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Who is Going To Switch?
With the release of 10.0.6, who is going to switch to FCPX?
Well, I am, at least for the next two or three days. I have a job that, in theory, is perfect for FCPX and since Apple have addressed nearly all of the issues I had with 10.0.0 it would be rude to not give it another crack. We’ll see what happens after that…
Liam Hall
Director/DoP/Editor
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The same goes for me. I am delivering, in the next two days, four new documentaries I edited with the good old FCP7. After that, I have some time before I deliver the next two, so I’ll try to start and hopefully finish them with FCP X. I already prepared a Mountain Lion drive and FCPX 10.0.6, bought and went through the Ripple training tutorials, and I am mentally ready to try. The latest release made me believe Apple is not really dumping the pro niche, so I’ll keep trusting them for giving me the reliable tools I need to get my work done. And if a new MacPro doesn’t come soon, I might be tempted with a new iMac 27″….
Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy -
Yes the new iMac looks beyond tempting – looks like a real winner. Of course I’m sure once you build out a 27″ with everything for “pro” use it will quickly jump to $3500 range or more.
As far as 10.06 – I think it’s finally ready for some real work. I have a movie trailer to cut and we were gonna go with Vegas 12 to run the new version through its paces, but after playing with 10.06 I think we’ll go Mac on this one and see how we like FCPX.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
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Some of the new features are def a step in the right direction. Mostly the ability to slip and slide with adjusted clips and copy paste attributes. The event viewer implamation leaves much to be desired..i was hoping for its own transport control, gang, etc. but i guess it works and its nice to have.,
The only thing holding me back from starting a real project with it, is the timeline. Coming from an Avid background, theres just way to much mouseing, clicking, holding and dragging, for me to feel like im actually going faster than with another NLE. The fact that secondary storyline and connected clips need to be edited differently than the primary is a turn off, and the magnetism still bothers me. I feel like the program doesnt think your smart enough to make your own editorial decisions and im constantly fumbling around to avoid it. Would be great if you could lock it in “position” mode so it just stays that way. Maybe you can. I did the ripple training and Lynda’s a couple months back so i feel like i get it, but its just not totally there yet.
That said, i dont think I’ll ever leave Avid unless forced to. Its just one of those things, sure Avid is a mess in some regards, but no other NLE makes me feel like an actual editor, like im driving the software, not the software driving me. Being able to get so into the edit, the software disappears and you realized its been hours since youve touched the mouse. Thats what i call editing.
Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal
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[Neil Goodman] “The only thing holding me back from starting a real project with it, is the timeline.”
That’s one of the issues I still have, but I’ll give a go over the next few days and see if I can tame the beast…
Liam Hall
Director/DoP/Editor
http://www.liamhall.net
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Don’t know if switch is the right word. I will finally download a copy and playing around with it. The best thing about this whole FCPX episode is that it forced me out of the single NLE paradigm. Now I use both FCP7 & PPRO, and will happily add FCPX to the mix. If Sony would pump out a MAC version of Vegas, I would be happy to include that also.
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I can’t wait to switch, from 0.5 to 0.6, but I have to wait till I get two projects out.
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The biggest turn off is no audio automation mixer.
I still can’t see how rubberbanding and range select ducking audio clip by clip is easier/faster/better than mixing in real time with subtle audio ducks and swells — we use this every single day to get a clean mix and this still doesn’t exist in FCPX.
There are some very cool features in FCP X but I agree with Mr. Goodman above — it feels like the editor must conform to the NLE’s quirks rather than being able to keep your hand off the mouse and fly with all keyboard commands.
All that said…FCP 7 has gotten slower and clunkier with newer formats (XDCAM is a colossal headache on 7 with render times…we just turn it all into prores) I like PP6 but it’s still only 90 percent of the way there. Avid just feels clunky.
Come on Apple give us a real time audio mixer and some semblance of tracks without the Texas two step of creating roles etc…and you’d bring a lot of refugees back.
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
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Too many NLE’s made me paronioa, it’s about choices. Premiere is still a disappointment for me. It is about Media Composer and FCP X I think both has a future for me. The combo MC and Baselight is a winner. FCP X with all the plug ins is a fresh new approach for fast short clips.
Greetings Rob
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I agree audio editing needs improvement. Maybe they’ll update Logic to work hand in hand with FCPX? I wouldn’t mind round tripping if it’s solid and painless.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
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Still cutting on FCP7, and have remained a bit ignorant to what’s changed with X since its release, but now edging towards getting an alt drive with Mountain Lion and X. Not fully transitioning, but good to keep options open.
Nick Montgomery
DP/Editor/VFX Compositor
http://www.merc-media.com
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