Re: After a year has perception of FCPX changed?

[Walter Soyka] "If it were all about price, everyone would use be using Lightworks, right?"

Some might be predicting that. Seriously though I can see some small not for profits using Lightworks for in house work because of dollar value.


[Walter Soyka] "Creative Cloud wins, not FCPX.

Even with perpetual licensing, if you need PS, AI, and AE, you get Pr for free and FCPX would be an additional cost."

It's why many feel Creative Cloud is a brilliant business strategy. I certainly see that.

Of course one might argue FCPX is a variant of that given that there's no upgrade pricing in the App Store. $300 for life and on a few of your systems as well. Of course we don't know how this will really play out (that's typical of Apple). It's certainly possible that the $299 and $50 each for Compressor and Motion (and Apple may have some other things coming) may be for life or at least some years with lots of feature upgrades along the way.

If those in this fictional startup are already using FCPX, they may simply authorize their machines at no cost at all. Of course this might open a can of worms depending on the circumstances. It's not that FCPX will own this market exclusively, it's that it may be one of its stronger areas of growth. Certainly FCPX would be a contender in this market whereas it may not even be approachable in the "established" facilities.