[Mark Dobson]

Yeah, well I really can’t see FCPX being anywhere near ready for companies like Bunim/Murray.

And unless the next upgrade is truly stupendous I can’t see Apple regaining it’s position within the broadcast industry. In fact I’m sure most top end production houses have already taken the same decision.

What a shame to lose the top end of the market because that kudos trickles down the chain and also keeps the designers on their toes.

[Mark Dobson]

Thanks for the fascinating post.

My initial reaction before looking at the detail was a warm feeling that an old friend who had fall on hard times had come into a patch of good luck and fortune!

And that how nice it was that those who have stayed with FCS were being supported.

But as a master skimmer and an adept magnetic timeline manipulator I wasn’t tempted to move back into the square world of FCP7.

[Mark Dobson]

…. And from the uk – best wishes and may all ye olde computers have at least days rest!

[Mark Dobson]

I wouldn’t change the name right now. It’s a great forum, why dissipate its focus.

Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate has still got wheels and will rejuvenate itself with the release of the first major update to FCPX due imminently.

This is the moment that many people who have switched from FCP7 will reconsider their options and many people who have embraced FCPX will see whether enough fundamental changes have taken place to keep them on board.

[Mark Dobson]

Thank’s for that Mark!

Looks amazing in 1080p.

Merry Christmas indeed

[Mark Dobson]

[Neil McClure] “Anyway, I just upgraded my keyboard to new Apple logic keyboard and the fault is there no more… so that was the culprit..”

Hi Neil, could you give me the part number for the keyboard you have just bought?

It could save me having a heart attack!

[Mark Dobson]

[Oliver Peters] “It will evolve. Hopefully the bugginess will go away and it will be better optimized.”

That’s at the heart of it really. That it will evolve and that one hopes it will become more more stable and usable.

I really can’t talk about speed, right at the moment projects take longer to complete with FCP X than they did with FCP7.

But I couldn’t go backwards or sideways (to another NLE system) at the moment.

I can’t invest anymore learning time into FCP7, it’s been EOL’d, I’ve no desire of it anymore.

The large investment in learning time that I’ve put into FCPX is starting to pay off, I’m now understanding the app (I know as many keyboard shortcuts as I did with FCP7) and I’ve learnt how to get around most of the problems I come across.

But it is not faster. However I can only edit as fast as I can think anyway. So right at the moment the buggy present iteration of FCPX and myself are on a level par.

[Mark Dobson]

[John Irvine] “So what I need is a way of darkening the sky only, perhaps by using a graduated filter. “

Brendan Gibbons, one of the star FCPX Techniques filter creators, published this back in the summer. Its pretty versatile so might help you out.

https://f1.creativecow.net/2615/fcp-x-the-skys-the-limit-v2

Brendan has been absent from the forum for a while now, hope he is ok. Maybe he just got tired of FCP X!

[Mark Dobson]

[Steve Connor] “2008 8 core Mac Pro with 16GB Ram and Radeon 5870 card. Footage was a mix of XDcam 422, XDcam EX and GoPro mp4’s. “

Thanks for that info seems to be about the same setup that I have except at the moment I only have 10Gb Ram – thought I had 14? – but somethings gone amiss, maybe my brain.

[Steve Connor] “Also I am using Snow Leopard, I firmly believe that FCPX has more problems under Lion than SL”

Well maybe that’s where some of the problems I encounter come from. But I had more issue under SL – but then I was also running FCP7 on the same partition.

I found the undo problem better recently but am still getting odd crashes after some pretty mundane activities.

When I have a lot of time I’ll maybe do a fresh install on SL on a spare partition and see if things run more smoothly.

I guess another question is do you reference your files or import them into FCPX?

It would be great to see your workflow if you get permission.

[Mark Dobson]

[Steve Connor] “Why don’t you think it can handle hour long shows?, I’ve done two 120 minute shows on it with 40 hours of footage for each show. FCPX enables you to get through large amounts of footage very quickly. I’ve just loaded 2500 clips for a feature project.
“

Steve I’m impressed with the project length you are dealing with. Could you let me know what kind of Mac you are using and how complex the edit is?