Apple to Allow Additional FCP 7 Enterprise Licenses and More on FCP X [Update]

So now that Apple will let current users buy additional seats (well, soon they will), can everyone shut up whining so much now? Use the system that works for you.

FCP7, as it currently stands, was developed over 10+ years. FCPX has just come out. Development time makes a big difference.

It won't let small shops who don't qualify for enterprise licences buy additional seats.

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I was really looking forward to FCP X until I had it!. I have in fact tried to use it various times but only run into problems or am not able to do stuff that takes me 30 secs in FCP 7.

To be honest I am slowly arriving to the realization that FCP will not be my software of choice when it comes to editing, I cannot rely on software that has turned into hobby software, nor can I justify spending time and money learning a possible Shake scenario when Apple does not deliver.

The breaking point for me are these comments on available "via 3rd party" this is never the way to go for basic core functions. I want a integrated system and not have to install 30 different programs to get FCP 7 then have one or more of them break when Apple updates the OS.

Sad to say but! after soooooooooo many years of FCP evangelism in the end AVID will be getting all my future Euros.

I have actually deleted FCP X from my system, maybe down the road will be surprised with what Apple incorporates.

But until then Ex FCP user. :(

They sure do say 3rd party and soon a lot.

Some will cost?

That is pretty much the final straw for our facility...

We will play out FCP7 for a few more months, but certainly will not be spending any more money with Apple for their ill-considered, poorly designed hobby software ever again. The dream of those of us who supported FCP for years, putting up with the Avid users mocking the upstart software is over, and it hurts even more that the Avid crowd was eventually justified.

Big software upgrades always cost. Remember that Final Cut Pro X is a hell of a lot cheaper than Studio used to be. Apple just recognises that not everyone needs some things, so why not get a great basic functionality and let third parties handle those things?

All of these NLE software options are just tools for doing the job. Choose the one that suits you based on that and be done with it.

The FCPX saga is getting a little tired now (for me at least), but I appreciate some people are concerned about the future of software they depend on. These things usually work out pretty well in the long run -- look at the initial reaction to OS X, for instance, as highlighted by HP the other day. As a programmer I've personally been through several major shifts in the platforms I work with over the years. Again, it always worked out pretty well, and I'm actually very glad that people are always trying to change and improve stuff that we come to take for granted. It keeps things fresh and interesting.

It will not cost you anything extra if you don't buy FCP X before these updates are included. Everybody buying FCP X now (or anytime in the last two weeks since the the first detailed reviews were in) knows they buy a preview of what FCP will become in the future, not a fully-featured new version.

Oh, 'everybody knows' that, eh?

That's like being sold a car without a working transmission and then being told afterward that it is simply a 'preview' of what is to come.

I'm an unabashed Apple fan, but these kinds of nonsensical apologies are simply sad.

Yes, it upsets me because they sold a piece of software that is basically useless for film professionals and are planning on charging additional fees for functionality. It borders on criminal.

Again, you don't know that they will charge for the updates they are talking about on the short term. Multicam for example will be a free upgrade: http://www.fcp.co/forum/4-final-cut-pro-x-fcpx/346-my-take-on-the-apple-fcpx-briefing-in-london-6711#346

This is all pretty good news and a PR repair job that should never have been needed. Having now used X for a week or so I have to admit it can do pretty much everything I thought it couldn't at first use. Extending 7 licenses is an excellent move. If all we are left with is no import of projects then I think that can be lived with.

I was saying that I can't understand how he could get mad about something he knew nothing about.

I think that's the glaring point in this entire saga. When your business depends on a particular piece of equipment/software, you don't want to "know nothing about" it. You want a clear roadmap, you want clear indications. This is people's lively hoods we're talking about.

I personally think Apple is not ready for commercial/enterprise deployments precisely because of their culture of secrecy. It just doesn't work when so much planning needs to go into these solutions.

Final Cut Pro X: there's a 3rd party plugin for that