Re: On the fence.. wondering if X will be a headache or a blessing...

Listen, if the don't have prior NLE experience and aren't held back by being too ingrained in how previous NLE's work, they will likey lovve FCP X! Especially for what you're talking about. CS6 is actually much better than previous versions but I'm an experienced editor / freelancer and I am having to relearn things just to be able to use it. That's gonna be difficult for them. FCP X is bizzare at first for us longtime editors....but really, once you really try it, it's ver good! I'm using it for SOME projects now and it sometimes when I go back to FCP, Avid, or Premiere, they feel really old and dated. Just sayin.

But for who this client wants, FCP X will be perfect. If you're judging it n your past experiences with NLE's...just don't. They won't have the same prejudice as a long time editor does towards the way it works and will probably take to like a duck to water!