Larry on FCPX Thoughts Part 1.mov

Larry Jordan discusses his thoughts on FCP X and address' LAFCPUG members fears. Michael Horton hosts.
Part 1 of 4 parts.

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Film & Animation

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• FCPX

[station22edit]

Dear Apple, I, like many many others, have come to use and love your products on a daily basis. I rely on them, I trust them, and I make my living using them.

When you dropped Shake, I said "Ok fine, I guess we'll buy a flame". Now that Color is no more we bought a Davinci Resolve. Do you see a trend developing here?

I can't afford to just stop my workflow and learn again from scratch, this is HOW I MAKE MY LIVING! Please Apple, stop re-inventing the wheel. It already rolls beautifully.

[ramin85]

@battmail Let's not forget that FCP X has integrated a lot of Sony Vegas ideas into this version ! That is one reason I'm excited about the version 10.

[celestethoms]

@dulume Well said. A lot of people don't understand why professional editors are upset about fcpx. We invested ten years to fcp and they just sort of dropped us and wasn't apologetic about at all. I have switched to Premiere since and honestly I'm extremely impressed by Premiere. They have stepped up this program since its earlier versions.

[Charrasca]

"i a way we haven´t seen before" You haven´t edited in vegas video. GO TO VEGAS PRO IS SIMPLY THE BEST EDITING SOFTWARE.

[dulume]

@LambdaJM

If you have a professional workflow to conduct this software is unusable and ridiculous. If you want to make your holidays movie then it's fine.

[dulume]

@battmail

You're either an amateur or a fool. Definitely not a professional editor. I use FCP since more then 10 years, I also use premiere and Avid. I have always praised FCP, now it's over. This is not a professional product, if you fail to see why you should probably do something else. Sorry to not sugar coat the statement.

[honey4xi]

There are no lock buttons for the sequences in final cut pro x. This feature is great in the previous Final Cut Pro versions.

[battmail]

So much whining! The TV/cable requirements are issues that will be fixed. The other criticisms seem to be knee jerk reactions by editors who are just scared of a new paradigm. After using FCP X on 8 projects I have come to really appreciate Its metadata base. Call it iMovie Pro, I don't care. I am cutting better and faster and making my clients very happy. By the way, don’t fool yourself that Avid and Adobe won’t integrate a lot of Apples ideas.

FCP X will only get better and better.

[Melster246]

Simply put, FCP X is just an awful editing experience. I've spent too long trying to adjust, but it's a jarring and frustrating experience. The yellow iMovie clip cursor, the connectors, not being able to create tracks, the crappy novelty of color matching (which no matter what they say NEVER looks right)...the list goes on.

I wanted to love it - background rendering and single viewer are great, the built in "LiveType" and presets are useful...but they're not enough to save it :(

[shanksr]

I agree with element1108. Jordan has sold his soul to apple - he described it as jaw dropping originally, then back peddled and said that jaw dropping is not necessarily a good thing. He like others have invested much in FCP so he is hesitant to trash-talk it. Way 2 go Larry - at this rate it will be 15 years before FCP is functional for professionals. I am waiting still for the names of the professional editors who apple was consulting with which led to this disaster.