We held off here moving over to FCP X just because of it's lack of features. I've edited on FCP for 11 of my 15 yrs. I've installed it and tried a few different things and while it's not bad I'm holding off until they get alot of the "kinks" worked out.
Now for our facility... Thats a different question. With the rumors about the MacPro line being put to pasture, seeing our entire backbone of xServes discontinued, the still birth that Final Cut Server was, the FCP X debacle, and the constantly mentioned "Apple is moving away from the "pro" market, we just can't trust Apple anymore. Like a great many production houses we're looking for something else that can "future proof" us. Avid of course was a natural contender with Adobe not far behind because of it's ease of moving between Premiere/AE etc.
Now enter Autodesk's 2013 Smoke. This will be interesting to see how big an impact this has on the market. For those of us on the fence and totally disillusioned by Apple, this is a really big deal. This is a professional's tool and personally as an editor...I'm actually giddy to get my hands on it. I think this will finally bring Smoke and in some regards Flame to the middle market from the high end boutiques. It was $15000, now it's $3500. And it's laid out like an editor thinks. Just like FCP. In fact you can import FCP, FCPX Avid, Premiere etc.
And those saying you don't need a tower anymore, a stack of Mac mini's or an iMac can do exactly what you need? If that's the case (un-intended pun) then where would I put one of these? http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/12/fusion-io-iofx
Anyways, my coffee fueled 2cents.
Now for our facility... Thats a different question. With the rumors about the MacPro line being put to pasture, seeing our entire backbone of xServes discontinued, the still birth that Final Cut Server was, the FCP X debacle, and the constantly mentioned "Apple is moving away from the "pro" market, we just can't trust Apple anymore. Like a great many production houses we're looking for something else that can "future proof" us. Avid of course was a natural contender with Adobe not far behind because of it's ease of moving between Premiere/AE etc.
Now enter Autodesk's 2013 Smoke. This will be interesting to see how big an impact this has on the market. For those of us on the fence and totally disillusioned by Apple, this is a really big deal. This is a professional's tool and personally as an editor...I'm actually giddy to get my hands on it. I think this will finally bring Smoke and in some regards Flame to the middle market from the high end boutiques. It was $15000, now it's $3500. And it's laid out like an editor thinks. Just like FCP. In fact you can import FCP, FCPX Avid, Premiere etc.
And those saying you don't need a tower anymore, a stack of Mac mini's or an iMac can do exactly what you need? If that's the case (un-intended pun) then where would I put one of these? http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/12/fusion-io-iofx
Anyways, my coffee fueled 2cents.