[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Will,

Thanks for the response. I’m really happy to hear that FCP 7 seems to be working. I have another question for you about Yosemite. I read that the handoff features between Yosemite and iOS 8 only work with a computer that has Bluetooth LE. My computer, Macbook Late 2011 does not have Bluetooth LE and I was wondering if you had experimented with this feature at all. Thanks for the help.

Neel

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Will,

Thanks for the video. It seems that Final Cut Pro 7 will work with Yosemite. I will most likely be upgrading when the official version is released in the Fall. Have you done any more testing? Have you ran into any problems? Keep me posted on your work with Final Cut Pro 7 in Yosemite. You really made my day with the good news.

Neel

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Dave,

Thanks for the tip. I was hesitant to upgrade to Mavericks but it turned out that FCP 7 works perfectly. I have been using it lately and have not encountered any problems with it. I’m going to wait and see if FCP 7 is supported before I upgrade to Yosemite.

Neel

[Alok Agrawal]

Hello Everyone,

Now that Yosemite has been released to the public has anyone been able to confirm if Final Cut Pro 7 works? Thanks.

Neel

[Alok Agrawal]

I’m also wondering if Final Cut Pro 7 works in Yosemite. It seems that a lot of people downloaded the Yosemite beta in the last two days so I imagine someone out there has tried it. Thanks for the help.

Neel

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Dennis,

Thanks for the head’s up. I will have to check it Premiere again sometime.

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Sean,

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want the option to use Final Cut Pro 7? How can it hurt to have an additional editing platform?

Neel

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Mark,

I completely agree that is the aesthetic and craft of the editor that makes all the difference. I originally started on a Steenbeck flatbed editing 16mm film. In fact, most of my projects were shot on 16mm, transferred to Mini DV and edited in Final Cut Pro 7. To tell you the truth, I think a lot of knowledge can be gained by watching films as well as taking classes. I’m not being trained specifically as an editor, I really want to direct films, but I feel it is important to understand the basics. Your shop sounds pretty cool. I have played around with Adobe Premiere but I didn’t really like it. I mostly had trouble with the fact that it wouldn’t snap to edit points in the timeline. I’m pretty happy with Avid, but Final Cut Pro 7 is really my favorite.

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Andrew,

I have worked with Final Cut Pro 7, Avid Mediacomposer, and Premiere. The only one I didn’t really like was Premiere. I had a lot of trouble navigating the functions in that software. I really like Final Cut Pro 7 the best, but I’m getting a little bit better with Avid.

Sincerely,
Neel

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Mark,

I totally understand what you are saying. Do you have Final Cut Pro X? Do you like it? I am wondering which system is going to be dominant 5-10 years down the line. I was using Final Cut Pro 7 about ten years ago and thought it would be around forever. When they made the switch to Final Cut Pro X I didn’t upgrade because I fond that most of the people using it were initially unhappy. Is there a sharp learning curve?

Sincerely,
Neel