NEW FCP is 4k and only $299

[Craig W. Bickerstaff]

Not to mention that today is little more then a sneak peek, the launch is roughly 2 months away sometime between now and then we will learn a lot more about this.

[Stephen Gentle]

Funny you say that, Jake. I work every day, LONG days, on both FCP (for corporate & spot work we do) and AVID (for TCL shows I edit). I never have a problem with interface looks. Honestly, maybe it's just me, but I could care less! To me, it's all about workflow, features, speed and stability.

Totally agree. While I'd like it if they'd not use corners quite so rounded on the clips in the timeline, it really doesn't matter. It's insane that people think that if the interface doesn't look a certain way, then it must be crap. That's absolute rubbish - making judgements on how an interface is going to be to use and what kind of features FCP will have based on some blurry pictures of a beta product is stupid.

Based on what people who actually went to the presentation and actually saw the demo, I think that people will be surprised when we see what the app is really capable of...

[Steven-Marc C.]

You can watch the first part of the presentation here http://vimeo.com/22329493
thanks to Emmanuel Pampuri.

[Brandon J.F.]

where to get the code for avid 999 usd?

Here ya go: http://www.avid.com/US/promo

FAQ: http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/self...p?DocId=396211

[Cüneyt Kaya]

Here ya go: http://www.avid.com/US/promo

FAQ: http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/self...p?DocId=396211

thanks

[Kian Marandi]

Post moved to: http://reduser.net/forum/showthread....nounced-at-NAB

[jeremyhyler]

seems cool to me, some fresh air in a stale system. Lets hope for a DVD Studio X with better menu building.

[Imran Farouk]

right well, guess I jumped the gun on my assumption so yes I'm an idiot,the breadcrumbs lead the wrong way and I take it their splitting the app so that you do it a la carte style, http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/04/1...ut-studio-apps
they managed to get the rez versions of the FCP X too so its worth a look if you already haven't seen it,

I think everyone is happy with the new features, I definitely am, I'd have loved it with the old interface look just simply because I loved the general vibe the application gave visually, given after watching the video, I'm slowly starting to enjoy the way it's working together with the features, that magnetic timeline feature is so helpful, number of times my timelines screwed up and repairing its taken time...now that seems like a thing of the past!
Agreed though that judgements can't be made on something that isn't on hand so all real judgement reserved till its in hand,

[Stefan Antonescu]

You can watch the first part of the presentation here http://vimeo.com/22329493
thanks to Emmanuel Pampuri.

And the second part :
http://vimeo.com/22341718

[michael zaletel]

My take is that Apple took a huge gamble here on Randy Ubilos' vision of the future in the same ways they've taken huge gambles on Jonathan Ive's vision of the future. Time will tell if that gamble pays off. Personally, I liked iMovie HD much better than iMovie 8.

EDIT: After watching the demo on Vimeo, FCP X is no iMovie 8. The UI for FCP X just looks simple but is incredibly powerful with the magnetic timeline and conditional tracks.

Yesterday, I tried to edit a movie in iMovie on my iPhone and just couldn't deal with the UI. I quickly went back to ReelDirector which is much more intuitive.

EDIT: I still think iMovie for Mac, iPhone and iPad misses the mark but I think FCP X may hit the nail on the head.

In Mr. Ubilos' defense, he is the guy who led the first team that created Premiere, then left Adobe and led the team who created what is now Final Cut Pro.

Personally, I don't think the new Final Cut Pro X UI will catch on. Randy Ubilos must think it is a superior workflow but just because a UI is better, doesn't mean it will ever become the standard. They really should have created two UI options in preferences and let users decide. I also suspect they may have inadvertently and irreversibly undermined the "brand value" of FCP to professionals by pricing it too low.

EDIT: Perhaps the new FCP X UI will catch on. Now that I've watched it in motion instead of just reading third party accounts and screenshots, it is pretty cool.

-michael zaletel