@Shaveblog @Azo

Calm down, please.

Not sure I follow. You experience issues with the FCPX update so you feel the need to warn everyone on the forum about not updating. I experience nothing but performance improvements but I shouldn't comment because, why again?

I wasn't directing my comment about pirated apps at you necessarily, just anyone who might be experiencing issues because of the iffy quality of pirated apps. It's my experience that most of the time when users complain about an app not working when most other users report nothing but smiles as seems to be the case with FCPX 10.1.2, it's because they installed a pirated app that differs slightly from the MAS version. if that doesn't apply to you, you shouldn't take offense.

And I have the opposite experience, with the latest update to FCPX making a good thing even quicker and more stable. I suggest that anyone having issues with the update should do a full uninstall and then a fresh reinstall. And pay for the unhacked MAS app instead of using one of the pirated versions floating around.

by @ahbleza

Apple just released the latest update to Final Cut Pro X.

• Optimized, proxy, and rendered media can be stored at any location outside of the library
• Easily delete optimized, proxy, and rendered media from within Final Cut Pro X
• Used media indicators for Compound clips, Multicam clips, and Synced clips
• Option to show only unused media in the Browser
• Apply a standard (Rec. 709) look in real time to high dynamic range and wide color gamut video from ARRI, Blackmagic Design, Canon, and Sony cameras
• Automatically apply an ARRI embedded 3D LUT from the new AMIRA camera
• Support for Apple ProRes 4444 XQ
• Improved speed and accuracy when synchronizing clips
• Audio recording improvements including countdown and automatic Audition creation from multiple takes
• Fast export of cuts-only projects containing XDCAM media
• Export entire library as a single XML file
• Selecting a library displays key metadata in the Inspector
• Adjust relative and absolute volume of a clip or range selection
• Create Keywords from Finder Tags when importing media
• Option to sort events by date or name in the Libraries list
• Import a clip by dragging directly into the Browser
• Share 4K video to Vimeo

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/tutorials/1448-what-s-new-in-final-cut-pro-x-10-1-2-by-steve-martin-and-mark-spencer

@trailer

I'd also be interested in seeing what spec MBP you would need to edit 4k in FCPX. Thanks in advance.

take the one from top of the shelf: maximum graphic card, maximum RAM, maximum drive.

@labalbi I've been looking at buying a mac and wondered how much power I need. I googled it and have seen some posts where guys said they're doing okay editing on MacBook Air that had 8GB - that was prob 1080P footage but it shows you these Macs often do okay even when not the top speced model. I actually got FCPX to run reasonably well on my 2006 MacBookPro for editing 1080P ~80Mbps footage, even with color correcting. For 4K, you're obviously looking at more power needed. I spoke with one of the "Geniuses" at an Apple store. He uses FCPX himself and was pretty helpful. He said a lot of the machines in the store have footage downloaded onto the computers so you can actually go into store and try the different models to see speed difference when using FCPX. It's prob 1080P footage, so you could in theory bring in a SD card with 4K footage and import it into FCPX and try it out on different models. Good luck. Please let me know what computer you end up selecting - I'm still looking at different computers. Good luck

I need some help . Today I use an Imac 2009 i3 with 1tb of disk and 16gb of Ram . Cant remember my graphic board but it is not one of those intel iris . Anyway. I intend to upgrade to use with my upcoming GH4 camera. I ll record in 4k but just for editing ´cause I want to take advantage of the 4k resolution but the outuput will be in 1080p . Today all my files are recorded in my firewire drive. And its not as fast as I want to edit my Gh3 footage. Even after converting the files to prores.

My question is . First I was thinking in the new Mac book air . Can it handle 4k footage with only Intel Iris chipset ? Or do I need a Macbook Pro or an full Imac with Geforce 750m ? Any chance the imac mini handle the 4k footage from the GH4 ? Thanks .

MTS in FCPX works fine but don't even think about using MTS in Motion 5. Converting to ProRes first is a factor of 3 hours instead of 3 days for motion tracking and NeatVideo (denoise).

Does anyone know how to fix the AVCHD gamma issue in Final Cut X? From what I've seen the color grading tools in FCX are different than Premiere Pro. In PP I can use the Fast Color Corrector and adjust the output levels from 0-255 to 16-235 to fix the gamma.

Anybody tried to work in a bigger project with native mts files with the new fcpx 10.1.1? How is this responding? I tried out in small test projects and it looks like it runs very smooth. End of transcoding to ProRes?

@bmorgan83 Yes, of course I make backups, but right now I have 11 TB of external drives connected, and they're all at 90% full. I've been in this business long enough to be careful, but it's still annoying when the software bites back. I reported it to Apple, and am working with one of their software engineers to resolve this obscure bug.

@abhleza Do you back up your projects to a secondary drive? I'd definitely recommend it if you don't. I've had various programs eat files for various reasons... particularly with projects in production, I always make sure I've got redundancy (and I'll second Shian's comment... let others get into trouble before you make the jump :) )

If I've learned anything in my time as a filmmaker, it's never grab the latest update without waiting for the blowback and finding out what will happen if you upgrade.