Just ask the many that rely on it daily to edit television and film projects.īTW: When you see a review that says “basically iMovie”, “very limited functionality”, or “not for professionals”, you can trust the reivewer either doesn’t know how to use the product (likely) or has an agenda in favor of Adobe (also likely). It’s a great program for prosumers who want more than iMovie can offer, no doubt, but it’s also a superb tool for pros.
Try FCPX and see for yourself that it is far, far from “iMovie for prosumers”. It can be hard to filter out the legitimate complaints. When it comes to Final Cut, and Microsoft in general, there is a lot of schadenfreude out there. Today Final Cut Pro X is an outstanding NLE. However, that’s not Final Cut Pro X today. Add to this the fact that Microsoft handled the update inelegantly, and it was quite the firestorm. There were legitimate issues at the time, with many features missing and an entirely new program to learn for editors that knew FCP like the back of their hands. When the revamped Final Cut Pro X first dropped, it upset many longtime users.
