Re: What does FCPX teach new editors?

"But what about new editors -- people just starting in editorial for the first time today -- whose only experience with editorial is going to be with FCPX? How will they learn differently than we have? How will they think and solve problems differently than we do?"

Those new to serious editing who will exclusively learn and live with FCPX will be better off in the long ruyn because this product is made for the FUTURE, and in the future traditional NLE systems will disappear.

FCPX is all about digital "maximization' in both metadata organization, li instantaneous effect previews without rendering, clip connections,manetic timelines, and "visual" data manipulation. As the world moves forward, and REDs makes 8k easy, HDSLRs makes 2k to 3k cheap (megapixel wars on video capture ), mobile processors enables hdslr RAW video capture, televisions will have to be broadcasted not only on cable, or antennas but also on the web, no more bandwith bottlenecks so interlaced will not be required anymore, HD will be cheap and is the standard, 3k the premium, 3D TVs will be cheaper and people will want them (some maybe), tapes and all of its incarnations will disappear.

And we'll be left with an all digital capture and workflow. That is the inevitable future - ALL WILL BE DIGITAL. And thats where FCPX is strong. And as the world moves by it will get even stronger, because the foundations that are in place are already awesome.