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Apple Releases Major Final Cut Pro X Update with Dual Viewers, Multichannel Audio Tools, RED Camera Support and More
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Yes they do, 30-day free trial:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/trial/
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I would agree with the general consensus. It's really good for shorter projects, and projects that don't need really heavy layering. Once you get used to the idea of working around a single track, and attaching things, you can really work very quickly.
For longer format work Premiere or Avid are the way to go. having a full, real, track systems becomes key when you start get into more detailed projects.
Huh.. Last I looked I thought they got rid of it - totally couldn't find it.. My bad..
How do I run the updates? It's not showing up in updates on the Apple Store like the other updates before this one did.
There isnt much to upgrade..
check out intels latest and greatest CPU's not a big difference between whats in there now and the new stuff
Intel really needs to crank up the speed on there workstation CPUs
I totally agree with the GPU comments,
Apple.. lets change the enclosure.. cut it in half..
check out intels latest and greatest CPU's not a big difference between whats in there now and the new stuff
Intel really needs to crank up the speed on there workstation CPUs
I totally agree with the GPU comments,
Apple.. lets change the enclosure.. cut it in half..
Great to see they have finally implemented the features which should have been there in the first place. I didn't read anything about performance improvements which made me switch to Premier and After Effects. Both, Final Cut and Motion were not pleasant to use on 2.4GHz MacBook Pro with 8gigs of ram and Hybrid Drive. If they fix the performance I might have another look but for now Adobe is getting my money and I feel very comfortable using their products. 
FCPX for the win.
I have been using FCPX since day 1 of its release... and for about 1-2 weeks of using it, i was banging my head on the table thinking WTF apple.....
Now, i completely see what they are getting at. I haven't opened Prem Pro or Final Cut for probably 8 months now.
Dont try and treat it how you normally would with PP or FCP7, treat it how it was made to be designed, then you will really see what apple was thinking when they made this program. Admittedly, up until 10.0.3, it was a pretty avg program. With 10.0.6, its just getting better and better.
So spend the 1-2 weeks banging your head into a table, get the sense knocked into you, try the tutorials, and actually give it a go, dont just hate it because everyone else hates it.
I have been using FCPX since day 1 of its release... and for about 1-2 weeks of using it, i was banging my head on the table thinking WTF apple.....
Now, i completely see what they are getting at. I haven't opened Prem Pro or Final Cut for probably 8 months now.
Dont try and treat it how you normally would with PP or FCP7, treat it how it was made to be designed, then you will really see what apple was thinking when they made this program. Admittedly, up until 10.0.3, it was a pretty avg program. With 10.0.6, its just getting better and better.
So spend the 1-2 weeks banging your head into a table, get the sense knocked into you, try the tutorials, and actually give it a go, dont just hate it because everyone else hates it.
I can't agree more, but somehow, some way, people will still complain
No professional production house is going to use FCP X. No one wants to learn new software.
They've either stuck with FCP 7 or moved on to AVID.
I can second this - I work in a big post house and none of our four Final Cut 7 machines have been replaced with Avid Symphony or Premiere Pro. We have Avid suites, but our techs haven't even flirted with the idea of connecting our machine room with Premiere. Let alone dropping Final Cut and replacing the macs with PC's running Symphony, that would be way too costly.
Then again, we were on 2006 versions of Smoke and Flame up until last year.
And that's one of the ridiculous reasons for people not giving FCPX a go - time to learn a new program and challenge many techniques they already take for granted. I understand many people's initial 'hurt' when FCPX was released last year (missing many keys features and functions), but a common whinge I heard from fellow editors in field was 'finding' the time to learn FCPX's new set-up. Poor excuse (funny thing, though, is many people needed to learn Avid or PP when leaving the Apple boat!).
That's the way of the world - learning and updating. Doctors do it, teachers do it, and people who rely on computers do it. No reason why digital editors can't do it. If the reason, however, is something else, then fine: move over to Avid or PP. But if it's whinging about the time it will take to learn FCPX then that excuse simply doesn't wash. Anyhow, rant over.
PS. I've been using FCPX since 10.0.3, deciding to sit down with it for 2-3 days earlier this year and find out why Apple changed it and discover what all the crying was about. Noticed some deficiencies but most of them are now gone, and FCPX is my preferred editing app. Love it!
Uh...can you actually save your own projects yet or are you still "not allowed?" As Walter Murch has said "I don't want my hand held in THAT way."
bastards
Unfortunately the only people who will be talking are here on MR. No one at Apple is talking about the Mac Pro.
Unfortunately the only people who will be talking are here on MR. No one at Apple is talking about the Mac Pro.
2009 to 2010 MP CPU upgrade was minimal. Dual quad-cores at 2.93 for 8 cores, 16 threads. 2010 was dual hexa-core at 2.93 for 12 cores, 24 threads. Same thing can be done now, just different clock speeds. Dual 8-core for 16 cores, 32 threads. Just as much of a CPU bump as the last update. But there really is more to update this time around than the 2010 update. GPU especially. When the 2010 MP came out, the 5000 series was already on the decline in preparation for the 6000 series, and Apple just put in old technology from the start. And not to mention now they can add SATA 3 (still don't have that in MPs last I checked), Thunderbolt, and USB 3. And like I already mentioned, new Quadros if they wanted the Mac Pro to really be a professional machine.
I can't agree more, but somehow, some way, people will still complain
Yes.... but the Complainers are often the ones that push Apple to improve the products and lobby for the release of these well-received updates.
There are two types: the Legitimate Complainers, and the Useless Whiners.
The former are a very useful lot, because they typically use and love Apple products, so their gripes are valid because they tend to give constructive criticism. The latter, the Useless Whiners, are those who (by their nature) hate Apple and are endlessly critical of Apple, yet they have rarely used Apple products, or maybe they admit to having "abandoned" Apple years ago, and they only come to these forums to bash Apple's products while proselytizing rival products.
This post sounds like a piece of fiction. The user account has 1 post (this is it) and the account was created today. Are we suppose to believe that the accountants and IT department at the 5th largest network in the USA that is already using Avid & FCP 7 would simply dump the investment in Mac workstations and FCP 7 licenses within a year even though FCP 7 and those workstations are still fully functional? Why not just transition new employees to Avid since you cannot buy new FCP 7 licenses and move to 60/40 split rather than 50/50 as you wait for FCP X to mature?
This reads like "IBM did not like Windows 8 so the company got rid of all its Lenovo Thinkpads and bought MacBook Pros". It simply lacks a sense of credibility for how corporations function.
It also sounds like those "I switched from iOS to Android and haven't looked back" posts that come from folks who never owned an iOS device in their lives.
It looks better, but it still has a long way to go. I'm still in FCP7 for most of my work and probably will be for at least a couple more years. For all my RED editing I've started dabbling in Premiere, and while it "works" it's not a quick and responsive nor intuitive as FCP.
I just watched the Walter Murch interview. Good stuff!
If anyone wants to watch... here is a link:
http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/interviews/?articleId=3316346
Download the trial version and have a go at it. Just because someone else says "yes it's worth upgrading to FCP X" doesn't mean it's worth it for you. Also, even if it's 'worth it' for you in terms of features, it doesn't mean you'll like it - it's quite the jump from FCP Legacy.
For me, it's worth having a crack at it now. But I'll have to wait for a new iMac
I'm afraid not. I'm actually in charge of switching 6 seats to Premiere. File handling and the timeline in FCPX are broken beyond repair. You would need a rewrite (again).
Where's the Logic pro update?
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It's never too late. Depends on how good the new version is. If it puts Avid to shame? They won't buy in? Even with a few test workstations? It's never all or nothing.
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It's never too late. Depends on how good the new version is. If it puts Avid to shame? They won't buy in? Even with a few test workstations? It's never all or nothing.