Well it’s finally hear. Point your mac at the Mac App Store and you can get Final Cut Pro X for $299, Compressor for $50, and Motion 5 for $50. What used to cost over $1000 comes in at just shy of $400. Of course, Apple is touting this as a huge improvement all around:
“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.”
However, not everyone is impressed:
Secondly, Apple seems to have removed stuff, moved stuff, and hidden other stuff from a well-established pro tool. moving/hiding/removing stuff in a pro tool is something that a software maker does at its own risk (look at the mess that Adobe has allowed a tool like Photoshop to become), so in many ways Apple’s committed a cardinal sin by messing around with Final Cut Pro too much.
I freely admit I am not a Final Cut Pro user. From those of you out there, what are your opinions?
via Apple – Press Info – Apple Revolutionizes Video Editing With Final Cut Pro X.
