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Difference Between Final cut pro and Final cut pro x…
What is the difference Between Final cut pro and Final cut pro x?
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About $700.
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That would require a book more than a forum post. It’s kind of like asking what’s the difference between an orange and aardvark. Some would say FCPX is decidedly the aardvark in that example.
This is Apple’s official detail on your question. You should read it. Distilled to 24 pages.
https://images.apple.com/finalcutpro/docs/Final_Cut_Pro_X_for_Final_Cut_Pro_7_Editors.pdfProject organizing vs Event organizing is very different.
The timeline which is trackless and magnetic is very different.
The communication between FCPX and Motion is different.
Of those functions in common, FCPX is generally improved (with some exception) in areas like Multicam, Titling, Chroma Keying, timeline diversity of codec and frame rate support.For the most part, the two NLEs have nothing more than the name in common. It’s different codebase with different design intent and execution.
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The main difference is that you need to be a kind of genius to understand FCPX.
FCP is for more limited and short minded people. Like my self.
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I’d ask what motivates your question. It’s abstract without context. Wouldn’t your needs be far more important than the differences?
Given Apple has documented the difference and there’s a plethora of training, some of which is even free, on the internet, I’d ask why do you find that inadequate? If we knew what you found lacking in information we could fill in the gaps.
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[Rafael Amador] “The main difference is that you need to be a kind of genius to understand FCPX.”
Not a genius, one just needs to understand Apple’s NLE equivalent of Esperanto.
In many respects it’s a language unto itself. I think it’s a very good language. It draws from many sources but the some total of the experience can be very different.
It’s much easier to describe the differences between FCP legacy, Premiere Pro, Media Composer than to describe the differences between any of them and FCPX succinctly. The differences can be described. One may well read this entire forum end to end to see the discussion of the differences.
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nothing big – some settings changed, remapped the keyboard slightly.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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I have to disagree with that. My students learn much faster to edit on FCP X now.
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I believe FCPX is much more intuitive to the new Editor.
I suspect those rooted in “convention” have a harder time unlearning which is why we see comments claiming FCPX is hard to grok by some.
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[Craig Seeman] “Not a genius, one just needs to understand Apple’s NLE equivalent of Esperanto.
In many respects it’s a language unto itself. I think it’s a very good language. It draws from many sources but the some total of the experience can be very different.”
You are right Craig. FCPX implies the need to learn a language and a bunch of concepts, and without understanding of those, you are off the game.
Somebody (just to rant) compared FCP with Tetris. Ok lets accept that. You don’t need to learn no language to play Tetris.[Craig Seeman] “I believe FCPX is much more intuitive to the new Editor…I suspect those rooted in “convention” have a harder time unlearning which is why we see comments claiming FCPX is hard to grok by some.”
You are right. When you are used to a few old simple logic and solid convention to accept a bunch of uncertain, unproved lab designed conventions is not that easy. When you are new and experienceless and you have no arguments to compare one with the other, you take whatever they give you.
I can accept whatever adjective in favor of FCPX, except “intuitive”.[cem yildirim] “I have to disagree with that. My students learn much faster to edit on FCP X now.”
Did the ever tried to learn FCP?rafael
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “nothing big – some settings changed, remapped the keyboard slightly.”
OK you owe me a new keyboard now. It wasn’t fair letting me read that just as I’d taken a mouthful of coffee.
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