Re: My closer look at FCPX

Kudos for dipping your toe in the water, but...

I recommend downloading the free trial and cutting a couple of personal non-paid projects to get a feel for it. It is a different program and until you spend some time with it, you won't get it and won't be able to benefit from its many strengths.

Funny thing, though, it wasn't until we actually started cutting real paid projects that our learning curve escalated and we really began to understand X's pros and cons.

Is it perfect? Nope. But it is pretty good. And some of things it does well it does very, very well. IMHO, it makes editing faster and somehow more fun, which is not something I could say about FCP 7.

An hour playing with it in a store is bound to be frustrating. You've got to put in a few days with it at the very least to even see if you like what it's good at and can put up with what it is still lacking.

The one thing that gives me some assurance about the future with X is that they have improved/updated it very rapidly. I'm hoping for another update in June (one year anniversary, right?).

Good luck.