I have been using FCE4 for a while, but now I see Final Cut Pro X has been intrioduced. Is it similar to FCE, and a natural upgrade, or is it different in what it can do? Has anyone had a chance to compare them yet please? Thanks, Keith
iMac desktop, Mac OS X (10.6.4), still learning FCE
There are lots of posts on these boards about FCP X .... some favorable, some negative. If it is for you will depend on what you primarily do with and what workflows you use.
FCP X is a completely new development and radically different from both FCE and FCP. If you decide to switch you will have to re-learn a lot of things. Also, you will not be able to open FCE projects to continue working on them.
mish
There are lots of posts on these boards about FCP X .... some favorable, some negative. If it is for you will depend on what you primarily do with and what workflows you use.
FCP X is a completely new development and radically different from both FCE and FCP. If you decide to switch you will have to re-learn a lot of things. Also, you will not be able to open FCE projects to continue working on them.
mish
Thank you mish, those are helpful insights. I'll check out the other posts too. Keith
If I decide to stay with FCE4, will FCE4 be supported by Apple in future ?
Supported how? There will be no further development on the application. It will work with the current OS and with the next version of the OS. There is no way to tell if it will be supported beyond that, but it's not very likely.
Tom, when you say "the curent OS" do you mean Lion? So, maybe in a year or so you foresee that FCE will not be supported? Would it still work on my present computer? What about a new computer, which I am considering?
I guess my concern is not so much with having to upgrade or move to something new like FCPX, but whether I could still access old projects in FCE4 and, if necessary, go back into earlier sequences and do further editing on them.
How do you see the next 2 to 3 years - would it be best to switch to FCPX, learn it, and leave behind FCE now? I'd appreciate your thoughts please, if you have a moment. Thanks, Keith
when you say "the curent OS" do you mean Lion?
The current OS is 10.6 Snow Leopard. The next OS is 10.7 Lion.
So, maybe in a year or so you foresee that FCE will not be supported?
The upgrade cycle of the OS is lengthening as it matures. I doubt very much that 10.8 (or whatever it will be called) will turn up within a year after the launch of 10.7
The longer an app goes without an update the chances that it will not run on a new OS increses. But there is no certainty that FCE will not run on 10.8 or 10.9 or 11. Just it becomes more likely.
For the next approx two years - which will be the lifetime of 10.7 - FCE will run. There is no certainty beyond that.
But it will not be updated.
Regards
TD
Thank you Terence, that is helpful information, and quite comforting actually. I appreciate your explanation.
Keith
Final Cut Pro X compared to FCE4, any thoughts?
