Don,
I have to say I’m finding the same things. I had a highlights reel project come in last week. I’ve done these a thousand times before and can turn one out with my eyes closed. So I figured it would be good to try and do it in fcpx. It seems to me the “pedigree” of X denotes it’s limitations. Logging and assembling was a true pleasure. Lightning fast. But as soon as I started polishing. Adding transitions making some l-cuts. It just became an unreliable mess.
Seems to me that this could have been a great stand alone product. If they had just stuck to what Randy Ubillos had envisioned… “First Cut Pro” would be a great editing tool.
Too bad.
Sorry to hear about your troubles… I’m right there with you.