Re: Apple are hilarious

If more people are editing in general, then good for Apple. I'm glad if lots of young people have access to editing software. When I was a kid

Seriously though... I'm a freelancer in Toronto and we're a tightly knit community here... there are 15-20 production or post facilities at any given time (that are big enough to be on a freelancer's radar). Nearly all of them have a FCP7 presence but it is dwindling and exists solely for support of legacy projects. There is only 1 studio that is still using FCP7 for most of its projects, but they've already bought Avid and simply haven't implemented yet. So... OK -- broadcast industry can be crossed off my FCPX-potentials list in this city... next I've got 2 friends that run mid-size wedding and corporate businesses. Both of them tried and discarded FCPX and are still using FCP7. Not a huge sample size... I suppose I won't cross that off too soon but I can't assume it's getting wide adoption.

These articles and (occasional) comments on this forum are building a bigger and bigger disconnect between the supposed FCPX user share and the reality sitting in front of me every day.

We bought 2 new edit suites at my studio today ... two of the (possibly last edition) mac pros and two copies of Avid Symphony -- care of our old FCP licenses.

Time to get to work...