FCP history

[Jeff Carpenter]

While it’s never wise to FULLY trust Wikipedia, I think the dates in the “History” section are pretty accurate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro

[Jim Martin]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro

[Michael Valletta]

thanks, I completely forgot about Wikipedia. I came straight to the forum.

MV

[Chip Whiting]

I bought Version 1 in the summer of 1999, it was a gamble at the time, nobody knew what it was. There were alot of other options at the time and we almost went with them when we started our production company. Glad we chose the right one back then, we were lucky. I really like FCP, and it’s only getting better.

[Walter Biscardi]

[michael Valletta] “When was FCP first launched, what year exactly? I didn’t get into the game until late 2001, about version 3 I think.”

1999 and the Product Manager was Andrew Baum who went on to head up the Pinnacle Cin

[Peter Wiggins]

Take a look at the web page

https://web.archive.org/web/19991022055022/https://apple.com/finalcutpro/

Ok, I pinched it from here

https://www.digitalzoo.com.au/lunchtime/lunch_docs/related_11_it_came.htm

Peter

[Michael Valletta]

Thanks to all of you. I’m putting together some information for a possible brochure, just wanted the facts right. Found it on the Wikipedia site. Interesting really, wonder what happened to the guys who actually figured out how to get away from hardware (avid) to software (fcp)?

MV

[Tom Wolsky]

Premiere was software based before FCP. A number of Adobe engineers went out on their own. Premiere was stagnating with its two track and transition track design. The only thing I think in history that’s not quite right is that Ralph Fairweather, who was QA on v1, had already left Apple shortly after the product was released and when he was helping people on 2-pop.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Michael Valletta]

thanks Tom. I see that you’re an educator, how did you get started?

MV

[Tom Wolsky]

Happenstance. Too long in network news and wanted out of New York.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs