Any Final Cut Pro users here? (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

Good start:
http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/articles/587-the-top-ten-things-to-do-after-youve-bought-fcpx

 

[Sam Posten]

The full Murch talk at Boston:
http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/630-walter-murch-a-final-cut-pro-we-premiere-the-full-video-presentation-from-the-boston-supermeet
Starts around 35 minutes in discussing FCPX after discussing his history for a half hour first.

 

[Sam Posten]

More from the Murch-ster:
http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/interviews/index.cfm?articleId=3316346&pagType=samecat

 

[mattCR]

New version out today with Multicam support:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/31/apple-updates-final-cut-pro-x/

 

[Sam Posten]

Broadcast monitoring is in as a beta feature.
http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/01/31/apple-updates-final-cut-pro-x-with-multicam-broadcast-monitoring/
More details:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/01/apple-issues-second-update-to-final-cut-pro-x-to-appease-video-pros.ars
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0.3/#ver23c764f1
http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/blog/2012/01/31/magic-bullet-looks-for-fcpx-now-available-and-50-off/
http://www.bosfcpug.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=337&Itemid=87

 

[WinstonCely]

I did a quick 5 min test on taking an XML from 7 and going to X (app is called 7toX) and it works.... sorta. It did better than I thought, but not as well as I want it to.
Basically, it brings in the media, and creates compound clip of your sequence from 7. The compound clip was perfect! However, when I broke the compound clip apart, that's when I ran into trouble. Because the FCP7 sequence was a master sequence with multiple layers of graphics and titles, the resulting timeline looked jumbled up and out of order. From this, it looks like there will need to be prep-time before exporting your XML. In other words, create a "textless" sequence in 7 that has the bare minimum of your edit, and then export out your XML.
Of course, I am sure 7toX will get better at this as time goes by, and most people who used 7 are still using it so there's plenty of time to get it better. I'd just like to say that it certainly feels like Apple and the 3 party developers are doing their share to get X back up to a professional level as quickly as they can (despite what the nay sayers say).
EDIT: That's what I get for only spending 5 minutes on this! I went back and the sequence isn't jumbled up! It's actually pretty much in tact. The problems I see are transitions (most being converted to cross dissolves) the cropping and matte work I did in 7, and some Motion files that were in the sequence aren't showing what's in the Motion file. In other words, the fine tweaking is what's missing. It's not over everything, but almost everything.

 

[Sam Posten]

That's great to hear, please keep us posted on your thoughts!
THIS is more important to me:
http://www.larryjordan.biz/app_bin/wordpress/archives/1733
Looks like I can one button import all my iMovie work into FCPX! SWEET.

 

[Sam Posten]

Larry adds: By the way, Bruce tells me that he will be making a MAJOR Blu-ray announcement at the Final Cut Pro SuperMeet at NAB in April. As soon as I can report it, I will.

http://www.larryjordan.biz/understanding-more-about-blu-ray/
Eeeenteresting.
Also an interesting if complex technique that integrates Motion. Bit beyond me right now but may be of interest:
http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/tutorials/723-customising-a-title-in-final-cut-pro-x-by-publishing-parameters-in-motion

 

[Sam Posten]

7 pros weigh in, some are coming around.
http://philipbloom.net/2012/02/07/fcpxeditors/

 

[Sam Posten]

Lots of little gotchas with Multicam:
http://chrisfenwick.com/home/2012/2/26/fcpx-multicam-in-depth.html

 

[Sam Posten]

Pros are coming around....
http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2012/03/final-cut-pro-x-do-the-features-tell-us-anything-about-the-target-market/

 

[Sam Posten]

Neat:
http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/760-reelpath-debut-two-final-cut-pro-x-plugins-on-the-mac-app-store-with-bounceit-and-springit

 

[Sam Posten]

More good news:
http://www.dvinfo.net/article/post/five-ways-i-think-fcp-x-is-changing-editing-for-the-better.html

 

[Sam Posten]

Another fairly positive review:
http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/final_cut_pro_x_1003_review

 

[WinstonCely]

It's funny... I've been doing a lot of work in FCP7 due to the company I'm working with right now, and I'm really starting to hate it. It feels clunky and slow, and I'm not talking slow in render time. I mean slow as in, it feels like I have to do so much to achieve so little.
If I were staying in the business, I'd use FCPX now as my go to editor.

 

[Sam Posten]

You aren't alone Winston. TV guys are giving it a shot. Real world experience on a high budget 1/2 hour tv series:
http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/articles/691-using-fcpx-on-long-format-broadcast-productions

 

[Sam Posten]

Real world experience from filming the Iditarod, via the NJ FCP User's Group:

 

[WinstonCely]

That was a great video. I love the tips and well laid out pros and cons in a real world project.

 

[Sam Posten]

Agreed, what I don't understand is why he didn't just put a cheap 8800 GT in his Mac Pro. It's the lack of a powerful GPU that is holding his box back, not the fact that it isn't an i7 and he should know better....

 

[WinstonCely]

Right. I thought that was strange myself.
I've also noted that I have had slow downs on my MacBookPro i7. However, I'm wondering if it's because the simple projects I've been working are located on my internal hard drive, as opposed to an external hard drive. I know that's cardinal rule number one, to get the material off the internal drive, but from such small projects I've not even bothered. I'll have to run a test at some point when I slow down from work.