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Final Cut Pro X Works!

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With all the hoopla about Final Cut Pro X, I thought it would be a good idea to try out it with an actual project. FCPX may be missing features from the last version but you still can cut a professional video. I have been doing these real estate videos for some time. All before using Final Cut Pro 7. This is the first video that I did only with Final Cut Pro X. It was shot, edited and uploaded in one day, last Saturday. The editing went fairly quickly. Most things were faster. There are some good new tools … Continue reading →

Promise and Apple Ship First Thunderbolt™ Devices

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Quietly among the hoopla of Final Cut Pro X is new Thunderbolt™ hard drives at the Apple Store. These are the first Thunderbolt hard drives available. The Pegasus R4 and R6 are the First 4-bay and 6-bay High Performance Hardware RAID Solutions designed to unleash the raw power of Thunderbolt™ technology. Thunderbolt technology is a new, high-speed, dual-protocol I/O technology designed for performance, simplicity, and flexibility. This high-speed I/O technology is capable of delivering a blistering two channels of 10 Gb/s (1.25GB/s) per port of performance. Pegasus R4 is ideal for creative pro workstations, small servers, power users, and consumers … Continue reading →

Apple’s answers to Final Cut Pro X questions

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A response from Apple to Final Cut Pro X is on their website. “Final Cut Pro X is a breakthrough in nonlinear video editing. The application has impressed many pro editors, and it has also generated a lot of discussion in the pro video community. We know people have questions about the new features in Final Cut Pro X and how it compares with previous versions of Final Cut Pro. Here are the answers to the most common questions we’ve heard. Import Can I import projects from Final Cut Pro 7 into Final Cut Pro X? Final Cut Pro X … Continue reading →

Final Cut Pro X – The Beginning of the End for Apple?

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Here is an article from the 95ers.com “Within hours of the release of FCP X, all of the producers where I work were ready to go Adobe, and one was even pondering a return to Avid. My tech-prophesying mind tells me that this advent will lead Apple to its downfall.Huh? One little program? One little market segment causing the downfall of today’s tech kingpin? Yes indeed, says I. (There’s no proof of this and nobody believes me… but LONG AGO I did actually predict things like Netflix and the iPhone itself (as a pocket-sized mobile phone, computer, and media center … Continue reading →

Apple is refunding pros for Final Cut Pro X

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That’s right, Apple is doing something unusual – refund for software from the App Store. I applied for one and got. Most Pros are very unhappy with Final Cut Pro X. The Pro community has been suspect of Apple for sometime now that they have been mostly a consumer company. This release has sealed the deal on that. It is not PRO. Apple has added insult to injury by discontinuing Final Cut Pro 7 and the other apps. FCP has the largest user base in the world for video editing on a computer. By not supporting the previous release of … Continue reading →

It’s Out – Final Cut Pro X – No Import Of Previous FCP Projects?

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From Apple Press Release: “CUPERTINO, California—June 21, 2011—Apple® today announced Final Cut Pro® X, a revolutionary new version of the world’s most popular Pro video editing software which completely reinvents video editing with a Magnetic Timeline that lets you edit on a flexible, trackless canvas; Content Auto-Analysis that categorizes your content upon import by shot type, media and people; and background rendering that allows you to work without interruption. Built on a modern 64-bit architecture, Final Cut Pro X is available from the Mac® App Store™ for $299.99.” The big problem I have found already is there seems to be … Continue reading →