than try and figure out this stuff... I'm old guard. Source/Record, insert, overwrite, replace edits and a decent trim mode with from frame/to frame... Ug, why does everyone have to try and change everything, it all still works just fine.
Have fun.
I'm off.
Mac Pro, SATA Raid, 9Gb RAM, Decklink HD
Don't worry that we're missing you, will you?
Andy
After using the trail, this software is not so bad at all. Most of the issues and complaints are due to user error or not taking the time to learn it
Yes, there are bugs and issues, but there are a lot of innacurate statements and myths about FCP X
Is it fully PRO, no, but......new things take time. Does it freeze or crash, yes, but for me not much at all
My suggestion to anyone that is new, and this is what I did:
I took one 30 second clip and I spent 2 days with it. I did everything to that 30 second clip - cut, trim, correct, adjust, effects and a boat load of other things - I did the same for the audio. I did every possible thing I could find in the menus, effects, using the tools, etc..... I raked that clip over the coals
Just by doing that and getting obsessive over one 30 second clip and knowing how things work, you can tackle almost anything after that
I'm reading many statements that just are not true about the process and editing and it's more a matter of spending time and being patient
I know this software has issues but I am confident APPLE will address them and it may take time and unfortunately we are the ones at the battlefront so to speak
What I wouldn't do if I was new is throw in a 5, 10 or 15 minute clip and try to learn FCP X. Just work with a small segment and go to town with that clip and get nutty
I have a very similar experience: my macbook pro burned down, peopoe said you cannot run FCP 7 on lion and snow leopard would not support FCP 7, and reading the generic forums, looked like I could not continue my usual work using FCP X.
Spent a week reading about Avid and Premiere, finally downloaded trial for FCPX.
I took one of my OLD projects from P2 folders bare bones. Yes, it all opened ok, and in a couple of hours i was playing round with it pretty ok.
Yes, everything is in different places, but so what.
I was most frightened about clip management based on events and keywords (i used to color them with different colors and put in subfolders, to have an owerall control of my story). Just replaced folders with keywords, and it is even faster now, as I dont need duplicate clips. Used clips I mark favorites, to know where i go..
I often superimpose moving stills on top of video track, keyframing now is faster and more transparent.
Maybe, a lot of my income comes from edit, but i dont edit for living, so I cannot comment situation of somebody who has ultra fast finger reflexes bound to the central nervous system during the past 10 years. In that kind of situation it would be better not to change the program ever.
But, for me only what matters is that I get the job done, and now even better, as keyframing is so easy that i can do more of it....
In short, I was seriously disturbed of all the scary comments, and the reality turned out to be very different.
I'd rather stick needles in my eyes...
