So is FCPX earth shattering, or should I just move on to Adobe?

[Mark Dobson]

Why don’t you just download the free one month trial and see what you think. I also loved FCP7 but wouldn’t dream of going back to it now, as they say – I’ve moved on.

[Marcus Moore]

Some people like the new workflows and some don’t. The only way you’ll know if it works for you is work with it- REALLY work with it for not just a few days (and get frustrated by how different it is), but for several weeks until you get over the initial workflow shock. Then you can determine if you like it or not. No one else can answer that for you.

[David Mathis]

[Mark Dobson] “Why don’t you just download the free one month trial and see what you think. I also loved FCP7 but wouldn’t dream of going back to it now, as they say – I’ve moved on.”

Did just that. I am still adjusting to X and at times I want a timeline with tracks. Moving stuff around in X can be frustrating at times. In other areas I find myself liking the new version more. This is just me and everyone is different. Glad I went with the 30 day trial period and watched some Youtube videos. It saved me from going to the nut house.

[Greg Burke]

Really it’s whatever works with your workflow more. I moved to Adobe Because in the end, CS6 offered the tools that made my workflow faster that FCPX didn’t also Cs6 worked with all my Black Magic Hardware where FCPX did not at that time, and the fact that apple has been really dropping the ball lately on everything. I didn’t want to give them anymore of my hard earned money. But in the end whichever works better for your clients needs, is the one I would pick, I Love Adobe CC (Plural Eyes Built in), It’s Fast, uses CUDA, working in tandem and in Real time updates with After Effects Comps and Audion Wave forms while working in PP pro is amazing.I feel that FCPX is relaying on 3rd party plug-ins to be amazing,

I wear many hats.
http://www.gregburkepost.com

[Herb Sevush]

[Greg Burke] “.I feel that FCPX is relaying on 3rd party plug-ins to be amazing,”

Why does it matter how it gets done as long as it gets done.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Loren Risker]

Depends on your type of work. When it comes to multicam and organizing media, it blows the competition away.

Some people love the trackless magnetic timeline, some people hate it.

If you do heavy effects and animation, there’s probably a lot more reasons to go to adobe.

There are some stability concerns in certain applications.

I love it, and use it primarily for multicam and documentary work. I would never go back to FCP7 or even consider Premiere. If you’re still using FCP7 I’m guessing performance isn’t your number one issue. It really depends on what you use your NLE for mostly.

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[Ty Vann]

[Greg Burke] “I feel that FCPX is relaying on 3rd party plug-ins to be amazing,”

Geez, why is this even a complaint? I hear it often enough that it makes me wonder about people with this complaint. So other NLEs don’t use plug-ins at all? Every NLE out there relies on plug-ins and other apps. Premiere and AE combined probably have one of the largest/most often used set of plug-ins of any post software. Without the ecosystem of plug-ins they depend on and how they are dependent on/compliment each other, they would not to be “amazing.”

[Greg Burke]

there is such a thing as relying to heavily on CERTAIN plug ins, ei Multi-Cam,PSD file support, etc the list goes on, and I’m sure FCPX has fixed these issues in its current build. But every Editor will have there “go to” Program and a opinion on other NLE’s, and that was mine. So take it for what is it.

I wear many hats.
http://www.gregburkepost.com

[Aindreas Gallagher]

[Loren Risker] “I love it, and use it primarily for multicam and documentary work. I would never go back to FCP7 or even consider Premiere. If you’re still using FCP7 I’m guessing performance isn’t your number one issue. It really depends on what you use your NLE for mostly.”

i always thought that was a hilarious quote about FCP7 and performance. given a native timeline it stills performs just fine.
even for a project off a split xsan in auntie beeb, cutting top gear promo.

last I checked we were cutting video. never mind screaming about 8K monitors, FCPX and the tubes to run them.

that was always total bulls**t. even the ripple guys acknowledge that top flight colorists for monitoring are operating 1080P BVMs.
given the result is below it even for delivery – day of the doctor measured below 1080P horizontally. so do most current hollywood digital cinema packages.
It’s wider horizontally and lower vertically than HD.

4K monitoring and that whole gig is a carny joke.

https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics

[Loren Risker]

I don’t mess with 4k yet, but I do appreciate faster renders and being able to use all 16gigs of ram.

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