Placko, non-linear editor, visual effects and motion graphics artist, colorist and Apple Certified Master Trainer, and Associate Director of the filmmaking program at Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts.
“One thing that’s tough, is that two-and-a-half years after Final Cut Pro X came out, I feel like I have to defend it all the time,” says R.J. But you can run Final Cut Pro X on any Mac.”
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Now it’s half the room.” Braxton continued, “You can’t run Avid on Mac Mini. A year ago, (BOSCPUG president) Dan Bérubé would ask people to raise their hands if they used Final Cut Pro X. “Version 10.1 is proof that Apple is committed to this program and is listening to its audience,” Consoli said.įollowing the meeting, Jim Braxton, videographer and editor, said, “After the fifth or sixth upgrade, Final Cut Pro X got to be useful. One thing that has people talking is the way the program makes use of the dual GPUs (graphics processing units) for ultra-high resolution 4K footage in the new Mac Pro computer.īen Consoli, director, videographer, editor and owner of BC Media Productions and a presenter at the Boston Creative Pro User Group (BOSCPUG) February 2014 meeting, demonstrated some of Final Cut Pro X 10.1’s features to rapt attendees on a new Mac Pro. New (or restored) features, such as multi-camera editing, have created excitement, wooing former Final Cut fans back into the fold and attracting new users eager to learn the technology.
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In December 2013, the Final Cut Pro X 10.1 update caused another game change. Still others switched to Avid Media Composer or Adobe Premiere Pro. Out of the gate, aficionados of Final Cut Pro 7 either embraced Final Cut Pro X or stuck with the familiar version 7. When Final Cut Pro X debuted, industry experts said the program was missing much-loved features from Final Cut Pro 7, like a multi-camera editing function. It has a futuristic, aesthetically pleasing interface and a “magnetic timeline” that is easy to use. Computer-based non-linear editing was popularized by Avid in the early 1990s.)Īpple’s revamped program is called Final Cut Pro X – officially pronounced “ten,” although some people say “x” – and bears more than a passing resemblance to the home-movie maker iMovie. (Unlike earlier editing technology in which film would literally be “cut” to make an edit, an NLE does not modify the source material. Ever since Apple sent shockwaves through the film and video editing world in 2011 by completely reworking its popular Final Cut Pro program, a reshuffling has been happening in terms of which non-linear editing systems (NLEs) professionals are using.