I've used FCP since FCP4 so I am quite familiar with traditional FCP. When FCPX came out, I demoed it and couldn't even figure out how to use it. It reminded me of when I was nosing around Cinema 4D with no knowledge of using 3D modeling software. It's the whole, I see lots of buttons but they don't seem to do anything as far as I can tell scenario. Having classic FCP knowledge, my response to FCPX was basically "WTF is this ****?"
Anyways, it's been quite a while since FCPX released and I read that lots of features have been added back in so I wanted to know whether it has improved enough for professional use and why or why not. I really like that FCPX lifts a lot of the hardware limitations from FCP7 but if it doesn't have precision editing, no amount of speed will make up for frustration.
Does anyone who has used the most recent iteration have a review of it? Ideally I'd like comments for feature films and what kind of troubles would be experienced and workaround would be needed.
Anyways, it's been quite a while since FCPX released and I read that lots of features have been added back in so I wanted to know whether it has improved enough for professional use and why or why not. I really like that FCPX lifts a lot of the hardware limitations from FCP7 but if it doesn't have precision editing, no amount of speed will make up for frustration.
Does anyone who has used the most recent iteration have a review of it? Ideally I'd like comments for feature films and what kind of troubles would be experienced and workaround would be needed.