Final Cut Pro X hands-on video (Updated)

I went from using Premiere Pro and Vegas to iMovie for most things. I can't see how one could find the iMovie interface so atrocious. It's about as idiot-proof as they come.

I spend more time on content instead of fiddling with the interface.

Did the App Store just remove all customer reviews for FCPX? There were pages of blistering comments. Now all gone: http://t.co/yaRLOcZ

I would rather see a review from a true video professional. Assuming
iPhone videos in h264 are good testing material for a pro app makes me
think this guy is nothing but a fan boy that used to use iMovie. I
work with final cut pro and I know it well, and honestly it's
disappointing to see a lot of the pro features (like multiclip) gone
in favor of ease of use and bells and whistles for non-pro users. This
should be iMovie pro, not final cut. At the end of the day, I care
more about getting the job done fast and efficiently, instead of
looking at nice interfaces and working around incomplete and/or
missing features

After watching Matt's video and reading about it on Apple's website I have to say that for my workflow this will be a lot faster!!! It sucks that we just purchased FCP Studio just a few months ago, but we still use IMovie for quick edits and other projects for professional output. It seems that all of the frustrating elements of IMovie are not present in this platform. And IMovie has a bunch!!! But in the same breath FCP7 has its elements that are equally frustrating and it seems that most have been addressed. Speed and intuitiveness are my main criteria for editing. And I must say after seeing some of the new features I am excited to use this new platform. For instance, not having to switch to a whole new program to adjust color or sound...it made no sense to me that this was not how FCP was designed before. But maybe this was to satisfy those who use the term "Professional" too liberally. As long as features like printing to tape and handling(importing) 24p footage have been improved this will be well worth the $299 price tag!
Anyone know if there is an upgrade discount???

Using the Share function in FCP 7, you could indeed author a BASIC Blu-ray disc. BASIC. Same with DVD, too. BASIC. (I know, I keep mentioning it, but I didn't like just how basic they were.) Plus, Share was very, very slow, especially had I just gone through the encoding process with Compressor and made a basic DVD in DVD Studio Pro.

I love it! Haters gon' hate I guess, but I think this is a great improvement over what was becoming a VERY dated app. More detailed thoughts here: http://bit.ly/iw5AbX

FCP - RIP 2011.

FCPX is not a professional-grade editing system. The inability to import/export FCP, EDL, OMF files make it highly inefficient when considering the entire post-production process.

Alot of prosumers and software reviewers seem to be unaware of this obvious aspect of "professional" post-production workflow. So stop calling FCPX a "professional" editing solution and call it what it is:

iMoviePro

FCP - RIP 2011.

FCPX is not a professional-grade editing system. The inability to import/export FCP, EDL, OMF files make it highly inefficient when considering the entire post-production process.

Alot of prosumers and software reviewers seem to be unaware of this obvious aspect of "professional" post-production workflow. So stop calling FCPX a "professional" editing solution and call it what it is:

iMoviePro

FCP 7 could do Blu-ray (last revision), why are you guys so surprised? XD

Sure glad Avid is offering a side grade to Final Cut Owners for 949.00 to Media Composer because this new version is not very professional in it;s editing style AND SUBSTANCE. If I wanted Imovie I would use Imovie...