Final Cut Pro X video tutorials available

I think I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and buy this. I'm really hesitant given the reviews, but I also realize that I'm not a "pro" level editor and I don't believe I'll be affected by many of the pain points people are having.

FCPX ain't no iMovie Pro.

I posted the following to another forum:

http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?p=1888144#post1888144

I cannot believe that Apple put all this effort into what some call iMovie Pro and walk away from their hard won FCS "Pro" clients.

I just had a chance to play with FCPX without a lot else going on -- FCPX got my, and my computer's full attention (iMac 24 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo 4 GB RAM ATI, Radeon HD1600 -- no real powerhouse).

Anyway I started import of about 4 GB Compressed AVCHD from a card reader (4GB compressed AVCHD expands to about 28 GB uncompressed video files).


I can tell you this:

FCPX ain't no iMovie Pro!

A few seconds after inserted the AVCHD card the 38 thumbnails appeared in the import screen

I could scrub/play through them as if they were already imported.

I started the import/analysis/transcoding of all the clips and closed the import window.

I opened up the event I was importing and could immediately use the clips while they were still importing (analyzing and transcoding in the background -- in iMovie I would have waited 10-15 minutes before I could do anything.

When I did something that needed CPU/GPU power like playing a clip yet to be imported -- the background processes would pause, as necessary so there was no noticeable effect to the FCPX UI.

I was playing the clip on a 23" Cinema Display while editing on the iMac 24.


This is good stuff!


I can't believe that they did all this just for the Prosumer crowd.