Good! Though one has to wonder how much longer the FCPX team can keep its product safe from Tim's suffocating clutches and his war on high-end, professional creatives.
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Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X, Compressor and Motion With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
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this update does not show up in appstore on my mac pro, even I did not move any files or folders belonging to FCP. Under purchased it says install not update. Someone else got this little issue?
I think VAT was the issue with your math. The American price doesn't include sales tax.
Hi, sorry not sure what you mean. the file sizes ? Yes the render files are huge especially when working 4K but I have lots of ssd space so was never really an issue.Probably 98% of all the TV series and movies and news that we all watch, -however it was initially cut, is eventually run through some flavor of Media Composer before or during the time it lands in post, where the audio goes into Pro Tools. So no matter one's personal feelings, if you want to work in the industry, you'd better learn Avid MC, Premiere, and FCPX. And don't hold back about looking into color correction; DaVinci Resolve has got a lot of great tools and a lot of great gear for DIT ingest, etc.
The good news is that the basic purpose is the same: Import, Sync, Cut, Fade, Save. Learn it all and you'll be fine.
Know your frame rate. The kids have it easy these days because of embedded metadata.
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One question though: Have they managed to tame that huge render-file bloat in those fcpx cache files?
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It makes sense for them to keep this product strong so long as the demand is there as apple obviously have strong ties with the film industry. At worst it's a good vanity tie in at best it will drive hardware sales.
FCPX may not be the right tool for some pros or projects, but what is good for all? Personally I'm just a hobbyist and find FCPX is one of Apple's bright spots and a true bargain. Not only do they keep updating it, updates are free and w/o subscription unlike some other companies.
I just wish Apple would make a hobbyist/prosumer headless Mac to better maximize all FCPX can do - something to occupy the space of the entry level cheese grater MP and user upgradable.
I just wish Apple would make a hobbyist/prosumer headless Mac to better maximize all FCPX can do - something to occupy the space of the entry level cheese grater MP and user upgradable.
Really sad that I ask a question and people just throw insults. My teacher was a successful animator for Disney when he was younger and now he teaches because he wants to. Remember you're talking about real people here.
Anyway, I was uninformed on the subject and wanted to know why professionals mostly turned away from Final Cut. I'm not bashing Apple or plugging Adobe. I did receive an answer so your reply was completely unnecessary.
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Many bone head editors simply couldn't handle the change. Many editors just aren't that smart. This would include you dopey teacher. That's why he teaches.
The first version of FCP X threw a lot of users of the earlier versions off - much of the workflow had changed and some accused Apple of "dumbing down" the app.
Some of the arguments were valid but many just wanted to put the boot in and switched to other apps instead of actually moving on to FCP X. Sure, it wasn't easy, especially if you had lots of legacy projects and workflow. But in a lot of cases it was people breaking up with their partner and being all bitter about their ex. You see that in many comments about FCP X today from ex-users.
There are other great video apps out there but FCP X is not 'dead'.
Like any app you find the one that suits you - luckily for us as consumers there are choices.
FCP X is one of those and yes once you buy it you get continuos upgrades (so far). If you can't afford an Adobe CC subscription FCP X can be a great investment if you are happy using it.
Price aside, again, if you prefer Premier or whatever that is fine, but those who like to rag on FCP X because they simply no longer use it themselves is pretty petty.
Some of the arguments were valid but many just wanted to put the boot in and switched to other apps instead of actually moving on to FCP X. Sure, it wasn't easy, especially if you had lots of legacy projects and workflow. But in a lot of cases it was people breaking up with their partner and being all bitter about their ex. You see that in many comments about FCP X today from ex-users.
There are other great video apps out there but FCP X is not 'dead'.
Like any app you find the one that suits you - luckily for us as consumers there are choices.
FCP X is one of those and yes once you buy it you get continuos upgrades (so far). If you can't afford an Adobe CC subscription FCP X can be a great investment if you are happy using it.
Price aside, again, if you prefer Premier or whatever that is fine, but those who like to rag on FCP X because they simply no longer use it themselves is pretty petty.
I think releasing before feature parity was a refreshing move-- it got a new concept out there quickly.
The problem, I think, was killing the Pro 7 before X had feature parity, leaving their users without any continuity. Obviously I don't know why the decisions they made were made (it's not unusual to see a company forced into something like this because of licensing issues or something), but assuming they were legally able to it seems the best approach would have been to ensure file compatibility and then bundle X with 7 until they managed feature parity and could phase 7 out.
Note to haters: FCPX was released under Jobs.
I can't see it ether, I haven't upgraded to the latest version of Mac OS though, so don't know if that is a requirement.
If they don't update the Mac Pro soon there won't be any Pro customers left to buy their Pro software.
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£48.99/1.2 = £40.83 ex VAT x 1.23 = $50.21
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£48.99/1.2 = £40.83 ex VAT x 1.23 = $50.21
I'm a YouTuber, and I know that Final Cut Pro has a near monopoly of the Youtube vlogging market. Although apple have kinda abandoned the editing studio market, they have embraced a gigantic new hobbiest and freelance market, and are doing pretty well