Re: What a Long, Strange Year It's Been!

I enjoyed your article and overall agree with it, Walter. I too would have like to have seen FCS4 with 64-bit and background rendering and other things Adobe already had.

I, too, am just finishing updating my edit suite to include FCS3, Avid MC5.5 and Adobe Production Premium CS5.5.

As of this morning (1/31/12), do you think that FCPX just got more appealing to professional editors with the 10.0.3 update that is now available? Multicam editing is back with PluralEyes-type plug-in features built-in, import from FCP7 is now possible via a third party app that now works due to re-added XML, and a better chroma keyer (Primatte RT possibly?) that eliminates the need to import from Motion and After Effects. They also have a beta for external monitoring and other upgrades.

It's not where it needs to be yet but, after 7 months of iMovie Pro, do you think FC"P"X is "professional" again?

A further question is, with FCPX 10.0.3, does Apple now finally have the release it needs to re-open their long abandoned booth at NAB to re-sell Final Cut to professional editors (like they first did a decade ago)?

You listed in an article several months ago specifically what Apple should never have taken out, and I do recall Multicam editing, XML and external monitoring were three major things (and you probably had chroma keying, too).

I haven't bothered with FCPX and instead have been investing in and re-learning Avid, but perhaps as of today it's worth another look?

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