Not only does this mean you don’t need to remember to save your work, it means you can go back to a previous version of your project (if required), and it will be filed away ready to start from an earlier point in your edit. As an editor, you should get used to saving your work regularly, but Final Cut Pro will save you the trouble.įCPX autosaves at various points throughout your work, creating time and date stamped project files as you go. There’s nothing worse than doing a great job only to lose it all when the program crashes. Auto SavingĮditing is a time consuming and fiddly process. So, when you’re editing, you often don’t have to wait for anything to render, FCP has already done it while you sent that text, made that cup of coffee, and spaced out briefly thinking of your next creative move. The big advantage of background rendering is that FCP is doing it every time you stop using the mouse, even if it’s just for a few seconds, a few frames will get rendered. More complicated effects and transitions will take longer to render than a more straightforward composition.įinal Cut Pro X does its rendering in the background, a considerable change since FCP7 when rendering was manual. The render speed of any editing software will depend mostly on what you’re doing.
The drag and drop functionality makes adding effects, titles, and transitions simple, and the timeline (or project) gives a clear overview of what is happening in the video, so stray clips or transitions are easy to spot.
For beginners, the interface is uncluttered, and for experienced editors, once you know where these tools are, they are as intuitive as the rest. There are several features, such as multicam editing, that are a bit hidden away, but these are more advanced editing styles. The whole program has been designed to make it easy for beginners to start using straight away. User-Friendly & Intuitive Learning Curveįinal Cut Pro X has an app like quality to it, with a clean interface and easy to access controls. That’s 5 potential editing devices you can have for the one time cost. You can have up to 10 Apple devices, 5 of which can be computers, connected to the same Apple ID. If you’re a professional video editor that’s going to use FCP for a long time, this can save you big bucks!Īdditionally, FCP is purchased, downloaded, and updated through the App Store, so you don’t need to pay extra to have it on more than one editing machine. That is, once purchased, you don’t need to continue paying a monthly fee, and all the updates are included. One Time Priceįinal Cut Pro X is one of the only industry-standard editing programs that comes for a one-time price. Some of our favorite things about the software are happening behind the scenes. There is a lot to love about Final Cut Pro X, and a lot can be achieved with the software.
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