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FCP X hits 3.5 Million users?
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[Bill Davis] “It’s almost as if, like word processing and spreadsheets before it, video creation is becoming a kinda normal mode of communication for all sorts of people.”
Video is becoming the default format for all kinds of communication. The differentiating aspect of video though is that it’s a collaborative process and not an individual activity like creating spreadsheets or word processing.
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[Bob Zelin] “one day, everyone will know how to edit, and it will all be over for most of us”
I heard this from linear editors when Avid camp around. And then from Avid editors when FCP-Legacy came around. Now Premiere editors when (that non-professional ) Project Rush comes out (I’m kidding here of course)? And so it goes.
I think for most of us it’s not knowing “how to edit”: anyone can learn a software. Its about knowing how to tell a compelling story in an efficient timeframe. My answer back then and now is always the same: Be better. Be good enough so your clients can’t afford to be looking elsewhere no matter what the cost. If there is a kid out there who is better, then they deserve the work.
Scott Witthaus
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I have no doubt that Apple has sold 2.5M downloads of FCP-X. Heck, I’d even buy the 3.5M number. There is video being used in SO MANY businesses anymore, that more and more people need editing software, and the $300 price tag, with updates free…is a good price. Sure, Resolve is free, but it’s a hellalot more complex than FCP-X is.
I see people from kids editing web videos all the way up to feature films using FCP-X…something I cannot say about Avid. I can say that about Adobe too…with the low cost student subscription model.
Most used NLE? Sure, I can see that. YAY! Apple wins that category!
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[Shane Ross] “I see people from kids editing web videos all the way up to feature films using FCP-X…something I cannot say about Avid. I can say that about Adobe too…with the low cost student subscription model.
“Probably will change a little with the intro of the free Avid First and them dropping the price to 20 a month to get into the full Avid. Cheaper than Adobe now for a subscription. Will it make a difference – too soon to tell, and maybe too little too late.
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[Neil Goodman] “Probably will change a little with the intro of the free Avid First and them dropping the price to 20 a month to get into the full Avid.”
Dunno…my kids hate Avid, prefer Adobe (even after trying FCX). Plus they are HUGE photoshop users, so that was their gateway…
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[Shane Ross] “I have no doubt that Apple has sold 2.5M downloads of FCP-X. Heck, I’d even buy the 3.5M number.”
2.5 million is an official Apple number as of NAB this year. 3.5 million isn’t, until we hear otherwise.
[Shane Ross] “There is video being used in SO MANY businesses anymore, that more and more people need editing software”
I believe this “common wisdom” is repeated so many times, it’s taken as fact. I deal with an awful lot of corporate media from different companies. In almost every case, departments are using video, but they are generally using very well-equipped in-house departments or outside vendors. Most of the time these are polished videos, which another departments may then integrate into Powerpoint presentations.
This is certainly an area that FCPX should shine, but I’ve actually seen very little evidence of it in the wild.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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I’m seeing FCP-X crop up not only in TV production for show editing (couple small companies, not a HUGE bit of saturation…same two companies I’ve seen use it 3-4 years ago) but a lot in “casting reel” edits…casting reels for reality shows (showing the networks and exec producers potential candidates)….I’ve seen it crop up in the wedding market (two friends who do this), and a lot in online videos…sports video productions…promotions videos for universities, hotels, some government work. I have friends all over the country (and world) who’ve I’ve gotten to know from the forums, and yeah, they are using FCP-X in many of their projects. it’s seeing wide spread use.
I DO think that the vast majority of 2.5M downloads are “private citizens” who use it to edit their web videos, but I”m not going to sneeze at the number of pros using it.
I will sneeze at people claiming saturation into Hollywood…there it is very rare.
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I find these metrics interesting but not particularly relevant. I’m sure all NLEs have millions of users. I’m most interested in trends that affect me directly. What are my clients using? What are kids in college using who might be my clients in a few years.
So far in my little post microcosm, I’m seeing Pr, Avid & Resolve most commonly. X rarely and frankly getting a bit rarer as some X editors are jumping to Resolve for various reasons, often just hardware but also they are mindful of post workflows.
The only thing significant is that FCP7 is finally vanishing.
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[Michael Gissing] “What are kids in college using who might be my clients in a few years.
So far in my little post microcosm, I’m seeing Pr, Avid & Resolve most commonly.”Interestingly enough, I am on an advisory committee for a college that was an early featured user for FCPX. They have since de-emphasized it in their curriculum in favor of Premiere and Media Composer. Granted, these are film and media students. I guess the thought is to focus on tools they’ll likely encounter in the professional film, TV and media world.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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