Re: After a year has perception of FCPX changed?

[Greg Andonian] "I remember seeing a post by someone in another thread who said, "You just have to think a few steps ahead of it." Then another poster responded with a line that sums up my feelings about X really well:

"I want to edit, not play a game of chess with my NLE.""

I said it, and you're taking it a bit out of context.

We were talking about specific timeline mechanics.

The point was, you have to play chess with any interface. Whether or not it feels like chess or checkers is another matter. You know where the fcp7 timeline fails, and most of the time, you are probably thinking ahead, but in your brain that's "the right way".

X's timeline is different and unfamiliar, so it might feel like "the wrong way". It does take some retooling.

I don't have any experience with iMovie. I tried to watch some movies online to see how similar they are.

They don't seem very similar to me. Imovie's Events seem to be where FCPX's Projects are. But what do I know, I'm not interested in iMovie. I also think iMovie is 32bit vs FCPX 64 bit, so they can't be super similar under the hood.

While there are some iMovie roots, I think we will start to see the products diverge over time. It's already happened, and with more time in the incubator, the two will have a passing resemblance.

How deep have you dived with another NLE?

I'm not talking about opening it up, applying fcp7 shortcuts and performing a three point edit and declaring it a success, I'm talking about really diving in. Or are you letting the internet do the hard work and make those decisions for you?