Is Final Cut Pro Dead??????

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vision_filmz

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I learned on this system and edit exclusively on it, but it seems that Adobe and Avid are simple providing better support...

Should I switch to Final Cut x or Adobe? I primarily work in Film and Music videos. I have seen some great tools in After Effects that I could really use, but after working in FCP for the past 3 years it seems almost crazy to learn it all again :(

Anyone can help me out?

Thanks
 
FCP7 is dead. FCPX has replaced it.
Just buy FCPX & Motion 5 (both very inexpensive) and get the Ripple Training FCPX course - its a real eye opener on FCPX, and you'll be up and running in a day. At this point nearly all the people using FCPX are content with the new design, and going back to FCP7 seems like stepping back into the dark-ages once you're used to FCPX.
 
simonpwood said:
FCP7 is dead. FCPX has replaced it.
Just buy FCPX & Motion 5 (both very inexpensive) and get the Ripple Training FCPX course - its a real eye opener on FCPX, and you'll be up and running in a day. At this point nearly all the people using FCPX are content with the new design, and going back to FCP7 seems like stepping back into the dark-ages once you're used to FCPX.
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I like to layer all of my tracks ( usually about 20) and then start editing down, is this possible in FCP X?

Thanks
 
Be prepared though, it's very different and will take some getting used to. Learn what's new and different and be patient. I promise once you get the hang of it...it's really fast.
 
Yeah; the Ripple Training is worth every penny. Easy to follow tutorials that get you through the new workflow step-by-step in a couple of hours.
 
vision_filmz said:
I like to layer all of my tracks ( usually about 20) and then start editing down, is this possible in FCP X?
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There are no tracks, technically, but you certainly shouldn't have any trouble doing the equivalent.

Take that training first, before you wind up frustrated wondering why it doesn't behave the way FCP7 did.
 
Jumping from Final Cut to Adobe is probably less of a jump than going to FCP X. I use both FCPX and Adobe. Some days FCP X is really fun and fast to use. Other days it just isn't mature enough (bad key framing, limited color tools, tracks sometimes don't do what you want). The integrated workflow of the adobe suite is good even if the interface is "clunkier". I'm still in a wait and see mode with FCP X. For $300 it's cheap enough to get anyway.
 
Adobe Premiere Pro actually has the FCP hotkeys built into the program. It's also EXTREMELY similar. You might be best served by using Premiere Pro if you are working on high profile projects like films and music videos.

FCX has it's own advantages, but I'm concerned that the long term use might not be suitable since it lacks many "professional" features such as multicam.
 
Multicam works great on FCP X and you can have 64 camera angles. Sound mixing could be improved overall but heard that's coming. I definitely prefer it over Premiere Pro. But CS6 is looking much improved too so you may want to wait for that.
 
I've started to use FCP 7 one month ago, just because my friends and i forced to use for work. I used Premiere Pro for 5 years and i'm so happy, but now for some jobs i need to use FCP. The people who i work, all use FCP 7. I Really don't know about the future of Final Cut, but old editors with FCP, all prefer FCP 7. If Apple launch a FCP 8, i guess, a lot of people will use.
 
Every NLE has had its' issues over the years. FCP had a good run and many of us loved the old program all the way through version 7. FCP X comes along and challenged many old beliefs such as why bother with tape. I had to put a bunch of things in storage for a while and had to put video on the back-burner for a few years. Last year I decided to get back into video in a limited way. I could not find a copy of Final Cut Studio upgrade, so I wound up going with the new version of FCP X. I also bought the Ripple Training package. Editing video became fun and I could not imagine all of the time spent messing around with tape, edit decision lists, logging and batching. The new work flow of digitizing all of the archives seemed like a no-brainer.

FCP X will not handle legacy files. It was not designed to do it. Frankly, I am not so sure if I would really want to mess around with all of the old stuff. One can always ingest the old tapes into the digital workflow. Once everything is all digitized in the event folders, life is easy. Not everybody will agree with me and that is okay. We all find some programs handle some things better than others. It will be okay. There is always one more way to fix a problem. Some folks really like the program and some want to think of FCP X as the anti-Christ because it is different. Try it out and make your own conclusions. Most of the folks that have given it a whirl actually like it.
 
Each have there strengths and weakness and you would need to try both , CS6 is a improvement over cs5 and cs5.5. , the word "fun" sounds like so amateurish unfortunately FCPX is just to lacking even if it has mulitcam now.
 
I saw some reviews of FCPX, my first shock is after the program start! This is another software, i think the people smile when see a layout similar with FCP, Premiere and AVID Media Composer. The FCPX introduce some new concepts to work, but i think this process need to be more "soft". The way of Apple does with FCPX is a revolution, and the people need to spend a time to understand how stuffs work in FCPX. For me it's nice to see people trying to make a better software, but some people don't have time to spend learning about software works. I have 3 projects short-films in FCP7, i can open this project in FCPX?
 
Vandrei said:
some people don't have time to spend learning about software
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I get what you are trying to say. Projects have tight deadlines. We know how to do something faster in <fill in the blank name of> software. We are creatures of habit and don't want to learn new software. At the same time, there are very few, if any, industries that remain the same year after year after year. You can't work in an office without getting a new version of MS Word or Excel or Lion OS. Each new version can seem very different from the last and can be incredibly frustrating.

To grow and learn and change is to be alive. To remain exactly the same is to be dead...and even dead things change over time.

FCPX isn't for everybody. Neither is the iPhone or iPod or Android or Premiere Pro or <fill in the blank>. I like Kyle's advice above and on another thread recently. Keep FCP7 for when you need to crank out a project. But play around with FCPX and you might find yourself using it more and more over time.

Vandrei said:
I have 3 projects short-films in FCP7, i can open this project in FCPX?
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Yes. There is an app available in the app store titled 7toX. It cost $10. It's not perfect but does enable you to open 7 projects in X.
 
Maybe in 2 months i'll bought a FCPX. I want to see the new version of complements too, like Motion and Compressor. Unfortunately, i will only use FCPX for my personal business, because i guess is hard to people who i work, start a migration to FCPX, they have a lot of projects in FCP7 and small space in externals hdds. I'm praying to they change to FCPX or Premiere Pro CS6 =P
 
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