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Anyone regret buying FCPX?
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not me... I use it all the time, and have no issues with it at all.
Quite happy myself too. I used the legacy Final Cut Pro going almost all the way back to the beginning and didn't migrate to Final Cut Pro X until sometime around 2015. Took some getting used to, but was worth it. Also, the legacy version was very expensive and didn't include free updates. FCPX looks like a real bargain, considering you can use it on all your Macs and get free updates.
I've been using Final Cut Pro X for a good long time now and have really been enjoying it! It's become my go-to video editing application for making YouTube Poops and many other elaborate projects, and I feel it's gotten a lot better over the years, getting a lot more professional. It's got so many pro features that I haven't used all of them yet! For the app's tenth anniversary a couple months ago, I did this vlog about FCPX and my experiences with it as my fursona...
And yes, I heard multicam works great on FCPX, even better than it did on Final Cut Pro 7 and earlier!
And yes, I heard multicam works great on FCPX, even better than it did on Final Cut Pro 7 and earlier!
What is the difference between legacy Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Pro X?
Is the legacy Final Cut Pro even available?
You can read the full history here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro
The final version of the legacy app was Final Cut Pro 7 in 2009 and Final Cut Pro X was released in 2011. No, you cannot get the legacy version anymore and wouldn't want it even if you could. 🤣 I was slow to adopt Final Cut Pro X, but finally got fed up with the slow performance and frequent crashes of the legacy version on MacOS Mountain Lion. Final Cut Pro X is a completely different program that I had to learn from scratch, but it was worth it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro
The final version of the legacy app was Final Cut Pro 7 in 2009 and Final Cut Pro X was released in 2011. No, you cannot get the legacy version anymore and wouldn't want it even if you could. 🤣 I was slow to adopt Final Cut Pro X, but finally got fed up with the slow performance and frequent crashes of the legacy version on MacOS Mountain Lion. Final Cut Pro X is a completely different program that I had to learn from scratch, but it was worth it.
If I recall, the legacy Final Cut Pro was much more robust, right?
And Final Cut Pro X is stripped down?
I certainly wouldn't agree with that. There were complaints to this effect when Final Cut Pro X was first released, but that was 10 years ago and it is now a mature and robust app IMO.
You can find out for yourself, there's a 90-day free trial of the full app available here.
You can find out for yourself, there's a 90-day free trial of the full app available here.
Final Cut Pro for Mac - Free Trial
Final Cut Pro revolutionizes post-production with 360° video, HDR, and advanced tools for color correction. Try it now with a free 90-day trial.
www.apple.com
Final Cut Pro X was basically Final Cut Pro in name and design only - the code base was completely rewritten, as opposed to the Final Cut Pro versions that came before it. When it first launched it was criticized as not having all of the features that Final Cut Pro 7 (the version prior) had. Considering it was rewritten from the ground up, it's understandable that it may have lacked some features. But as mentioned above, that was ten years ago. Apple has been updating Final Cut Pro since then.
I don't hear people complaining about FCP anymore, but I'm not sure if that's because Apple added back all of the features (and then some) or if it's because the guys who were complaining all moved on to other platforms. I used FCP7 but the work I did was pretty basic; I don't notice much difference in function with FCP now.
I have been on FCPX since the beginning. Multicam on FCP better than on any other editor.
No FCPX is not stripped down. It's very different and much better than legacy FCP ever was. It is a full-featured professional app. The magnetic timeline and metadata key wording are outstanding unique features of FCPX.
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