Great News
I am an indie film director & writer and I love Apple products
I've used Final Cut Pro since college and very much prefer it to Avid - however, Hollywood today still SWEARS by Avid, and that's mainly because Avid does a much better job of media management
When you're trying to edit a feature film on FCP, the system just can't keep up as well as Avid can --- FCP starts to lag, whereas Avid doesn't --- however, Apple's introduction of FCP brought the price of AVID down by THOUSANDS of dollars, which was a GREAT boon for everyone in media and design
In addition, anyone who mentions "Adobe Premiere" in the same sentence as FCP and Avid needs to STOP!!! Premiere is NOWHERE near those two
FCP is superior to Avid because it is far more intuitive and plays well with other applications, like SoundTrack, Color and Motion --- but again, Avid outpaces because of media management
With all of that said, I have complete faith in Apple that this redesign is going to be EXCELLENT! We're talking the company that produced PIXAR, the most graphics-heavy movie company in the world --- if FCP cannot handle a Pixar editing project, I wouldn't imagine that Apple would even release this software
I have faith - this should be a great update and THANK GOD --- it's time for FCP to step up to the big leagues and bury Avid!
AND A NOTE OF HISTORY HERE ---
Updating iWeb??? Really?
Folks - I don't think we're giving FCP its 'proper' appreciation - let's not forget that Apple's introduction of FCP helped SOLIDIFY the company as a MEDIA software company - before FCP, an editing system with Avid cost around $20,000 --- Apple's introduction of FCP and OS X made for a good editing package that could only cost $3,500, well below the $20,000 that Avid could get away, so easily before --- this ONE change propelled a new era of independent filmmaking, where artists could more easily produce their films without having to spend thousands just on editing - for that reason alone, I'm always greatful to Apple
And lastly, FCP was the first major editing software to be used on laptops, which also changed the editing game (and please do not say "well, my mom used Premiere on a windoze laptop" --- Premiere was not a REAL editing system - couple that with the 5 gig limit that Windoze would impose on editing systems, and you're only choice was Apple)
SHAME ON ANYONE WHO DOES NOT CELEBRATE THIS MOMENT --- Final Cut Pro is one of the biggest reasons why Apple is succeeding today - it's update is important to the continued vitality of Apple (not iWeb 5!) - love and peace everyone!