separated responsibilities rather than having two people constantly modify the same timeline.

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/Windows, and whether everyone works in the same studio or remotely, I can recommend a specific setup (NLE + shared storage + proxy workflow + review/approval) for your interview operation.

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multi-camera interviews, I’d shortlist these three:

1. DaVinci Resolve — my first choice

For a small studio, Resolve is probably where I'd start. It gives you professional multicam editing plus editing, color, audio, and delivery in one application, without requiring an Adobe subscription stack.

It's particularly attractive if your workflow is something like:

Ingest → sync 3–6 cameras → multicam edit → audio cleanup → color → captions → exports

Its collaboration features make it possible for different people to work on the same production, so an editor can work while someone else handles color/audio.

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best established collaborative workflow

If your team already lives in Creative Cloud, Premiere Pro is a very strong choice.

Adobe's current Productions workflow is particularly relevant to a studio: you can split a large project into multiple smaller projects, share media between them without duplicating assets, and use project locking so editors don't overwrite one another. Premiere also treats multicam source sequences as normal source clips within Productions. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

For example, you could structure an interview as:

• 01_MEDIA
• 02_MULTICAM
• 03_MAIN_EDIT
• 04_SOCIAL_CUTS
• 05_AUDIO
• 06_EXPORTS

That scales nicely when one editor is doing the long-form cut and another is simultaneously making clips.

Important: Premiere Productions requires shared access to the media for multiple editors; Adobe also offers Team Projects when you want the project itself managed in the cloud. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

3. Avid Media Composer — if you're building a serious post house

Avid is probably more infrastructure than a small interview studio needs, but it's extremely good if you expect to grow into larger collaborative productions.

Current Media Composer supports automated multicam synchronization, shared projects, bin locking, proxy workflows, and centralized shared storage through NEXIS. Avid

A particularly interesting 2026 development is PhraseFindAI Multicam Auto Cut, which can generate an editable first-pass multicam edit based on who is speaking—potentially very useful for interview-heavy work. Avid Avid

4. Descript — surprisingly compelling for interviews

If your interviews are closer to podcasts, YouTube interviews, founder interviews, or social content than traditional broadcast post, I'd seriously test Descript.

Its collaboration model is extremely friendly: people can edit/comment/review in the same project, with shared cloud storage and version history. Descript

And as of July 2026, Descript has added multicam with automatic synchronization, including automatic multicam switching aimed specifically at multi-person recordings. Descript Descript

The tradeoff is that its multicam capabilities are newer than Premiere/Resolve/Avid, so I'd test it against your actual camera/audio setup before committing.

What I'd choose for your studio

If you're starting from scratch: DaVinci Resolve

If your team already uses Adobe: Premiere Pro + Productions

If you're building a larger professional post operation: Avid Media Composer

If speed, transcripts, remote collaboration, and social repurposing matter more than traditional NLE depth: Descript

For your specific workload, I'd lean Resolve or Premiere. A good setup would be one shared storage system + proxies + standardized project templates + separate long-form/social timelines. That will probably make a bigger difference to your throughput than switching between the top-tier NLEs.

If you tell me how many cameras you typically have, how many editors work on each interview, and whether you're Mac/Windows, I can narrow this to a specific workflow and storage setup.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d prioritize:

• strong multicam editing (2–6+ camera angles, long-form sync stability)
• shared projects/timelines so editors can divide work
• review and approval tools for clients/producers
• good handling of large media files and proxies

My shortlist:

The Digital Project Manager Motion Media## My recommendation for your use case

1. DaVinci Resolve Studio + Blackmagic Cloud — best overall for a small interview studio

This is the one I’d test first.

Why it fits:

• Built-in multicam editing and audio syncing
• Editors, colorists, and audio people can work in the same ecosystem
• Strong proxy workflows for hour-long 4K interviews
• Excellent color tools if clients expect polished talking-head footage
• No per-seat subscription pressure with the Studio license

Resolve’s collaboration tools are designed around multiple people working on the same project environment, which is a strong match for a small post team. The Digital Project Manager PlayPause

A typical workflow:

1. Ingest camera cards + audio
2. Generate proxies
3. Sync cameras and external audio
4. Editor A does the rough multicam cut
5. Editor B handles cleanup/audio
6. Color and final polish happen in the same project

2. Premiere Pro + Frame.io — best if you have clients giving lots of notes

Choose this if your workflow looks like:

“Client watches a draft, leaves 80 timestamped comments, we revise, repeat.”

Frame.io is particularly strong for review/approval, with timecoded feedback and collaborative review features. PlayPause Adobe Business

Advantages:

• Huge pool of freelance editors familiar with Premiere
• Great After Effects integration
• Excellent client review workflow
• Common in agencies and marketing teams

The downside is cost: multiple seats can become expensive compared with Resolve.

3. Avid Media Composer — only if you are becoming a larger post house

Avid is excellent for:

• many editors
• strict media management
• broadcast-style workflows

But for a small interview studio, it may add complexity you don’t need. Motion Media

A practical setup I’d choose for a 2–5 person studio

Option A (cost-efficient):

• DaVinci Resolve Studio
• Blackmagic Cloud
• NAS/shared storage
• Frame.io or Resolve review tools for clients

Option B (client-heavy agency work):

• Premiere Pro
• Frame.io
• Productions/Team Projects workflow
• Shared storage or cloud media management

Interview-specific features to look for

Whatever you choose, make sure it handles:

• automatic waveform sync
• multicam sequences with 3–6 cameras
• transcript-based editing
• proxy generation
• shared project locking/versioning
• easy exports for YouTube, podcasts, social clips
• caption generation

For hour-long interviews, I would avoid lightweight editors; the time savings come from a good ingest → sync → multicam → review pipeline rather than flashy effects.

If you tell me:

1. how many cameras you usually shoot (2? 3? 6+),
2. Mac or Windows,
3. how many editors collaborate at once, and
4. whether clients need to leave review notes,

I can narrow this to a specific workflow and storage setup.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d narrow it to three serious options:

1. DaVinci Resolve — my top pick

Resolve is particularly compelling for your workflow because collaboration is built into the application: multiple people can work on the same project/timeline, with editors, colorists, audio people, etc. working in parallel through Blackmagic Cloud. Blackmagic Design

For interviews, its multicam workflow is very capable, and Blackmagic's ecosystem can automatically sync multicamera footage using timecode. Blackmagic Design

I'd choose it if: you want one application for editing, color, audio cleanup/mixing, and finishing, and you expect multiple people to touch the same interviews.

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best established collaborative workflow

Premiere has mature multicamera editing plus Team Projects, which lets multiple editors collaborate on shared projects in the cloud, with sequence locking to prevent people from overwriting each other's work. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

It's especially attractive if your studio already uses After Effects, Photoshop, or Frame.io. Adobe integrates Frame.io for client review, comments, versions, and approvals. Adobe Adobe Help Center

For a small studio, I'd look at Team Projects rather than Productions; Adobe specifically describes Team Projects as suited to small teams, while Productions is aimed more at larger/long-form projects and shared storage. Adobe Help Center

I'd choose it if: you have several editors, frequent client review rounds, and an Adobe-heavy workflow.

3. Final Cut Pro — great editing, weaker team collaboration

Final Cut has excellent multicam capabilities, including automatic synchronization and angle management. Apple Support Apple Support

The catch is collaboration: compared with Resolve and Premiere, it's much less compelling when multiple editors need to actively work on the same project. I'd use it for a solo editor or a small studio where projects are handed off rather than simultaneously edited.

What I'd actually do for your studio

If you're starting fresh: DaVinci Resolve Studio.

If your editors already know Premiere: stay with Premiere Pro + Team Projects + Frame.io rather than forcing a software migration.

For hour-long interviews, I'd structure the workflow roughly as:

Ingest/sync → multicam interview edit → producer/client review → picture lock → audio/color → delivery

The big question is whether your collaboration means “two editors working simultaneously on the same interview” or mostly “one editor cuts, another reviews/finishes.” If you tell me which, plus Mac/Windows and roughly how many editors, I can recommend the specific setup and storage/cloud workflow I'd use.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d prioritize fast multicam syncing, shared projects, remote review, and low-friction handoffs over the heavier infrastructure you’d need for a TV/film operation.

My shortlist

1. Premiere Pro — my default recommendation

For interview work, Premiere is probably the sweet spot. Its multicam workflow is mature, while Team Projects lets editors collaborate on the same shared project and Productions provides bin-locking for larger teams. Adobe also integrates Frame.io directly into Premiere for client/stakeholder review and approvals. Adobe Adobe Help Center

A practical studio setup would be:

Premiere + Team Projects + Frame.io + shared/cloud storage

That gives you an editor cutting the multicam interview, another person working on graphics/B-roll, and a producer/client reviewing exports without everyone having to pass project files around.

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2. DaVinci Resolve — best if you want to consolidate the stack

Resolve is especially attractive if your studio wants editing + color + audio + finishing in one application. Its collaborative workflow is built around shared projects/databases, and it is particularly compelling if you have multiple people touching the same project.

For a small studio, the economics can also be very attractive compared with building a multi-seat Adobe workflow.

I'd choose Resolve over Premiere if color finishing and audio post are important parts of your studio's business, rather than just editorial.

3. Avid Media Composer — powerful, but probably more than you need

Avid is extremely strong for collaborative editorial. Its current workflow supports multicam, shared projects, bin locking and shared storage; the latest 2026.8 release also adds PhraseFindAI Multicam Auto Cut, which can automatically create an editable multicam first pass based on speakers and speech boundaries—quite relevant to interviews. Avid Avid

The catch is infrastructure and complexity. Avid makes the most sense if you're heading toward multiple editors, assistants, lots of concurrent projects, and dedicated shared storage rather than a lean 2–5 person interview studio.

What I'd pick for your studio

If you're 2–5 editors: Premiere Pro.

If you're 2–5 editors and want editing/color/audio under one roof: DaVinci Resolve.

If you're growing toward a 5–20+ person post operation with dedicated shared storage: Avid.

For hour-long interviews specifically, I'd also look closely at transcript-based editing. The repetitive work isn't usually switching cameras; it's finding the right 10-second answer in an hour of conversation. Premiere, Resolve and especially current Avid all have increasingly useful speech/transcript workflows.

If you tell me how many editors you have, whether they're in the same studio or remote, and where you currently store footage (NAS, Dropbox, Google Drive, Frame.io, etc.), I can recommend a concrete workflow and storage setup rather than just the editing software.

For a small studio doing hour-long, multi-camera interviews, I’d narrow it to three serious options:

1. Premiere Pro — my first choice

For your workflow, Premiere is probably the safest choice. Its multicam workflow is mature, and Adobe currently supports both Team Projects and Productions for collaboration.

• Team Projects: editors can work on the same cloud-hosted project, with sequence locking, version history, and synchronized changes. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center
• Productions: particularly good if you're regularly handling multiple interviews/episodes. You can split media, selects, graphics, and individual episodes into separate projects while sharing assets between them. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center
• Multicam sequences work inside Productions, so you don't have to sacrifice the multicam workflow for collaboration. Adobe Help Center
• Adobe's Frame.io integration is useful for client review, comments, approvals, and versioning. Adobe Help Center

Studio setup I'd use: Premiere + shared storage/cloud media + Team Projects for remote collaboration, or Productions if your editors are working from a shared storage system.

2. DaVinci Resolve — strongest alternative

Resolve is particularly compelling if you want editing, color, audio, and finishing in one application. Blackmagic Cloud allows shared project libraries, and editors, colorists, sound people, and VFX artists can work on the same timeline. Blackmagic Cloud Guide

For interviews, its multicam tools are very capable, and Blackmagic's Sync Bin/multiview workflow is designed specifically around quickly finding synchronized camera angles. Blackmagic Design

I'd favor Resolve if:

• You have a colorist or finishing person involved.
• You want to minimize subscriptions.
• Your team is comfortable learning Resolve.
• You want collaboration through Blackmagic Cloud rather than building an Adobe ecosystem.

3. Final Cut Pro — great editor, weaker team choice

Final Cut is excellent for fast multicam editing, especially on Apple Silicon Macs, but I'd not make it the default for a studio where multiple editors need to work on the same projects. Its collaboration ecosystem isn't as straightforward as Premiere's or Resolve's.

My recommendation

For a small interview-editing studio, I'd rank them:

🥇 Premiere Pro — best balance of multicam + multiple editors + client review + ecosystem
🥈 DaVinci Resolve — best value and best integrated finishing workflow
🥉 Final Cut Pro — excellent for individual Mac editors, less compelling as a collaborative studio platform

One important distinction: "collaborative" doesn't necessarily mean the video files live in the editor's cloud. Premiere's Team Projects can share the project while each collaborator still needs access to the underlying media; Productions generally expects shared storage. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

If you're editing, say, 2–4 camera interviews with 2–3 editors, I can also recommend a concrete storage + proxy + multicam + review workflow that keeps hour-long interviews responsive without everyone downloading the full camera originals.

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multi-camera interviews, I’d narrow it to Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Both handle multicam well; the bigger differentiator is how your editors collaborate.

1. Adobe Premiere Pro — my default recommendation

For your use case, Premiere is probably the safest choice.

Its multicam workflow is mature and well suited to interviews: you can sync multiple cameras/audio sources into a multicam source sequence and cut angles directly while reviewing them. Adobe Adobe Blog

More importantly, Premiere has two collaboration models:

• Team Projects — cloud-based project collaboration, useful when editors are working remotely. Multiple people can work in the same shared project. Adobe Help Center
• Productions — particularly attractive for a studio with shared storage. You can split a larger job into separate projects, lock projects so editors don't overwrite one another, and share media without duplicating it. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

A practical studio setup could be:

Media project → multicam/source project → editor A's interview → editor B's interview → graphics/finishing → master/export

That's a very good fit if you're doing multiple interviews for the same client or series.

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2. DaVinci Resolve — best alternative

Resolve is particularly compelling if you want editing + color + audio + finishing in one application.

Its collaboration system is unusually deep: multiple people can work on the same project simultaneously, with dedicated workflows for editing, color, VFX and audio. Blackmagic Cloud extends that workflow to distributed teams. Blackmagic Design

I'd choose Resolve over Premiere if your studio frequently has a workflow like:

Editor → colorist → audio mixer → final

and you want those people working inside the same project rather than handing around exports or XMLs.

The downside is that if your studio already relies heavily on After Effects, Photoshop, or the broader Adobe ecosystem, Premiere tends to be less disruptive.

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3. Final Cut Pro

Final Cut has strong multicam capabilities and is excellent for fast interview editing, particularly on Apple silicon Macs. But collaboration is the reason I wouldn't make it my first choice for a studio.

If you're mostly one editor per project and want maximum Mac performance, it's worth considering. If you're routinely handing the same project between several editors, Premiere or Resolve makes more sense.

What I'd pick for your studio

Choose Premiere Pro + Productions if you have 2–5 editors sharing a storage system and want a conventional, highly flexible editorial workflow.

Choose Resolve Studio + Blackmagic Cloud if you're building a more integrated post-production operation and want editors, colorists and audio people working in the same environment.

One important distinction: collaborative software doesn't eliminate the need for good shared storage/media management. Premiere Productions, for example, expects collaborators using that workflow to have access to shared storage. Adobe Help Center

If you tell me (1) Mac/Windows, (2) number of editors, (3) whether editors work remotely, and (4) where your footage currently lives—NAS, Dropbox, Frame.io, local drives, etc., I can recommend a specific studio workflow and storage setup rather than just the NLE.

For a small studio doing hour-long, interview-heavy projects, I’d narrow it to three serious options:

1. Blackmagic Design — DaVinci Resolve Studio

My first choice for a small studio starting fresh.

Resolve handles multicam interviews very well, while its collaboration model is unusually comprehensive: editors, colorists, sound people and VFX artists can work on the same project simultaneously. Blackmagic Cloud supports remote collaboration, and Resolve 21 can even receive camera proxies through Blackmagic Cloud. Blackmagic Design

The big advantage is that you aren't stitching together separate applications for editing, color, audio and finishing.

Great workflow for you:

• Assistant syncs and organizes 2–4 camera angles.
• Editor cuts the interview.
• Another editor can work on a different timeline/page.
• Colorist grades while editorial continues.
• Audio person works in Fairlight.
• Producer reviews remotely.

The Studio version is currently $295, which makes it particularly attractive for a small shop. Blackmagic Design

2. Adobe Premiere Pro

Best choice if your studio already uses Adobe.

Premiere has a deep multicam workflow specifically suited to long-form editing. Adobe Blog Its collaboration ecosystem is particularly mature: Team Projects supports shared cloud projects, while Productions is designed for teams working across multiple projects. Frame.io is integrated directly into Premiere for client/producer review and feedback. Adobe Adobe Blog

For an interview studio, I particularly like the Productions approach: you can separate projects/bins by episode, editor, interview, graphics, etc., while keeping media references centralized. Project locking prevents editors from stepping on each other's work. Adobe Blog

I'd pick Premiere over Resolve if you:

• Already use After Effects heavily.
• Have lots of Adobe-based graphics templates.
• Exchange projects with outside editors frequently.
• Want Frame.io to be central to client review.

3. Avid Media Composer

Best if you're building toward a larger editorial operation.

Avid is extremely strong for long-form, dialogue-heavy work and collaborative editorial. Its current Media Composer supports multicam and conflict-free collaboration through bin locking, allowing assistants and editors to work in the same project without overwriting one another. Avid Avid

For a small interview studio, though, I wouldn't choose Avid unless you already have an Avid-based workflow or expect to grow into broadcast/large-production work. It's powerful, but you're likely to get more simplicity and value from Resolve or Premiere.

What I'd choose

If you're starting from scratch → DaVinci Resolve Studio.

If you're already an Adobe shop → Premiere Pro + Productions + Frame.io.

If you're aiming at broadcast/large post-production → Avid Media Composer.

For your particular workload, I'd lean Resolve because a small interview studio benefits enormously from having editing, color, audio and finishing in one collaborative environment rather than managing multiple applications. Blackmagic explicitly supports simultaneous collaboration across those disciplines. Blackmagic Design

If you tell me how many editors you have, how many cameras per interview, whether everyone works in the same studio or remotely, and roughly how many interviews you deliver per month, I can recommend a specific workflow/storage setup for the studio.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d prioritize three things: reliable multicam syncing/switching, multiple editors being able to work without stepping on each other, and a workflow that doesn’t require enormous media duplication.

My shortlist

1. Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve — my first choice

For your particular workload, I'd seriously consider DaVinci Resolve Studio.

Resolve handles multicam interviews very well, including syncing camera angles, switching between them, and working with multiple editors. Its collaboration system lets editors, colorists, audio people, and others work on the same project, including simultaneously. Blackmagic Cloud can provide shared project libraries and remote workflows. Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design

That's especially attractive for an interview studio because you can have something like:

• Editor A — assembly/interview cut
• Editor B — selects, B-roll and graphics
• Audio — Fairlight cleanup/mix
• Color — finishing
• Producer — review/comments

…without constantly exporting timelines between departments.

Resolve also has a free version with multi-user collaboration, while Studio is currently $295. Blackmagic Design

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Verdict: ⭐ Best value and probably the best fit for a small studio building a collaborative workflow from scratch.

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best if you're already in Adobe

Premiere is the safer choice if your team already lives in After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, etc.

Its Productions workflow lets multiple editors work on separate projects while sharing the same media and storage, with project locking to prevent people from overwriting one another. Adobe also has Team Projects for remote collaboration. Adobe Blog Adobe

For a studio, you could structure a project as:

Client / Series → Episode → Interview → Selects / Main Edit / Graphics / Social

That keeps hour-long interviews from becoming enormous, unwieldy single projects.

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Verdict: ⭐ Best choice if Adobe integration is important or your editors already know Premiere.

3. Avid Technology Media Composer — powerful, but probably more than you need

Avid is excellent when you're building a serious shared-storage editorial operation. Current Media Composer supports automated waveform/timecode matching and can group up to 64 cameras for multicam work. Avid

It's particularly compelling if you expect your studio to grow into a more traditional production/post environment with dedicated assistants, editors, shared storage and formal media-management practices.

For a small interview studio, though, I wouldn't choose Avid just for multicam. Resolve or Premiere will generally be easier to get your team productive with.

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4. Final Cut Pro — great editor, weaker studio collaboration choice

Final Cut is extremely good for fast multicam editing, particularly on Macs, but I'd put it behind Resolve and Premiere if collaboration is a major requirement. Its strengths are speed and simplicity rather than having several people working inside the same project ecosystem.

What I'd build for your studio

If you're starting fresh, I'd lean toward:

DaVinci Resolve Studio + shared NAS/fast shared storage + Blackmagic Cloud for remote collaboration/review.

For each interview, I'd use a standardized structure:

Camera originals → synced multicam → interview master → selects → graphics/B-roll → audio → color → exports

And I'd make proxies part of the workflow from day one. Hour-long, multi-camera interviews can become surprisingly storage- and bandwidth-heavy, and proxies make remote collaboration much less painful.

If your team is already heavily invested in Adobe, however, don't switch just for collaboration—Premiere Productions/Team Projects can make a very good studio workflow.

My ranking for your use case:
1. Resolve Studio → best overall
2. Premiere Pro → best Adobe ecosystem
3. Avid → best for scaling into traditional post
4. Final Cut Pro → best for mostly solo Mac editing

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d shortlist these three:

My recommendation: Premiere Pro

If you're doing this as a studio rather than as individual creators, Premiere Pro is probably the safest long-term choice. Its multicam editing is mature, and Productions lets multiple editors work across different projects while using shared media, with project locking to prevent people from overwriting each other's work. Adobe Blog Adobe Blog

A good studio setup would be:

• Editor A: multicam assembly + primary interview edit
• Editor B: selects/rough cut, B-roll, graphics, or audio
• Producer/client: review and comments
• Shared storage: central media + Premiere Productions
• Final editor: polish, color, audio, captions and delivery

That's particularly attractive if your interviews routinely generate several camera angles, separate audio, graphics and lots of B-roll.

DaVinci Resolve: strongest alternative

I'd choose Resolve if you want to consolidate more of the workflow into one application. Its editing, multicam, color, Fairlight audio and finishing are all under one roof, which can be a big advantage for a small team.

It's especially compelling if you're trying to avoid paying for several Adobe applications. The downside is that the collaborative workflow can require a little more technical setup than a simple cloud-first editor.

Descript: surprisingly compelling for interviews

Descript deserves serious consideration now. It added multicam support in July 2026, including automatic syncing and AI-assisted multicam switching. Descript Descript

Its big advantage is collaboration: projects are cloud-hosted, people can edit the same project, and reviewers can comment directly on the transcript/timeline. Descript Descript

For interview production, that means you can do things like:

transcribe → remove rambling/filler → make the rough cut from the transcript → automatically handle multicam → polish the timeline.

That's potentially much faster for talking-head interviews than a traditional timeline-first workflow.

The catch: Descript's multicam functionality is still newer than Premiere/Resolve's, so I wouldn't make it the studio's only NLE if you're doing highly polished, complex productions. Its current strength is speed and collaboration rather than maximum editorial control.

What I'd pick for your studio

If quality/control comes first: Premiere Pro
If value + complete post-production matters: DaVinci Resolve
If speed + remote collaboration matters most: Descript

For a small interview studio, I'd lean Premiere + shared storage if you have 2–5 editors and want a conventional professional pipeline. If your biggest pain is “we're spending forever turning interviews into rough cuts and getting client feedback”, I'd test Descript alongside it—it may dramatically shorten that part of the workflow.

If you tell me how many editors you have, whether everyone is in the same studio or remote, number of camera angles, and whether clients need to review cuts, I can recommend a specific setup (including storage/project-sharing architecture).

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d narrow it to Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Both handle multicam well; the bigger difference is how your team wants to collaborate.

1. adobe.com — best overall for a small studio

This would be my default recommendation if you're doing recurring interview/podcast work.

• Strong multicam workflow for syncing several cameras and switching angles.
• Team Projects supports multiple editors working on shared projects with cloud-synced project data.
• Productions is particularly good if you want to divide work among editors—e.g. one project for interview media, another for each episode, graphics, etc.—while sharing media from common storage. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Exchange
• Frame.io is included with Creative Cloud, giving you a convenient workflow for producer/client review and frame-specific comments. Adobe
• Excellent ecosystem if you use After Effects for lower thirds, Photoshop for thumbnails, etc.

Ideal studio workflow:
Assistant/editor syncs and organizes the multicam → editor makes the main cut → second editor handles selects/social clips → producer reviews through Frame.io → finishing/export.

One important distinction: Productions works best with shared storage, while Team Projects is designed more around remote/cloud collaboration. Adobe Help Center Adobe Help Center

2. blackmagicdesign.com — best if collaboration is the priority

Resolve is arguably the more interesting choice if you want the studio to do editing, color, audio and finishing in one application.

• Excellent multicam editing.
• Built-in professional color and Fairlight audio.
• Blackmagic's collaboration system lets editors, colorists, VFX artists and audio engineers work on the same project, including through Blackmagic Cloud for remote teams. Blackmagic Design
• Particularly attractive if you're trying to avoid stitching together several applications and handoff workflows.

For a studio where Editor A cuts while Editor B does color/audio, Resolve is extremely compelling.

3. apple.com — great solo editor, less compelling for your use case

Final Cut is excellent for fast multicam editing, especially on Apple Silicon, but I'd put it behind Premiere and Resolve for a team-oriented studio. The collaboration workflow generally requires more discipline and external infrastructure than the two options above.

What I'd choose

My pick for your studio: Premiere Pro + shared storage + Productions + Frame.io. It gives you a very natural interview workflow, and Premiere's current documentation specifically supports multicam sources inside Productions. helpx-origin-ew1.aws116.adobeitc.com

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/Windows, whether everyone is in the same studio or remote, and roughly how many interviews you cut per month, I can recommend a specific storage + collaboration setup too.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d narrow it to DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro. Both handle multicam well; the bigger differentiator is how your editors share projects and media.

My pick: DaVinci Resolve

For your specific workload, I'd start with Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve. Its multicam workflow is explicitly designed for interview-style material, and the current version supports real-time local and remote multi-user collaboration through its project libraries/Blackmagic Cloud. Editors, colorists, audio people, and VFX artists can work on the same project rather than passing projects back and forth. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

The free version already includes multicam and multi-user collaboration, which makes it unusually attractive for a small studio testing a workflow before committing money. Studio adds things such as advanced noise reduction, AI tools, and additional effects. www.blackmagicdesign.com

A good studio workflow would be:

Ingest/sync → multicam interview → Editor A cuts → Editor B works on another timeline/bin → producer reviews → color/audio → delivery.

Resolve's bin and timeline locking are particularly useful here, because people can work in parallel without accidentally overwriting each other's work. www.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

When I'd choose Premiere instead

Choose Adobe Premiere Pro if your team already relies heavily on After Effects, Photoshop, or other Adobe tools. Premiere has a mature multicam workflow and Productions lets multiple editors work across separate projects while sharing media on storage; project locking helps prevent people from overwriting each other's work. blog.adobe.com

For a studio doing lots of client interviews, I particularly like Productions when you have, say, one project per episode/interview and shared assets across the overall production.

What I'd skip

Final Cut Pro is excellent for multicam, particularly on Macs, but I'd put it behind Resolve and Premiere for a studio where collaboration is a major requirement. The multicam itself isn't the problem; the team-oriented workflow is less compelling.

Bottom line: If you're building the studio workflow from scratch, test Resolve first. If your editors already live in Adobe, Premiere is probably the lower-friction choice.

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/PC, whether everyone works locally or remotely, and roughly how many cameras per interview, I can recommend a concrete shared-storage/cloud workflow too.

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multi-camera interviews, I’d narrow it to three serious options:

1. Premiere Pro — my pick for your studio

For your particular workflow, Premiere is probably the safest choice. Its multicam editing is mature, while Team Projects lets editors collaborate on shared projects. Adobe also has Productions, which is particularly useful when you want to split larger jobs into multiple project files and have editors work on different pieces without stepping on each other. helpx.adobe.comhelpx.adobe.com

The other big advantage is Frame.io. It's integrated into Premiere for client/stakeholder review, timestamped comments, annotations, versioning, and approvals. helpx.adobe.com

I'd choose it if:

• You have 2–5 editors.
• Editors may work remotely.
• Clients frequently review cuts.
• You need a dependable multicam → rough cut → notes → revisions pipeline.
• You may eventually add After Effects work.

One important distinction: Team Projects doesn't magically provide shared media. Collaborators still need access to the underlying footage, so you'll want a sensible shared-storage/cloud-media setup. helpx.adobe.comhelpx.adobe.com

2. DaVinci Resolve — best if you want to minimize software costs

Resolve is extremely compelling for a small studio because you get editing, color, audio, and VFX in one application. It has dedicated multicam functionality, and Blackmagic's current Resolve platform supports simultaneous local/remote collaboration between editors, colorists, VFX artists and audio engineers. www.blackmagicdesign.com

I'd choose Resolve if:

• You want to keep the entire post pipeline in one application.
• You do significant color/audio finishing yourselves.
• You'd rather spend money on storage/workstations than Adobe subscriptions.
• Your editors are comfortable learning Resolve's workflow.

For an interview studio, Resolve is particularly attractive if you're delivering polished long-form video rather than doing lots of Adobe-specific motion graphics.

3. Final Cut Pro — great editor, weaker team choice

Final Cut is very good for multicam interviews and can be wonderfully fast on Macs. But if collaborative editing is a central requirement, I'd put it behind Premiere and Resolve. It's much easier to build a structured multi-editor operation around the latter two.

What I'd actually build

For a small interview studio, I'd lean toward:

Premiere Pro + Frame.io + shared/cloud media storage

A typical workflow could be:

1. Ingest all camera and audio sources.
2. Sync them into a multicam sequence.
3. Editor A builds the interview/podcast cut.
4. Editor B handles B-roll, graphics, or a second episode.
5. Send the cut through Frame.io.
6. Client leaves timecoded comments.
7. Editor imports/comments and makes revisions.
8. Final editor handles polish, audio and export.

Premiere's Productions workflow becomes especially useful once you're doing enough volume that one giant project file starts getting unwieldy. Adobe explicitly positions Productions for long-form workflows and multiple editors working from shared storage. www.blackmagicdesign.comhelpx.adobe.com

Bottom line:

• 🥇 Premiere Pro — best overall choice for your studio
• 🥈 DaVinci Resolve — best value and best all-in-one alternative
• 🥉 Final Cut Pro — excellent solo/small-team Mac workflow, but not my first choice for collaborative production

If you tell me how many editors you have, whether you're Mac/Windows, how many camera angles, and whether footage needs to live locally or in the cloud, I can recommend a specific studio setup (including storage and collaboration architecture).

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multi-camera interviews, I’d shortlist these:

My recommendation

1. DaVinci Resolve — best choice if you're building a serious small-studio workflow.
Resolve handles multicam editing well and gives you editing, audio, color, and finishing in one application. Its collaborative workflow is particularly attractive if several editors need to work on the same production rather than passing project files around. I'd choose this if you expect the studio to grow beyond simple interview assembly.

2. Premiere Pro — best if you need conventional team editing.
Premiere's Team Projects let multiple people collaborate through a cloud-managed project, while Productions are designed for larger/long-form workflows where you split work across projects. Adobe specifically describes Team Projects as suitable for small teams, while Productions supports project locking and shared storage for multi-editor workflows. helpx.adobe.com

3. Descript — potentially the fastest option for your particular content.
For interviews, this is the interesting one. You can edit from the transcript, leave timestamped comments, share cloud projects, and have multiple people work on the same project. Its current Automatic Multicam can analyze speaker changes and automatically switch cameras/cutaways. www.descript.com

That makes Descript particularly compelling if your workflow is something like:

record → transcript → rough cut → remove mistakes/filler → multicam assembly → producer review → final polish.

It also supports remote recording with separate camera/mic/screen tracks, which can be useful if some of your interviews aren't recorded entirely in the studio. helpx.adobe.comwww.descript.comsupport.apple.com

4. Final Cut Pro — great editor, weaker choice for a multi-editor studio.
Its multicam implementation is excellent—Apple supports syncing multiple angles into multicam clips and switching angles in real time. support.apple.com But if collaboration between editors is a major requirement, I'd favor Resolve, Premiere, or Descript.

What I'd actually do

For a small interview studio, I'd test two workflows:

• Resolve: editor A makes the multicam assembly → editor B handles cleanup/audio/color → producer reviews.
• Descript: producer/editor works from transcript → Automatic Multicam creates the first-pass camera edits → editor does the final polish.

If your interviews are relatively straightforward and you care most about turnaround time, I'd lean Descript. If you're producing polished client work where color, audio, graphics, and finishing quality matter, I'd lean DaVinci Resolve.

One important distinction: cloud collaboration isn't the same as shared-media collaboration. Premiere Productions, for example, expects editors to have access to the same media via shared storage; Descript's model is much more cloud-centric. helpx.adobe.com

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/Windows, and whether footage lives on a NAS/cloud/local drives, I can narrow this to the best 1–2 setups for your studio.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d narrow it to these four:

1. Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve — my top pick

Resolve is particularly compelling if you want several people touching the same project. Its multi-user workflow lets editors, colorists, VFX artists and audio engineers work in parallel, with local or remote collaboration through Blackmagic Cloud. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For interviews, I'd use it roughly like:

Editor A: syncs cameras/audio and creates the multicam interview
→ Editor B: cuts the interview
→ Colorist: grades selects
→ Audio editor: cleans/mixes dialogue
→ Producer: reviews/comments

That makes Resolve a particularly good choice if you're trying to grow beyond one editor without building an elaborate post-production infrastructure.

DaVinci Resolve

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best established ecosystem

Premiere is probably the safest choice if your studio already uses Adobe. It has multicamera editing plus Team Projects for simultaneous collaboration, while Frame.io provides centralized review and commenting. www.adobe.com

One important distinction: Premiere's Productions workflow is particularly good when multiple editors are working from shared storage, dividing a larger production into separate projects while sharing media. blog.adobe.com

Adobe Premiere Pro

3. Descript — best for interview-centric work

For talking-head interviews, Descript is unusually attractive. You can edit via the transcript, collaborate through shared projects/comments, and it now has automatic multicam that analyzes the footage and switches angles based on who's speaking. www.descript.com

That could dramatically reduce the boring first-pass work of an hour-long two- or three-camera interview.

The catch: if your editors want deep conventional NLE control, Resolve or Premiere will feel much more capable. Descript itself supports exporting to Premiere, Final Cut, Resolve, etc., so it can also work nicely as a rough-cut/interview-processing front end. www.descript.com

Descript

4. Avid Technology Media Composer — powerful but probably overkill

Avid remains very strong for traditional collaborative post. Media Composer supports multicamera group clips, while Avid NEXIS provides shared storage specifically designed for collaborative Media Composer workflows. kb.avid.com

I'd choose it if you're moving toward broadcast/TV-style production, lots of editors, shared storage, strict media management, and established Avid workflows. For a small interview studio, I'd generally favor Resolve or Premiere unless you already have Avid expertise.

Avid Media Composer

What I'd choose for your studio

If you're starting fresh: DaVinci Resolve Studio + Blackmagic Cloud.

If you're already an Adobe shop: Premiere Pro + Frame.io/Team Projects.

If the bulk of your work is interviews/podcasts and speed matters more than sophisticated post: Descript, potentially handing difficult/final work off to Resolve or Premiere.

For your specific workload, I'd probably test Resolve and Descript side-by-side on the same 60-minute, 3-camera interview. The deciding factor isn't the feature checklist—it's how quickly your team can go from synced footage → multicam rough cut → producer review → final master.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews with multiple cameras, I’d shortlist these three:

1. Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve — my pick for a serious small studio

Resolve is particularly compelling if you have an editor, colorist, sound person, or multiple editors touching the same project. Its collaboration system lets people work on the same project simultaneously in dedicated pages, with Blackmagic Cloud supporting distributed workflows. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For interviews, you get excellent multicam editing plus the full Resolve ecosystem: Edit → Color → Fairlight → Deliver without round-tripping.

Why I'd choose it: if your studio expects to grow beyond one editor, Resolve gives you the most complete post-production workflow for the money.

2. Adobe Premiere Pro + Frame.io — best conventional professional workflow

Premiere remains a very safe choice for multicam interviews. The big advantage is the collaboration ecosystem around it. Frame.io is now integrated directly into Premiere, letting you browse/import media, upload sequences, manage versions, and synchronize comments with timeline markers without leaving Premiere. help.frame.io

That makes a workflow like:

Editor → upload cut → producer/client comments → editor addresses markers → new version

very clean.

Frame.io's newer Drive workflow can also make cloud-hosted media accessible from the desktop rather than requiring the team to constantly pass around files. blog.frame.io

Why I'd choose it: especially good if your clients are frequently reviewing cuts and you already use Photoshop, After Effects, Audition, etc.

3. Descript — best for interview-heavy, transcript-driven work

Descript is unusually well suited to interviews and podcasts. You can edit from the transcript, collaborate in the same project, leave time-specific comments, and maintain version history. www.blackmagicdesign.comhelp.frame.ioblog.frame.iowww.descript.com

It now has Automatic Multicam, which analyzes footage and automatically switches camera angles based on the active speaker. help.descript.com

The important caveat: I'd think of Descript more as a fast interview/rough-cut and collaboration environment than as my first choice for a studio doing highly polished finishing. Descript itself supports exporting the rough cut to Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, Pro Tools, etc. www.descript.com

What I'd actually do

For your use case, I'd rank them:

🥇 Resolve Studio — if you want one professional system for the whole studio
🥈 Premiere + Frame.io — if client review and Adobe integration are major priorities
🥉 Descript — if speed, transcripts, AI-assisted editing, and easy collaboration matter most

If you're typically turning one 60-minute interview into a polished 30–45 minute master plus short clips, I'd lean Resolve or Premiere, with Descript potentially handling transcription/rough-cut work upstream.

If you tell me how many editors you have, how many cameras/angles you typically shoot, Mac vs. Windows, and whether clients need to review cuts, I can recommend a specific studio workflow and storage setup.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d prioritize fast multicam switching + shared projects + easy review, rather than the most cinema-oriented feature set.

Best-fit categories

1. Collaborative professional NLE — best overall
rofessional multicam video editing software with collaborative team workflows

Look for multicam sync, shared projects, project/bin locking, and support for shared storage. This is the strongest choice if you expect several editors to touch the same interviews. Adobe’s current collaborative workflow, for example, supports cloud-based Team Projects, while its Productions workflow is designed to divide larger projects among editors using shared storage. helpx.adobe.com

2. Cloud-first collaborative editor — best for a small remote team
loud collaborative video editing software with multicam and transcript-based editing

This is particularly attractive for interview work because transcript-based editing can make the first pass dramatically faster. Modern cloud editors can let editors, producers, and clients comment on the timeline/transcript without everyone needing the full editing workstation setup. www.descript.com

3. Traditional broadcast/pro editorial system — best for a growing production operation
rofessional broadcast video editing systems with multicam and shared media collaboration

Choose this if you're moving toward multiple editors, lots of recurring shows, centralized storage, or more elaborate media-management requirements. These systems tend to have excellent multicam and shared-media workflows, but they're heavier to administer. help.avid.com

What I'd choose for your studio

For hour-long interview episodes, I'd generally go with a professional NLE as the primary editor, supplemented by a lightweight review/transcription workflow if needed. You get reliable multicam editing for 2–4 camera interviews without locking the studio into a browser-based workflow.

If your editors are remote and frequently work simultaneously, I'd lean toward the cloud-collaborative category instead. If they're mostly in one studio sharing fast storage, the professional-NLE/shared-storage approach is likely better.

One important distinction: “collaborative” doesn't always mean two people can simultaneously edit the same timeline. Some systems are designed around separate projects/bins with locking and handoffs, which is often safer for a small studio anyway. helpx.adobe.com

If you tell me Mac/Windows, number of editors, number of cameras, and whether editors work remotely, I can narrow this down to the 2–3 actual applications I'd put on your shortlist.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews, I’d narrow it to three serious options:

1. Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve — my first choice

For your particular workload, I'd lean Resolve Studio. It handles multicam interviews very well, and Blackmagic's current collaboration system allows editors, colorists, VFX artists, and sound people to work on the same project, including remotely through Blackmagic Cloud. www.blackmagicdesign.com

Why it makes sense for you:

• Very good multicam editing and syncing.
• One application covers editing, color, audio, and finishing.
• Multiple people can work in parallel rather than passing project files around.
• Particularly attractive if your workflow is something like Editor A = assembly → Editor B = polish → color/audio → final.
• Studio is a perpetual-license product rather than requiring every editor to remain on an Adobe-style subscription.

Potential downside: Resolve's collaborative workflow is powerful, but you'll want to design your storage/media setup properly before putting several editors on it.

DaVinci Resolve

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best ecosystem

Premiere is probably the safest choice if your studio already lives in Adobe. Its Team Projects allow multiple editors to collaborate on shared projects, while Frame.io is integrated directly into Premiere for client review, comments and approvals. www.adobe.com

That's especially useful for interview work where your workflow is:

multicam edit → producer/client reviews → notes → revisions → approval

The included Frame.io offering supports up to two users, five active projects and 250 GB of storage, with larger collaboration needs requiring a different plan. www.adobe.com

Adobe Premiere Pro collaboration

3. Avid Technology Media Composer — best for a true post facility

Avid is the one I'd consider if you're moving toward multiple editors working on lots of projects simultaneously. Its multicam workflow is mature, and Avid supports shared projects/bins and larger collaborative post-production environments. www.blackmagicdesign.comhelp.avid.com

For a small interview studio, though, it may be more infrastructure than you actually need.

Avid Media Composer

What I'd choose

If you're starting fresh: DaVinci Resolve Studio + Blackmagic Cloud.

If you're already an Adobe shop: Premiere Pro + Frame.io.

If you're building a larger shared-storage post facility: Avid Media Composer.

For your specific hour-long interview workflow, I'd prioritize multicam syncing, shared project access, proxy workflows, review/approval, and media storage over flashy editing features. Those will determine whether collaboration actually saves you time.

If you tell me how many editors you have, how many cameras/audio tracks each interview uses, and whether editors work remotely or in the same studio, I can recommend a concrete setup (software + storage + proxy workflow) for a 2–5 person team.

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multicam interviews, I’d narrow it to three serious options:

1. DaVinci Resolve — my top pick

DaVinci Resolve

Resolve is particularly attractive for a small studio because the free version already includes multicam editing and multi-user collaboration. Blackmagic's current workflow supports editors, colorists, VFX and audio people working on the same project, including remote collaboration through Blackmagic Cloud. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For interviews, its multicam tools are strong, and Resolve 20 added Multicam SmartSwitch, which can automatically make an initial angle selection based on the active speaker and framing. documents.blackmagicdesign.com

I'd choose it if: you want editors to be able to work simultaneously and want one application for editing, color, audio and finishing.

2. Premiere Pro + Frame.io — best polished studio workflow

Adobe Premiere Pro

Premiere is excellent for multicam interviews, but the bigger advantage for a studio is its ecosystem. Productions lets you split a large project into smaller projects so multiple editors can work without everything living in one enormous project file. Adobe specifically designed it for collaborative workflows. documents.blackmagicdesign.comblog.adobe.com

Pair that with Frame.io for client/producer review. Reviewers can leave timecoded comments that come back into Premiere as markers, which is very useful when you're doing several rounds of notes on a one-hour interview. www.adobe.com

There's also a proven long-form workflow: Adobe documents productions where editors used Premiere Productions plus Frame.io and shared storage for distributed editing teams. blog.adobe.com

I'd choose it if: clients frequently need to review cuts, you have assistant editors, or your team already uses Adobe.

3. Final Cut Pro — great for a Mac-centric small team

Final Cut Pro

It's extremely fast for multicam interview editing and has a relatively gentle learning curve. The downside is that its collaborative editing infrastructure isn't as compelling as Resolve's or Premiere's for a studio where multiple people need to work on the same production simultaneously.

I'd choose it if: you have one primary editor, everyone is on Mac, and collaboration mostly means handing off libraries/projects and getting client feedback rather than simultaneous editing.

What I'd actually set up for your studio

If you're starting fresh: DaVinci Resolve + Blackmagic Cloud.

A practical workflow would be:

Ingest → sync cameras/audio → multicam interview → editor A cuts story → editor B handles B-roll/graphics → shared review → color/audio → delivery

If your collaboration is more editor + client/producer, rather than editor + editor, I'd instead go Premiere Pro + Frame.io. Frame.io's current Premiere integration makes the review/notes loop particularly clean. www.adobe.comblog.adobe.com

One other consideration: for hour-long interviews, transcription/text-based editing can save a surprising amount of time. Premiere has particularly mature transcript-driven interview workflows, while Resolve has increasingly strong text/AI tools as well. Adobe specifically highlights transcription and text-based editing for interview production. blog.adobe.com

My ranking for your use case:
1. Resolve → best overall studio value/collaboration
2. Premiere + Frame.io → best client/remote-review workflow
3. Final Cut Pro → best simple Mac-only operation

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multicamera interviews, I’d narrow it to Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Both handle multicam editing well; the bigger distinction is how your team wants to collaborate.

My recommendation: Premiere Pro

For a small interview-editing studio, I'd probably choose Adobe Premiere Pro.

It has a particularly sensible workflow when you have, say, 2–4 editors working on different episodes or portions of a production. Premiere's Productions system lets multiple editors work from shared storage while project locking prevents people from overwriting each other's work. blog.adobe.com

Its multicam workflow is also very mature: you can sync the camera angles, open the multicam monitor, and cut between angles in real time while listening to the interview. www.adobe.com

For remote teams, Adobe also integrates Frame.io directly into Premiere for review, commenting, approvals, and asset sharing. www.adobe.comwww.adobe.comwww.blackmagicdesign.comwww.blackmagicdesign.com

I'd pick Premiere if your workflow looks like:

ingest → assistant/editor syncs multicam → editor cuts → producer reviews → editor revises → graphics/audio → delivery

Strong alternative: DaVinci Resolve

DaVinci Resolve is arguably the better choice if you want to build the whole studio around one application.

Resolve combines editing, multicam, color, Fusion graphics, Fairlight audio, and delivery. More importantly for a team, its collaboration system allows editors, assistants, colorists, VFX artists, and audio people to work on the same project concurrently, with bin and timeline locking. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For interview production specifically, Blackmagic even provides dedicated multicam training covering syncing angles and cutting a multicamera edit. www.blackmagicdesign.com

I'd choose Resolve if:

• you have several people touching the same episode;
• you want editors, color and audio working in parallel;
• you want to avoid paying for several separate post-production applications;
• Blackmagic Cloud fits your remote workflow.

What I'd do for your studio

If you're primarily an editing house: go Premiere Pro + Frame.io.

If you're building a collaborative post-production pipeline: seriously consider Resolve + Blackmagic Cloud.

One important distinction: don't choose based simply on which has the better multicam feature. Both are plenty capable for 2–4 camera interviews. Your biggest productivity gains will come from how well the software handles shared media, project ownership/locking, review notes, proxies, and handoffs between editors.

If you tell me (1) Mac/Windows, (2) number of editors, (3) whether they're remote, (4) typical number of camera angles, and (5) roughly how much you want to spend per editor/month, I can recommend a specific setup and workflow.

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multicamera interviews, I’d narrow it to DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro. Both handle multicam well; the bigger distinction is how your editors collaborate.

1. Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve — my first choice

Resolve is particularly attractive for a small studio because editing, color, audio, and finishing are all in one application, while its project libraries support multiple editors working simultaneously. Blackmagic specifically supports real-time local and remote collaboration through its project libraries/Blackmagic Cloud. Its Cut page also has a workflow specifically geared toward quickly editing multicamera material. www.blackmagicdesign.com

For your interviews, I'd structure projects roughly as:

Ingest → sync cameras/audio → multicam interview → editor A rough cut → editor B selects/shorts → color/audio → final

The major advantage is that your colorist or audio person doesn't necessarily have to wait for an editor to finish before getting involved.

DaVinci Resolve

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best if you're already in Adobe

Premiere has a very mature multicam workflow, including live angle switching while cutting. www.adobe.com

For collaboration, Productions is particularly useful for a studio: you can break a large production into smaller projects, share media without duplicating it, and use project locking so two editors don't overwrite each other's work. blog.adobe.com

For remote teams, Team Projects + Frame.io is the more interesting combination. Adobe currently describes Premiere as supporting shared timelines, sequence locking, cloud updates, and integrated Frame.io review/commenting. www.adobe.com

That's a strong setup if your interviews regularly go:

Editor → producer/client review → notes → editor → graphics/After Effects → final

Adobe Premiere Pro

3. Final Cut Pro — great editor, weaker team choice

I'd consider it if everyone is on Macs and usually only one person is actively editing a given interview. It's extremely fast for multicam editing, but I'd choose Resolve or Premiere if collaboration is a major reason you're replacing your current workflow.

What I'd choose for your studio

Choose Resolve if:

• 2–5 people need to work on the same projects
• You want editors/color/audio people working in parallel
• You'd like to reduce the number of separate applications
• Remote collaboration matters

Choose Premiere if:

• You're already invested in Adobe
• You use After Effects/Photoshop heavily
• Client/producer review is a major part of the workflow
• You want a very established long-form editorial workflow

For hour-long interviews specifically, I'd lean Resolve Studio unless your studio already has a substantial Premiere/Adobe pipeline. Its combination of multicam, collaborative editing, Fairlight audio, color, and remote project collaboration is unusually well suited to a small interview-production studio. www.blackmagicdesign.com

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/Windows, number of camera angles, and whether everyone works locally or remotely, I can recommend a concrete studio workflow—including storage, proxies, syncing, project structure, and client review.

For a small studio cutting hour-long interviews with multiple cameras, I’d narrow it to DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro. Both handle multicam well; the bigger differentiator is how your team wants to collaborate.

1. Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve — my pick if you want one post-production platform

Resolve is particularly attractive for an interview studio because editing, color, audio, and finishing live in the same application. Its multicam workflow is mature, and Resolve supports simultaneous multi-user work with bin/timeline locking, shared markers, and other collaboration features. www.blackmagicdesign.com

Resolve 20 also added Multicam SmartSwitch, which can analyze multicam footage and create an initial camera cut automatically. documents.blackmagicdesign.com

I'd choose it if: you have 2–5 editors, want to keep costs controlled, and don't want to bounce projects between an editor, colorist, and audio person.

DaVinci Resolve

2. Adobe Premiere Pro — best if collaboration/remote review is the priority

Premiere is probably the safest choice if your studio already uses Adobe. Team Projects lets editors work on shared projects remotely, while Productions is designed for larger projects/workflows using shared storage and project locking. helpx.adobe.com

For your use case, I'd look closely at Team Projects + Frame.io: Premiere has Frame.io integrated, so clients/producers can review cuts and leave feedback without you having to manage a separate review system. www.blackmagicdesign.comdocuments.blackmagicdesign.comwww.adobe.com

I'd choose it if: editors frequently work from different locations or clients/producers are heavily involved in review.

Adobe Premiere Pro

What I'd actually set up for your studio

For a typical interview:

Ingest → sync cameras/audio → multicam assembly → editor cuts → producer review → revisions → color/audio → master

I'd use:

• Resolve: shared project database + shared NAS/fast storage + separate bins/timelines per editor.
• Premiere: Productions if you're primarily sharing a physical studio storage system; Team Projects if editors are distributed. Adobe explicitly recommends shared storage for multi-editor Productions workflows. helpx-origin-uw2.aws116.adobeitc.com
• Frame.io: client/producer review if you're on Premiere; it's particularly convenient for timestamped feedback. www.blackmagicdesign.comdocuments.blackmagicdesign.comwww.adobe.com

Bottom line: If you're starting from scratch, I'd test DaVinci Resolve first. If your studio already lives in Adobe or remote client review is a major part of the business, Premiere Pro + Frame.io is probably the smoother choice.

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/PC, number of cameras, and whether editors work in the same studio or remotely, I can recommend a specific collaboration/storage setup too.

For a small studio cutting hour-long, multi-camera interviews, I’d narrow it to Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Both handle multicam well; the bigger difference is how your team wants to collaborate.

1. Adobe Premiere Pro — my pick for most interview studios

Premiere has a particularly mature multicam workflow, and Adobe explicitly documents multicamera editing for interviews. www.adobe.com

For collaboration, you have two useful approaches:

• Team Projects — best when editors are distributed. The project is cloud-managed and multiple editors can work in shared timelines, with sequence locking to avoid conflicts. helpx.adobe.comwww.adobe.com
• Productions — better if your studio has shared NAS/SAN storage. You can divide a show into separate projects, lock projects while someone is editing, and share media without duplicating it. helpx-origin-uw2.aws116.adobeitc.com

For your use case, I'd probably structure each interview as its own project/episode, with shared assets such as graphics, music, and templates in the Production.

Big advantage: if you already use After Effects, Photoshop, or Frame.io, Premiere fits naturally into the rest of the studio workflow. Adobe also includes Frame.io for centralized review and commenting with Creative Cloud subscriptions. helpx.adobe.comwww.adobe.com

2. DaVinci Resolve — best all-in-one alternative

Resolve is particularly compelling if you want editing → color → audio → finishing in one application.

Its collaboration system supports multiple editors, colorists, VFX artists, and audio engineers working on the same project, including remote workflows through Blackmagic Cloud. It also provides bin/clip locking and multi-user timelines. www.blackmagicdesign.com

And multicam interviews are a first-class workflow in Resolve; Blackmagic's own editing guide includes a dedicated multicamera interview exercise. documents.blackmagicdesign.com

I'd favor Resolve if your studio wants to avoid assembling a workflow around several Adobe applications and has someone who appreciates its deeper color/audio capabilities.

What I'd choose

Small team, 2–5 editors, lots of interviews, occasional remote work: Premiere Pro + Team Projects/Frame.io.

Editors working from a shared NAS/SAN: Premiere Pro + Productions is especially attractive. Adobe specifically designed Productions around multi-project, shared-storage editorial workflows. helpx-origin-uw2.aws116.adobeitc.com

You want editing, color, and audio under one roof: DaVinci Resolve + Blackmagic Cloud.

One important distinction: don't confuse "collaborative" with "everyone editing the same timeline simultaneously." For a small interview studio, a workflow where one person owns the multicam assembly, another does the main edit, and another handles finishing/review is often simpler and more reliable than having everyone touch the same sequence.

If you tell me how many editors you have, Mac/Windows, whether you use a NAS, and whether people work remotely, I can recommend a concrete studio workflow—including how I'd organize the interview footage, multicam sequences, projects, proxies, and review.