FCP X - why it is great

Hi
I have just started my second significant editing project with Final Cut Pro X and I feel that this is truly a great application for editing video, in fact it represents a major step forward for video editors.
Before I go any further I feel that anyone who is contemplating purchasing FCP X should first check that technically it meets their requirements. FCP X does not fit into a “production facility” environment as easily as FCP 7. So, check whether or not these limitations will be a problem.
If you decide to buy FCP X then you will, I believe, have joined in the future of video editing and left the past behind.
If you have been using FCP 1-7 or any other video editor FCP X will seem very strange. Please read the Help. After a while you will become familiar with the way it works. Then you will start to get fluid with it. As you become more acquainted with this application you will find yourself editing faster and with more accuracy and quality than ever before.
You will find that you can scan through your imported materials (what at one time would have been called “rushes”) and make decisions about them much more effectively than before.
You will find that you can place edited clips into your timeline with more ease and accuracy than before.
Once you get the hang of “compound clips” you will find that your timeline will be more logical and easier to deal with than that of other editors.
You will be applying video transitions, fades in and out etc etc much more easily and effectively than before.
The relationships between all different video/audio transformations, animations or transitions and the audio is much easier to manage than with other video editors.
You will see that there are “experts” in these Apple forums who seem to be pouring scorn on this application.
As I have said before it is important to take notice of how FCP X will fit into your situation technically speaking, so the complaints concerning xml export or multi-cam editing might be relevant to you.
However what is not relevant is the suggestion that this is an application for “noobs”, or other suggestions that you will not be a “real professional” if you use this application.
Please ignore this nonsense and check this application out.
I do not participate in online forums very much because I know very well that they are full of “experts” who wish to puff up their weak egos up, argue endlessly, and present themselves as “professionals” whatever that means.
I am very experienced in editing videos, as well as filming in general. If the "experts" don't wish to believe that it is not of concern to me.
If you download FCP X and have the humility to read the Help, find out about it, you will be richly rewarded, and you will start to wonder if these “experts” who are dissing this application have ever edited a video in their lives.

One slight point about Patrick's info.
Since version 10.0.3, FCP X has been able to edit multicam and most people agree that it does so in a far superior and easy way.
I would also suggest that as a beginner you completely ignore the "Help" menu as it can be very confusing.
Instead download these 2 hours of FREE video tutorials and you will see and learn exactly how to use FCP X in no time at all:-
http://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/
Finally do not spend a penny on FCP X until you are sure it is right for you.
You can achieve this by downloading the FREE 30 DAY TRIAL:-
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/trial/
So within 30 minutes of reading this post you could have FCP X sitting on your desktop and be starting to edit with it . . . and all without spending a penny!
P.S. If you already have FCP 7 & and it does what you want, you should stick with it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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