Final Cut Pro X

iDVD and DVD Studio Pro both work fine with FCP and I'm sure FCP X media. If those don't work, and you need Blu-ray output, and you need more then the basic functionality Compressor offers, then their is other software. Apple doesn't have to make all the software for everything.

yep. Dwnldng CS5.5 Prod. Prem. (upgrd) right now. Several reviewers say it plays real nice with current FCS apps. So many changes to FCPX though, I'm hoping it still plays nice. I for one am going to wait to see where FCPX and associated FCS apps are going, and see some actual, factual reviews before I invest any more $ in FC anything. I truly won't mind having both platforms if FCPX isn't a dumbdown, will also have to see where Apple is going with motion, compressor, etc...

Motion, Compressor, etc. are probably not available as separate apps (maybe rolled into FCPX):

"In the past we've had a number of different flavors, we've had upgrade pricing, we've had Final Cut Express, we've had Final Cut Studio. So we decided that we are going to really do away with all of that". Randy Ubillos - Chief Architect Video Applications

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_x_rundown_taylor.html

Richard

Thank you, Richard. The linked article seems to be the best I've seen yet. I haven't had the time to read it all yet, but will definitely do so. Oh, by the way, did you know you're mentioned (trainer) in the video about one user's reaction to the new FCPX? 😉Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtgsBJhgUM&feature

Thanks again for the article! 🙂

John

i myself am extremely excited and anxious, mostly to see wat is gonna happen with the rest of the Final Cut Studio apps specially Motion. here is a video I made about it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLsRMAeBfJc

Anybody remember seeing this a couple of years ago? Script/Storyboard intergration

Maybe in FCP X?

Nothing like that was demoed in the sneak peek. Of course we didn't see anything that was in the menu bar, so it might be there somewhere.

Stop complaining about the product and your money you do not have already! I am in the same boat. If you want to play this game, put on your big boy pants and man up!

I am SO excited about this release and when I can afford it I will get it it. No one is forcing me to spend the money and I can use what I have in the meantime...

Get a life already and be glad we have people creating tools to make life easier, better and more pleasant.

Progress demands that when new stuff comes out you buy it, or not. No one is forcing you. Pages of whining about price and not having the money gets old. When I can afford the latest tools I will avail myself of them, but for now the FCP Studio 7 I have has handled the workload I have thrown at it. No one is forcing ANY of you whiners to buy anything. Progress happens, you jump in where you can and stop worrying about what's new.

That is how marketing guys get you suckers to always run out and buy stuff.

It is not the camera or the tools you use, it is the quality of the finished project. If you take longer and always produce priceless works of art, people will pay...

Hey! We never saw a Finder Desktop in the demo! We never saw an actual icon to launch FCP X with! And we never saw an actual Mac computer! All of that must be going away, and FCP 7 will never work as of the release of FCP X, and all our computers will blow up and die! Oh, wait, the 21st came and went. Nevermind...

Wait, you mean I have to PAY to get a copy of FCP X? Really? It won't be free? OMG! That bites!

I want my mommy!!!!!

No one knows. The engineers at Apple might not even know. Maybe June 6th, maybe June 30th, maybe July. No one who knows can or will say.

When ever a new product is announced, it is best to just sit back and wait. It is like the sword of Damocles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damocles), we all know it can and will come, but have no idea of the when. Be patient, live your life, use what you have right now...

...Enjoy a rainbow, play with a unicorn...write a poem...

Damocles? .....really?

I think the best circumstance is to be so busy that you don't have time to **** and moan about something you know nothing about and to not have time to buy FCPX right when it comes out and then not have the time to take off from editing to learn it and find out whether it is usable or not. No one is forcing anyone to buy anything...are they?