While I know several editors that have switched from an Avid product to FCP, I don’t know any who have gone the other way. Avid’s interface hasn’t had any lovin’ in well over a decade and it shows. When FCP has a new release, it actually has new features, not just bug fixes. It’s growing by leaps and bounds while Avid products seem to just be lingering.
Today was my first in-session day with my new Adrenaline, having just come from a very old symphony v3.1. So far, I consider it a lateral move. There are many things that are better about it but just as many that leave you scratchin your head wondering how sombody in Tewks still has a job.
10-15 years ago, Avid got feedback from editors… and responded to that feedback. The dudes designing FCP, obviously do that today. I can’t say I’d be happier with FCP today but at the rate things are going, it’s getting pretty easy to predict a flavor of choice just a few years from now.
