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I get it and if you don’t see that Apple makes its name in the high end business you are kidding yourself. Apple is not going to abandon high end users, because it has built its brand being “THE” Hollywood technology partner. Luxury/professional brands cannot survive by offering cheap versions, just to sell more copies/units. The prosumer market is not consistent enough to support this type of business model. The professional is going to keep buying the upgrades and plugins and the prosumer will have his camera in storage in 5 months time. In the long run this type of brand strategy will fail and Apple is very aware of this.

Apple trailers, apple products in every movie you see pretty much. Many many studios using FCP, the list goes on and on. You do not get a relationship like this by screwing people over. They have a very tight relationship with the editing community and Hollywood.

Are you upset that your porsche looks like a Buick now? I seriously think most of you are upset that it has the Imovie look to it, without realizing whats under the hood. You have had it for about 30 hours. You haven’t even had the time to pop the hood, much less marvel at the engine. I KNOW about the legacy import issues. I realize it doesn’t have multi cam in it. I want you to answer me honestly. Do you seriously think Apple is not going to answer your request? If we could fast forward 1 year right now and you double clicked your Final Cut Pro X icon. What do you think you will see?

Buddy C

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I want to ask all of the naysayers out there. What exactly were you expecting? FCP7.5? The same software you berated on the forums not 2 weeks ago. (not you personally, but the others. YOU KNOW WHO you are 🙂 hehe. )

Anyone ever heard the line “Its not how you start, its how you finish.”

You guys can always pay Adobe thousands every year for a new opening screen and a new tool that almost never applies to what “you” are doing.

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Hey, yes if you will reference my recent post, I acknowledge exactly what you are saying.

I am just pointing out that Apple will not let us down in the long run. No business is perfect in everything they do. You must be measured by the sum of your averages in my opinion. I would have loved to own Apple stock in 1997, lets say 10,000 shares. I would have probably been on stage to hawk this along with Steve.

I have been through MANY software versions in my working life. This includes 3D modeling and programming software. Not to mention endless versions of windows and such. I just think it is foolhardy to think version 1.0 of anything will be great. It is the nature of making things that we improve upon them as we go. Think windows vista for instance. Everyone knows it was awful, but then comes Windows 7, pretty much a fixed version. It works great for me and most others I would think. Give Apple some time and you will be happy that you did.

I don’t know about multi cam, but I am pretty sure a TOP priority is FCP legacy imports. They might as well go jump off their new cupertino space ship head first if they do not do the above asap.

Buddy C

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Tom,
First off let me say I didn’t mean to offend you if I did. If you ask me if Apple screwed up, I would say yes they did. They should have said we are releasing beta version of Final Cut Pro. It is missing many of the professional add ons that you the community of editors have come to rely on. We want to get people acclimated to the new UI and magnetic timeline, etc. If you buy the beta project you will get 100 bucks off final price of 500 or something. Then you have a million beta testers not so angry that you sold them a bill of goods that was 25 percent of what you said it would be.

THEN maybe everyone wouldn’t be in such a tizzy. They do need to come out and make a statement of sorts. Apple has 19 or so PHD scientist specializing in acoustics. They worked on the antenna gate as it was so eloquently called. Come to find out it had a lot more to do with AT&Ts 3G service than it did with the phone. My point being, you cannot tell me Apple that employs 9,000 people in the cupertino complex (soon to be expanded to 12,000) would not have ONE professional editor in house that could point out all of these faults you people have found in 5 min after launch. Steve Martin anyone? I feel as though he is in a difficult situation. Hard to point out the flaws of something you make a lot of money making training videos for.

NOW you guys got me on the negative bandwagon, see what I mean, its like a virus. Okay Tom I blame this on you 🙂

Change you can believe in is great isn’t it? Oh wait that was another guy.

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I work for a company that makes 3D modeling software and a wide range of components that make it up come from other companies. I am not saying what you professional editors do is simple by any means, however in comparison to software design / implementation on the scale of Final Cut Pro X. Its like comparing learning your ABC’s with writing string theory down on paper in mathematical form.

I am NOT an apple fanboi or whatever you like to call it. I am just saying relax and realize that Apple is working hard on addressing your concerns. Do you seriously think they are this blind?

I am disappointed with the software myself in regards to rendering. Why is it still not flawless like Vegas Pro is. I do not have to render each time I apply an effect in Vegas. I can even see my effects on the fly in IMOVIE instantly without render. What is the deal with this “PRO” software having to render each time. FCP7 did it constantly and FCPX does it still in background. /gasp

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Well said.

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You guys are hilarious. Have you never ever been through a 1.0 release? DO NOT BUY FCPX yet. Wait 6 months or so and then make the move. Right now they have what they want, a very healthy population of testers and such. Its easy to say, well they should have tested it in house for all foreseeable problems. Thats just not realistic with a program this complex. In addition, I think their point was for you to get used to the interface and then the more advanced tools will make their way into software. IT IS NOT AN UPGRADE TO FCP7. Would you guys please get that out of your mind.

I want everyone to take a DEEP breath and realize that your FCP7 didn’t quit working at 5:30am yesterday morning. Your brain told you it did due to FCPX coming out. Double click on it and I bet it loads up.

Who in their right minds would EVEN upgrade their software from a 1.5 to 2.0 when major projects were on the line. If you raised your hand, then you need to stick to lining up film clips and leave the software to the programmers. The simple fact you guys are going ape shit bonkers right now tells me that either A: You are just a general complainer or B: you have never been through a 1.0 release or C: Part of both, which in that case you definitely need to roll your belly out from under desk, pick it up so that you can breathe in deep because your brain is deprived of oxygen.

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I would bet David is correct.

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I thought one of the new additions with FCPX was it did away with plural eyes necessity? I am pretty sure it was supposed to auto sync external audio or multi cam shots.

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You guys this negative in your personal lives? I sure hope not. Especially with Apples track record. I can go back 3 months and show you thread after thread of people complaining about FCP7. People will complain thats a 100 percent certainty.