FCP vs. Sony Vegas….you’ve got to be kidding.

[Fred Ferduso]

Brody,
First of all, your initial comments were totally pertinent and reflected questions many others have. That’s why we ended up on this topic. I have the exact same issues.

The responses are almost robot-like. Doesn’t matter what forum you are on. If you ask questions about an Apple product, they are perceived as critical… and that is blasphemy. It is uncanny. Whenever I ask a question that involves something about Apple, I am trounced with almost the same answers you got.. doesn’t matter the subject.

Didn’t do your homework…
That’s how it is. Works for us. If you don’t like it, go back to using your “garbage.”
Go complain on a Windows forum. Why are you here.

It is uncanny.

Obviously we ask questions for a reason.. and the reason isn’t to get some arrogant answer that sounds like religion, not community computer help.

Anyway, I am curious about how Final cut addressed your issues. I have all the same ones.. I use camcorder footage, mp3s etc in Vegas no problem. I don’t want to wait for renders or deal with recompressing. Are you saying you don’t have to do that anymore? Or is it that you are used to it?

I run Windows in Parallels with a screaming fast new imac. I can easily run Vegas on my Mac. Is there anything about Final cut that makes it worth the learning curve and the hassle.

And to you fanboys out there, please don’t start jumping all over me. I am trying to get some useful information, not your religious defensiveness.

[Tom Wolsky]

Not clear what your question is. Camera footage? It depends on the camera footage. MP3? You can but you shouldn’t. Compressed audio can create problems on output. Generally best to convert to AIFF or WAV at 48K before importing.

All the best,

Tom

“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
“Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”

[Samuel De loenen]

To my knowledge you have to add fades manually at the ends of clips in FCP7. You can do it pretty fast though with shortcut keys.
I’ve heard good things about FCPX. Simple, fast (makes use of multicore, background rendering), subsequent updates/patches have adressed many issues.