Who prefers FCPX

[David Burch]

I also edit for a living. In fact, I am the only editor at the company I work for, which is a small production company based in the Pacific Northwest. We are constantly busy, and I always have a long queue of post production work to do. I also am on the board of directors, and have many other responibilites beyond just post production. Long story short, I know what time is worth.

All that being said, I would strongly recommend giving FCPX another go. The time that I took to learn it paid dividends down the road. I now find I can finish projects in nearly half the time I could in FCP7. In fact, the only thing slowing me down at this point is the physical limitations of the hardware I’m working on, and my system is no slouch (2011 27″ 3.4 GHz i7 iMac, Pegasus 12 TB Thunderbolt array, 16 GB RAM). I think that this is a very good place to be in, since hardware will only get better, and it shows just how efficient FCPX really is. Editing has become so much faster and easier that practically takes no time at all, compared to the time I’m waiting on waveforms to render (I work mostly with long-form events 2+ hours each, with around 10 tracks of audio at a time in MultiCam, so a little wait for waveform is to be expected no matter what system you’re on).

TL;DR – FCPX is well worth the time it takes to learn. Take it from another professional with no time to spare.

[Fabrizio D’agnano]

Thank you David.
Your comment, together with those of other professional editors who are more open minded and ready to experiment new roads than I, are making me seriously reconsider the option. Most of the ones who adopted FCPX as an editor point out to the fact that it is faster and that immaturity problems are minimal after the latest release, so I am giving it (or should I say myself) a longer and more accurate try. Apart from the workflow and interface, that are something one can get used to, I met a few stability issues, even if the projects were just short tryouts, with both my Mac Pro and MacBook Pro, so I’ll keep one feet in two shoes for a while.
Regards

Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy