Re: After a year has perception of FCPX changed?

"What's more surprising to me, in retrospect, was that we all saw something so similar when we looked at FCP7"

Well, by V.7 sure. Those of us who were with FCP 1-3 experienced a very different story, as Jeremy pointed out so brilliantly with his "heres the REAL history of FCP Legacy as discussed at the time" post.

Hopefully, we'll all have the same chance to re-assess FCP- X versions 3-7 like we did with Legacy.

The real question may be does the way editing happens for the bulk of the practioners more closely resemble the way editing was done in a suite in the 1980s (which it very much still does at the high end today...or will it change substantially in response to new technology needs and opportunities.

A solid case can be made for both approaches.

But in the 1980s editing HAD to be done in a dedicated room with special, expensive tools accessible to only a very few.

Now that's changed.

What that means is up for grabs.

For some there's absolutely no reason to change that basic model.

For others, that change shouts opportunity.

Both can be right at the same time.

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