Any Final Cut Pro users here? (1 Viewer)

[WinstonCely]

I swear professionals in my field are so freaking touchy. God forbid something gets released and it's not everything it has been or should be....
FCP7 still works people and it will for at least the next generation of OSX. What's the big deal people?!? Talk about people getting their panties in a wad.

 

[Sam Posten]

Well for one they can't buy more seats of it if they wanted to...

 

[Sam Posten]

Very in depth review:
http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/apple-final-cut-pro-x/
And commentary:
http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2011/07/full-time-editor-or-pro-is-asking-the-wrong-questions/

 

[Sam Posten]

So, is Apple really giving up on Pros?
http://arstechnica.com/apple/guides/2011/07/does-apple-still-care-about-creative-pros.ars
Don't be silly, no way. But pros who remain on OSX will always have to remember their wants and needs are secondary to everything Apple is trying to accomplish.

 

[Sam Posten]

Apple keeps its own counsel.
http://www.macworld.com/article/160934/2011/07/gartenberg_final_cut.html
Yup.

 

[Sam Posten]

All-in!
http://www.crumplepop.com/blog/

 

[WinstonCely]

Just read this over at Creative Cow's forums:
However, Apple has announced that they will continue providing licenses to clients who have purchased volume licenses in the past. This will allow places that rent out systems to continue to provide FCP 7 systems for those shows that want FCP.
Doesn't help people just now wanting to by FCP, but its better than nothing.

 

[Sam Posten]

Funny but goes on far too long:
http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/shullfish/story/fcp_x_mission_control_parody/

 

[Sam Posten]

Awesome new $2 graphical manual:
http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/515-the-unofficial-graphic-enhanced-manual-for-fcpx
Slow time down with Optical Flow:
http://finalcutwhiz.com/tutorials/optical-flow-in-fcpx/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Sam Posten]

Jonah Hill (Not really) presents "How did we get here" for an hour in a fishbowl.
http://nofilmschool.com/2011/08/final-cut-pro-x-and-going-entertaining/
Better than I make it sound actually...

 

[WinstonCely]

I've been doing the Ripple Training lessons on FCPX, and I gotta say, I'm really impressed so far with what FCPX can now do.
One thing I've thought as I've been going through them; if I were to just dive into FCPX, without really doing any formal training or walkthrough, it would take me forever to find out how to do anything. I'd be stuck trying to find things the way I used to do it in legacy versions of FCP, and by the time I found out how to do what I wanted to do, I'd have flown to Apple and gone on a 3 day killing spree.
However, going step-by-step in the lessons really demonstrates how well thought out FCPX really is, and how amazing it will be to use. I can't wait for them to update with a few key elements (export/import of XML, EDL, and OMF to name a few) because this app will be a lot of fun to use.

 

[Sam Posten]

Agreed completely, and for such a 'simplified' product there is such a depth of features, and new skills to learn. Color grading is made much easier but still something that requires real talent and experience. Great tutorials on that here:
http://vimeo.com/user6379404/videos
http://finalcutwhiz.com/tutorials/fcpx-color-grading-intro/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Sam Posten]

More detailed vids on color correction. It's such a different process than how LR handles it, fascinating...
http://finalcutwhiz.com/tutorials/fcpx-color-grading-correction/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[DavidJ]

Those tutorials look interesting. Thanks for pointing them out. I'll be diving into FCP X sometime in the next couple of weeks, but I'll still be using and teaching FCP 7 in the meantime.

 

[Sam Posten]

Quite welcome, I'm reading all I can get my hands on, I don't have a project in mind right now but when I'm read I want to be set to go.

 

[Sam Posten]

Part 3:
http://finalcutwhiz.com/tutorials/fcpx-color-grading-looks/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Sam Posten]

This should address about 90% of the complaints EXCEPT opening old files:
http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/09/20/apple-releases-major-update-to-final-cut-pro-x-release-demo-version/
As I said, that's a feature not a bug. :0)
Demo version too
http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2011/09/roles-superior-to-tracks/
http://www.macworld.com/article/162394/2011/09/apple_fine_cut_final_cut_pro_x.html#lsrc.twt_macworld
Release notes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4589
Download page:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/
In a rare occurrence for Apple, they commit to Multi-Cam and broadcast quality previews coming in early 2012. Neither of which is a deal breaker for most single user shops, I'd say.
WRT being able to import FCP7 projects, understand that the idea here is you -should- be able to export those as XML and now import them into FCPX now, but it remains to be seen how well that works. If it's golden then that 90% goes even higher.

 

[Sam Posten]

Larry gives a cautious thumbs up:
http://www.larryjordan.biz/app_bin/wordpress/

 

[Sam Posten]

"Itworks for me"
http://library.creativecow.net/morache_mark/FCPX_Broadcast-Editor-Guide/1

 

[Sam Posten]

More gnashing of teeth.
http://library.creativecow.net/biscardi_walter/Post-Production-comparisons/1
Didn't we ask for this?
http://library.creativecow.net/garchow_jeremy/FCPX-Ask/1