FCP X Professional Opinions

[Steve Connor]

Is OMF still

Every time I’ve been asked for an OMF, I’ve offered an AAF instead and it’s been fine.

[Herb Sevush] “A couple of hundred plus the cost of owning FCP7. So if you are a new editor, your cost is what – $300 for X, $100 for compressor and Motion, $50 for Xto7, $50 to 7toX, $100 EDL-X, $50 for XtoPro, and $900 for FCP7 – That’s $1550 for a system that requires going in and out of multiple programs to get any kind of finishing done. Yep, a bargain and a workflow that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.
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That’s a worst case scenario if you need OMF’s, If you export AAF’s then take off $900 for FCP and that’s $650 for a system that can output to ProTools and Resolve EASILY. Something we do on a regular basis.

…..and you only pay once!

Steve Connor

There’s nothing we can’t argue about on the FCPX COW Forum

[Alban Egger]

Does anyone use FCPX at work?

Around me pretty everyone has moved or is currently moving from 7 to X.
I was at a start-up workshop today where there were 3 film/media-startups. All are using X already.

So yes. Many use itvat work/professionally. Only those who have a special investment in hardware or another special workflow stick to 7. These are usually larger productions. But the small ones can move quicker and adapt easier to more modern workflows.

Before you ask what modern is: definitely no tape, various formats and codecs, varied outputs in various resolutions of the same programme, shooters bring home too much footage that has to be logged and edited in less time….

[Leo Hans]

You can’t use Automatic Duck for OMF. It has been discontinued and It does not work with 10.0.3 and newer.
You can use X2Pro to get AAF that should be the same.

Leo Hans
Editor AVID – Final Cut Pro
https://www.leohans.com

[Matias Canelson]

I finished cutting a 80 minutes indie movie a few weeks ago, except for a bug syncing audio and video that made me lost 2 days of work, everything was fine. It was shoot with an XDCam and a Canon Vixia, external audio with a Zoom H4N.

I used FCPx to edit, X2Pro to send the audio to Protools and we color grade with Assimilate Scratch I thought I could use Xto7 to export an XML to Scratch, but finally my boss told me to export a full quality Apple ProRes file and let scratch find the cuts. So I didn´t buy Xto7 to test if how well Scratch imports it.

FCPx > $ 300
X2ProLE > $ 60
Xto7 > $ 50
XTI for subtitles > Free

Not bad at all.

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MatiasCanelson
http://www.canelson.com.ar

[Fabrizio D’agnano]

[Victor Vazquez] “Does anyone use FCP X at work?”

I do. I am now cutting about the tenth 26′ documentary for a television on FCPX. As most of the current users, I bought it as soon as it was available, was very disappointed with it and refused to really try it, then after some time, I bought a Ripple Training tutorial, tried FPCX with a different mind, and adopted as my only editing software. I would never go back to FCP7, as I have found FCPX much faster and more pleasant for my workflow. I am sure I can edit much faster because these last ten documentaries are the tail of a much longer series, all of the same format, I edited the previous episodes in FCP7, and the difference is relevant once I got used. Maybe the skimmer, maybe the background rendering, maybe the media organization that is really great for my workflow, maybe the magnetic timeline, maybe all this together, or maybe it’s just me. Maybe I’m the only one, but I like the audio part too..

Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3

[Victor Vazquez]

It seems like you can get the job done faster with FCP X but there seems to be issues when working with tape and exporting certain formats.

Victor Vazquez

[Keith Koby]

[Victor Vazquez] “I recently heard that companies, at least in New York, choose to stay with Final Cut Pro 7 because FCP X lacks certain features. What are your opinions of FCP X? I wanted to get a certification in the new FCP X, but now am wondering if it’s even worth it. Would it be worth it to get certified in the new FCP? Does anyone use FCP X at work?”

Hi. We are in NYC, we use it extensively (yes – for real work!), and we hire freelancers who know how to use it. Certify yourself if you want. I think the classes are getting better at a few places like MEW.

Keith Koby
Sr. Director Post-Production Engineering
iNDEMAND
Howard TV!/Movies On Demand/iNDEMAND Pay-Per-View/iNDEMAND 3D

[Alban Egger]

Tape is indeed not easy.
On the export side I see only few issues especially with OMF. But that can be handled via AAF.

I personally like the modular character of FCPX. The NLE gets you far, but if you need AAFs, MXFs etc then get a plu-in, but if not you have a good package for a great price!

[Victor Vazquez]

[Keith Koby]“Hi. We are in NYC, we use it extensively (yes – for real work!), and we hire freelancers who know how to use it.”

Thanks! It’s good to know that FCP X is used in NYC.

Victor Vazquez

[Philip Smeulers]

No we do not use FCP X, we use media composer, Premiere, FCP 7.