So..I was hired because of FCPX.

[Steve Connor]

That’s quite a lens!

“FCPX Agitator”

[Lance Bachelder]

Good for you! The more I play with the latest rev of FCPX the more I’m convinced it’s gonna win the NLE war in 2012… it truly is epically fast and just plain fun to work with. I hated it for so long and now have a hard time even looking at older NLE’s lol.

Happy New Year!

Yes I’m a “pro” Editor and I like FCPX!

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Irvine, California

[Craig Shields]

That’s pretty cool. Congrats! I keep coming back to this site to hear those kinds of stories. Truth be told however, I just recommended that my company purchase Premiere and they did. I miss FCP already but I just don’t trust Apple right now. They keep buying these great apps and EOL’ing them. No road map. I just have no idea what they are going to do. Yet I keep coming back hoping to hear something good.

I downloaded the trial and tried to use a simple effect and it destroyed the project file. I could open it but that’s about it. It scared the heck out of me. I imagined recommending this program only to have it lock us out of the most important project involving some important political figure. I truly do hope the fix all the bugs and commit to their pro users. I’ll keep watching.

[Gerald Baria]

Yesss..and very expensive. I use to just read and dream about it and I just creamed when I saw one in person attached to my boss’s Leica M9.:D Thankfully she had an m-mount adaptor for Nex. Such a great camera.

Quobetah
New=Better

[Gerald Baria]

There are some editing jobs where its speed is just beyond valuable..one of those is this SDE thing for wedding videographers. Imagine doing an entire cinematic edit in less than an hour after you gathered all the shots you’ve just filmed several hours before. And everyone in the reception’s audience is waiting for it as the event’s climax. So its a great thing that such a program exists for us.

Quobetah
New=Better

[Steve Connor]

I can see how the speed would be useful in those circumstances, I’m looking forward to editing my first conference highlights film with FCPX shortly

“FCPX Agitator”

[Phil Hoppes]

Holy Crap!

That is a sweet lens but good grief… I think I need to defib my heart.

[Walter Soyka]

You mentioned that most editors doing same-day edits were using Premiere Pro, and then discussed some of the advantages FCPX has over FCP.

Were there any FCPX features you used that you think gave you any advantages over using Premiere Pro for the same project? Likewise, do you feel that Premiere Pro gives any unique advantage over FCPX for this kind of work?

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events

[Gerald Baria]

Ok, when I first started getting interested in video, guess what my first investment was..no not a camera but a powerful computer.:D I know that a finished video is only as good as its editing. 😉 But before I bought one I researched hard on what software to use since this will determine the specs of the computer Id be buying. I decided to go with Premiere because firstly, the individuals which I looked up to being the multiawarded groups for several years now in WEVA, Jason Magbanua and Mayad, all use Premiere Pro. I searched why, as the only editing platform I am aware of at that time was final cut..I saw it at” the making” of some movie somewhere. Then I discovered the answer…its the “no need to transcode” feature. A feature so important especially when your doing same day edits which time is of the essence. Instead of waiting for gigabytes of files to be transcoded to prores, you could be editing in premiere already. And this reason alone justifies the use of Premiere Pro in the wedding videographers businesses here in our country. The other more probable reason is its cheaper than all other NLEs.

So the I downloaded a copy of the trial and watched hours upon hours of youtube tutorials to familiarize myself of how things worked..then I started to learn editing. As much as I loved it, there were some things that I wish were there that could have made my editing faster, like when I decided to insert some clip in the middle of the timeline, I wouldnt have to select all theclips in front of it then move it, and mind all the clips that might hit each other than gets trimmed without me knowing. I would have loved it if I decided to move a video file, all thespund I placed below it wiuld just follow it around…an important feature cause on sdes your usually editing to the music. I would have loved to just changed clips quickly just to try how each one will look without having to drag and readjust everything. I would have loved to just see and pic all the section of my clips that I could use faster than playing them one by one.

And then Final Cut Pro X was demoed and my jaw dropped. It does exactly all of the things I wanted to have happend and did it well. Now in less than an hour I can skim thru hundreds of clips, pick the ones I can use. Clip a music to a slug. Drop all the usable clips I want, further trim them down to the music. Overlay slo mo clips over voiced ones, add color corrections, effects, titles without rendering. Clips move around whenever I decide to insert one in the middle of them. My sounds,vlices, music stay with the videos that theyre supposed to be with..and I can group them all togetther while i add or move around others. I can try several clips thru audition until im satisfied without ever minding the rest of the timeline. And I can export all of thsoe at almost the same length as my video output.

FCPX seems to just help you with all of the redundant stuff..so you can focus more on creating your vision, your story. It just takes care of all the clutter for you. And is insanely fast! That I think are the main advantages.

Quobetah
New=Better

[Gerald Baria]

EDITED ALL THE WRONG SPELLINGS. SORRY TYPING ON IPAD.:)

Ok, when I first started getting interested in video, guess what my first investment was..no not a camera but a powerful computer.:D I know that a finished video is only as good as its editing. 😉 But before I bought one I researched hard on what software to use since this will determine the specs of the computer I’d be buying. I decided to go with Premiere because firstly, the individuals which I looked up to being the multiawarded groups for several years now in WEVA, Jason Magbanua and Mayad, all use Premiere Pro. I searched why, as the only editing platform I am aware of at that time was final cut..I saw it at” the making” of some movie somewhere. Then I discovered the answer…its the “no need to transcode” feature. A feature so important especially when your doing same day edits which time is of the essence. Instead of waiting for gigabytes of files to be transcoded to prores, you could be editing in premiere already. And this reason alone justifies the use of Premiere Pro in the wedding videographers businesses here in our country. The other more probable reason is its cheaper than all other NLEs.

So the I downloaded a copy of the trial and watched hours upon hours of youtube tutorials to familiarize myself of how things worked..then I started to learn editing. As much as I loved it, there were some things that I wish were there that could have made my editing faster.

-Like when I decided to insert some clip in the middle of the timeline, I would’nt have to select all the clips in front of it, then move it, and mind all the clips that might hit each other that gets trimmed without me knowing.
-I would have loved it if I decided to move a video file, all the sound I placed below it would just follow it around…an important feature cause on sdes your usually editing to the music.
-I would have loved to just changed clips quickly just to try how each one will look without having to drag and readjust everything.
-I would have loved to just see and pick all the section of my clips that I could use faster than playing them one by one.

And then Final Cut Pro X was demoed and my jaw dropped. It does exactly all of the things I wanted to have happend and did it well. Now in less than an hour I can skim thru hundreds of clips, pick the ones I can use. Clip a music to a slug. Drop all the usable clips I want, further trim them down to the music. Overlay slo mo clips over voiced ones, add color corrections, effects, titles without rendering. Clips move around whenever I decide to insert one in the middle of them. My sounds,voices, music stay with the videos that they’re supposed to be with..and I can group them all together while i add or move around others. I can try several clips thru audition until i’m satisfied without ever minding the rest of the timeline. And I can export all of those at almost the same length as my video output.

FCPX seems to just help you with all of the redundant stuff..so you can focus more on creating your vision, your story. It just takes care of all the clutter for you. And is insanely fast! That I think are the main advantages.

Quobetah
New=Better