Re: Final Cut Pro - why do they keep asking me!?

Both Ron and Vincent are right. If you can afford to, having more then one system is a good thing, especially if it can land you more business.

That being said, so many non-technical people just know the name Final Cut and expect everyone cuts with it. I know FCP, but I own a system with just PPro. When clients call and ask what I cut with, (which happens very rarely) I tell them PPro. And if they seemed worried that it's not FCP, like Vincent said - I point them to my reel...if they liked that, they should be happy with what I can do for them because that was all done with Adobe tools.

I had one client (from a local production company) tell me that he'd throw more work my way if I had FCP. I told him sorry, but I didn't want to invest in a new Mac. Well, after some time, he now throws work my way anyways because he knows I'm good with my own toolset, and at the end of the day it's the quality of the finished product that counts.

Knowing FCP and PPro, there isn't anything I can't do with PPro that I can with FCP (with the exception of a few things most don't ask for or need - i.e. OMF support). But as I said, it never hurts to have some more tools if you can afford it.

I'd tell these people what you have now, and ask why they need to cut on FCP - what is your system lacking that they need.

---Eric