Re: FCP X - 15 films/5 days/clunkety clunk!

"Well it wasn't difficult to improve on Premiere was it?"

You were the one choosing to make an analogy with PPro, complaining about it now seems a little silly.

"It may shock you to know that some of us think FCPX IS an improvement over FCP7 in some respects at least."

It may shock you to know that I think FCPX is an improvement over FCP7 in many respects -- most of them having to do with the 64 bit engine. I'd like to be working with auditions, might occasionally use the compound clip feature, like the ability to use color match -- just wish I could actually use X to cut shows with. But I can't.

You made a bad analogy between FCPX and PPro. PPro was an upgrade, buggy or not. If you were making money using Premiere, you could make more money using PPro, even on day 1. In no way was it a step backward.

FCPX is, for now, a large step back in useability, which holds the promise of future advances. Which is why there are so many complaints. Most editors can't make money today with promises of enhancements tomorrow, our clients won't wait. If Apple had kept FCP up to date, while nurturing this new approach, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions