As a general rule of thumb, don't listen to anyone's opinion on Final Cut X unless they've actually taken the time learn and understand it... Same advice should be used for most things in life ;-)
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Chris Freeman < christopherbriggsfree...@gmail.com> wrote: > I disagree with $4000. A 21" iMac - what a school would likely be running > Final Cut on - starts at $1299. I assume there are bulk discounts for > schools, but they likely already have the computers. > > I'm not a teacher, but I graduated four years ago and kept in touch with > teachers at my old school. They bit the bullet and upgraded to FCPX in > 2012. The teachers I've kept in touch with say it's easier to deal with > and to teach it compared to old Final Cut. For example, if you've got 20 > students using 20 different cameras, plus appropriated footage from the > web, FCPX is more likely to be able to deal with all of those file types - > so there's less MPEG Streamclip or Compressor converting and fewer fires to > put out in class. I've also heard the interface is more intuitive to > students coming from iMovie or who have no video editing experience. > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Aaron F. Ross <aa...@digitalartsguild.com > > wrote: > >> My advice is to abandon FCP entirely. This is the rational response due >> to the fact that Apple has essentially abandoned the educational and >> professional markets. Nowadays for a decent OS X system you have to drop >> nearly $4000, not including software. Take a look at their alleged >> educational discounts, it's a joke. And the whole FCP X debacle caused many >> users to switch to Premiere. >> >> Premiere used to suck, but that was ten years ago. Now it's totally >> viable, and I would recommend going that route. It's not perfect, but it's >> far better than FCP X. Plus, it's cross-platform, if you're into that sort >> of thing. Please don't flame me because I alluded to Windows. ;) >> >> Aaron >> >> >> >> At 4/17/2014, you wrote: >> >>> Dear Frameworks, >>> >>> This isn't strictly an experimental film query, but I know many people >>> who teach read this listerve. My department has delayed for years the >>> decision about what to do about the transition away from teaching Final Cut >>> Pro 7, and result has been increasingly chaotic and unsustainable (we've >>> developed a messy do-whatever-you-want solution where individual faculty >>> members choose which editing platform to teach, so some of our students >>> only know FCPX, some are still using FCP7, a handful are learning Premiere >>> on their own, and it's all a bit of a mess). I'd love to hear from as many >>> instructors as possible about what your program has done about teaching >>> editing post-FCP7, how you reached your decision, what your reasons were >>> for teaching or not teaching FCPX, and how things have been working out. >>> >>> Please reply off-list if it seems more appropriate: this may or not be a >>> public discussion topic of interest to others and is maybe a bit >>> off-Frameworks-topic but it would be very helpful for me to compile some >>> information about what others are doing. >>> >>> Thanks so much in advance for your help. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> ............................ >>> >>> Irene Lusztig >>> Assistant Professor, Film and Digital Media >>> University of California, Santa Cruz >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list >>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5. >>> webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Aaron F. Ross, artist and educator >> http://dr-yo.com >> http://digitalartsguild.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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