Apple only released the software today, but Final Cut Pro X already is a hit. Perhaps that big price reduction -- to $299.99 -- has something to do with buyers' enthusiasm. Motion 5 and Compressor 4, which also released today for $49.99 a piece, rank second and fourth, respectively. Too bad so many of buyers' give the software a 1-star rating.
Still, for a top seller, lots of people aren't loving it. As I write, the average review is 2.5 stars, with the majority of buyers -- 102 out of 220 ratings -- giving Final Cut Pro X one star.
One of the Final Cut Pro X buyer shares his experience on the product page in the Mac App Store:
„ I'm working on a 8 core Mac Pro and have been working with FCP for almost a decade. I was working on a project and got the word that FCP X was available for download. I closed FCP 7 and purchased FCP X downloaded and installed it. The first thing I noticed was an icon to import IMovie Events. Are you serious?? iMovie -- the same program my aunt uses to edit videos of her weddings and kid birthday parties. I'm a professional, editing videos forbroadcast television and have never used anything other than FCP!
So I go to open my project in FCP X and it won't open. It turns out that FCP X is not backwards compatible with any previous version of FCP. You can import iMovie Events but not FCP? WOW!!! So now I'm back to FCP 7 to finish up my projects and will revise this review if FCP X turns out to be what me and all of my fellow FCP users expected. But right now I will give it 1 star, because it should be told to perspective buyers that you cant use it with FCP 7 and older projects.”
Kenneth Stillman, who is "incredibly disappointed", also gives the software a single star. He writes:
„Forget that it's just confusing right out of the gate. Simple things like editing a multiclip are just a complete mystery to find. I can't figure out how to put in a slug, I need two seconds of black before the video starts. I do a lot of music video and I like to tap out the beat of the song. Forget in FCPX. It doesn't create audio markers in real time the way FCP 7 did. I just want to shoot myself because I wasted $300, and I somehow have to explain this to my wife.”
There are supposedly 70 5-star reviews, but they were tough to find. Five-star rater Satyender Mahajan described Final Cut Pro X as an "excellent editor" that is "responsive" with an "elegantly-designed interface". Kell Gallaher calls the software "just awesome".
Abit of apple's press release.
California-June 21, 2011-Apple® today announced Final Cut Pro® X, a revolutionary new version of the world's most popular Pro video editing software which completely reinvents video editing with a Magnetic Timeline that lets you edit on a flexible, trackless canvas; Content Auto-Analysis that categorizes your content upon import by shot type, media and people; and background rendering that allows you to work without interruption. Built on a modern 64-bit architecture, Final Cut Pro X is available from the Mac® App Store™ for $299.99.
"Final Cut Pro X is the biggest advance in Pro video editing since the original Final Cut Pro," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "We have shown it to many of the world's best Pro editors, and their jaws have dropped."
"I'm blown away by what Apple has done with Final Cut Pro," said Angus Wall, Academy Award-winning film editor. "Final Cut Pro X is incredibly modern and fast, but most importantly it lets you focus on telling your story in the most creative way, while it actively manages all of the technical details."
"I'm blown away by what Apple has done with Final Cut Pro," said Angus Wall, Academy Award-winning film editor. "Final Cut Pro X is incredibly modern and fast, but most importantly it lets you focus on telling your story in the most creative way, while it actively manages all of the technical details."
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