Just like to say Hi

Just like to say hi to everyone as I have just joined the Final cut Pro X community, i have been editing on Edius for many many years and was a senior on their forum, I have had macs for many years and just bought a new macbook pro with 1TB SSD and 16GB ram, plus a couple of 1TB external SSD drives as well, (love my mac) anyway guys just learning Final Cut so don't mind if I post some silly questions every now and then...lol and again hi to everyone and thanks for letting me join.

Steve

Welcome!

May I ask, why did you leave Edius ?

Hi mate, left Edius because i like the mac operating system better, but I am not into dual operation systems on the one machine, plus I don't mind Final Cut as well, a bit of a different learning kerb, Don't get me wrong though, Edius is great but they just don't do a OS X edition.

Steve

swsw1550 wrote: ...i have been editing on Edius for many many years...just learning Final Cut...

Try to be patient and not get frustrated. FCP X uses a different paradigm than most editors. Rather than being track and file-oriented it uses a storyline metaphor and is database oriented. It is very strong at metadata management. Rather than try to make FCP X work the way other editors do, it's important to take the time and learn new ways. It costs some time up front but saves a lot of hassle.

Here are some good resources:

Ripple Training: www.rippletraining.com/
MacPro Video: www.macprovideo.com/
Lynda.com: www.lynda.com/Final-Cut-Pro-training-tutorials/201-0.html
Larry Jordan: www.larryjordan.biz/

Here is a complete narrated step-by-step walk through of an actual production edit on FCP X, with emphasis on pre-edit organization. Note he was using FCP X 10.0.8, which is before the new library scheme. However 99% of what he says applies to the current version:

fcpxposure.com/video-editing-with-fcpx-at-the-aipp-2013/

Thanks for the links, and yes I will be taking my time as it is a lot different to Edius and even Premiere, but looking forward to the learning curb.

Steve

Hey Steve, welcome to the crazy club

Seems like FCP X is getting really popular down under, we already have a bunch of great Aussies here.

As to the learning curb here's a quote from another Aussie, Clayton Jacobson: "I had adopted very personal workflows editing on Avid and FCP, so starting to work with FCP X somehow felt like learning to walk again. But very soon I found that instead of learning to walk, I actually learned to run."

So enjoy learning X mate, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.


- Ronny