What I love about the new Final Cut Pro X video

@peaceonearth Thanks for advice.

@maxr Lol. Thanks for advice and offer - will let you know if I jump in heavy enough to need that stuff.

Media organization, clip selection and keywords are a huge benefit. I have a lot of files and only a few end up in the edit. I do that way faster in FCPX than in PP. Multicam works flawless. I cancelled my PP subscription recently as I do not use it anymore.

If you are coming from PP FCP legacy or avid and you are seriously interested in FCPX I highly recommend spending some money in an introduction tutorial. FCPX is quite different from other NLE and if you are looking functions from PP in FCPX it will be disappointing. The solutions for same results are different sometimes.

(If you are paid by hours you better stay with avid or PP)

@4CardsMan +1 It's really difficult to convince people of the power of FCPX. Most editors are impatient and want to be fast immediately. FCPX really needs some time to understand. Once I understood the concepts behind the toolset, I really liked it. Now it's hard when I go back to Avid & Premiere because they feel old and clunky in their workflow. FCPX is fast and allows great effects customising through using Motion as an effect plugin creator. BTW I came from large online edit suites with dedicated DVE effects hardware and FCPX is the best editor the effects area if you ignore Autodesk Smoke.

It is really major in terms of UI and audio and feels snappier, too. I know there isn't much love around here (or from me) for Apple's hardware policies, but I feel strongly the FCPX is a transformative filmmaking tool that has made a huge difference in our speed and agility. The other day I gave a talk to a media lab that is really about students going out into the jungle and telling small stories on a regular basis, and I was crushed to see them using Premier. I would like to be brand agnostic and learning more than one NLE is a great idea, but if you need to turnaround content quickly and in an organized fashion, FCPX makes your life so much easier.

excellent, thank you

anyone point me to a good tutorial for learning the new features? I also want to start using roles more often if theres an in depth tutorial for this as well thanks

Update PR

Apple releases significant update to Final Cut Pro X

New Magnetic Timeline, Redesigned Interface and Integration with the Touch Bar on the All-New MacBook Pro A redesigned interface supports wide color workflows and incredible new editing features.

Cupertino, California — Apple today introduced a significant update to its professional video editing app, Final Cut Pro X, featuring incredible new editing features for the Magnetic Timeline, support for the revolutionary Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro and a redesigned interface with full support for wide color workflows. The Touch Bar replaces the keyboard’s traditional function row with a brilliant, Retina-quality Multi-Touch display that dynamically adapts to Final Cut Pro X by putting intuitive, context-sensitive controls right at the user’s fingertips. Apple also released updates to Motion and Compressor.

Touch Bar allows users to instantly switch between editing tools, audio levels and useful commands for trimming and playback.

“This is our biggest update to Final Cut Pro X since we completely redesigned it five years ago,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Apps Product Marketing. “The new version features a sleek interface and adds powerful new editing features that go far beyond what’s possible with traditional, track-based video editing apps; and integration with the revolutionary Touch Bar gives professional video editors a whole new way to interact with Final Cut Pro X.”

New editing features allow users to rearrange your film’s vertical layout — a first for pro video software.

With the new Magnetic Timeline in Final Cut Pro X, users can understand their film at a glance with customizable arrangement and color coding of audio clips based on type or “role” — such as dialogue, music and effects. It’s simple to create and assign roles, and give each one a unique color. And in a first for pro video software, users can simply drag to instantly rearrange the vertical layout of their timeline or highlight specific audio roles while editing.

Integration with the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro boosts creativity and productivity by dynamically adapting to each task and presenting intuitive controls exactly when and where users need them. While using Final Cut Pro X the Touch Bar lets users instantly switch between editing tools, adjust audio levels and tap into useful commands for trimming and playback. It will even display a color-coded, interactive overview of the entire timeline so users can navigate their project with the touch of a finger.

Wide color workflows make it easier to import, edit and deliver video across varying monitor sizes.

A redesigned interface streamlines the layout of Final Cut Pro X to optimize screen space for MacBook Pro users, while a darker, flat look puts the focus on the content. Customizable workspaces let users adjust window arrangements for different tasks such as organizing, editing and color grading — even across multiple monitors. Full support for wide color workflows allows users to import, edit and deliver video in standard Rec. 601 and Rec. 709 color spaces or in wide gamut Rec. 2020 color space.

Additional features in Final Cut Pro 10.3:

• Flow transition creates invisibly smooth jump cuts;
• Remove Attributes allows users to easily delete or reuse select effects across multiple clips;
• Timecode overlay effect and generator allow users to edit with a large view of source timecode;
• Support for ProRes MXF, Panasonic V-Log and export of AVC-Intra;
• Direct video output via Thunderbolt 3 enables high-quality video monitoring on an external display with a single cable.

Compressor 4.3 has a new dark look to match Final Cut Pro X and Motion. Enhancements to iTunes Store Package creation let users easily browse, verify and compress packages so they can be delivered to the iTunes Store faster and fully compliant. Wide color support ensures end-to-end color fidelity when delivering files in standard and wide color spaces, and Touch Bar support simplifies common tasks like setting up batches and adding markers on the new MacBook Pro.

Pricing and Availability

Final Cut Pro X 10.3 Free update today for existing users; $299.99 for new users. Available on the Mac App Store.

LUTs in FCPX

@gameb check if AppNapp is activated. cmd I at the program icon. Should be de-activated.

I just made a feature request about the Library model. Before libraries, I kept all my events and projects on the second internal drive in my Mac Mini server. FCPX managed everything with no intervention. Now, under the Library model, the default startup folder is /~/Documents, and backups default to /~/Movies, both on the boot drive. If it doesn't find an event to open, it will create one. Under the current scheme, the user can go in and specify every detail, but it won't remember them after a reboot. I have actually created a dummy library and event in /~/Documents so that it won't create one itself. This has turned in to a management nightmare. I have requested three changes: 1 - Allow the user to specify in advance where FCPX will keep libraries. 2 - Allow FCPX to start with no library or event open. 3 - Put in a check box to let FCPX manage media as in 10.0. I know they made these changes to accommodate squawking broadcast professionals working in a shared environment. But they have forced independents such as me to constantly worry about where something will end up.

Apart from the initial learning curve, FCPX is fine for editing. It is great for modern long-GOP formats like AVCHD and H264 as it will work with the native files; no transcoding required. If needed FCPX will create transcoded files in the background. You will need a plugin to read LUT's in FCPX.

So ive been messing around with luts ect with fcp 7 and adobe premiere pro, Only thing is some of them work some of them dont, I know they work with fcp x , but I guess my main question is is fcp x alot better to edit with gh4 footage than fcp7? because I have to update to osx 10.9, because i have 10.8.5.

Thanks.