Why all the hate?

[Keith Hill]

I love this new version and all that it means going forward. They have to catch up the development no doubt. But this version puts it right in the mix ultimately with Smoke when the dust settles down the road. I mean down the road a bit but not far. Being able to do everything in one application like this is way better than roundtripping. And, if Soundtrack Pro and Color are built into then it’s game on.

I love the fact that Apple was slick in that they it introduced the new this new design. They know this was going to be the new FCP design all along but they used iMovie to introduce the thought. And, for everyone to look at it as though this is the iMovie design is so funny it’s rediculous. This is such a major marketing and business development move it’s unreal. When they introduced the new iMovie back then, I could tell this is where things were going and they used that app to float the balloon and it worked. No one complained and they learned some things in the process. Now it’s all out in the open and iMovie replaces FC Express and FCP X is out in the open with the new design. I don’t see anything wrong with that move.

As long as they get with the program of working with the 3rd Parties to catch them up and bring the rest of the things black into mix asap like multicam and so-on, this will keep me from unnecessarily moving on something like Smoke (but it is a great finishing tool) which is still too expensive on the Mac.

Keith Hill
Founder
Uptown Jazz Dallas International Jazz Festival
http://www.UptownJazzDallas.com