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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.