Paul,
I, like many of my Paleolithic contemporaries continue to use Final Cut Pro 7 to edit much of my work.
Apple promoted and supported FCP for many years, TV show editing was split evenly between FCP and the previous industry standard Avid.

Then in 2011, after firing the entire FCP development team Apple introduced Final Cut Pro X, which was developed by their iMovie team. The new program looked and worked like a slightly more capable version of the consumer app. The television industry was aghast, most production limped along on the old, now unsupported FCP 7 until they either switched back to Avid or the new challenger, Adobe Premier.

Interestingly many of the features that were cut when building the first FCP X have since been replaced, although the old canvas/viewer/timeline metaphor is still gone.

I actually use FCPX for some work, the old program can’t handle the new camera codecs or 4K video. I keep a Post-It on the monitor to decode the ridiculous naming convention of FCPX. It reads:

FCP 7 Project  = FCP X Library
FCP 7 Bin = FCP X Event
FCP 7 Sequence = FCP X Project

The positive legacy of Final Cut Pro is that its existence drastically reduced the cost of very expensive non-linear editing systems, Once $40-80K each:

Avid is now $1,300 plus $300/year (plus, of course, the cost of the computer and hard drives.)

Adobe Premier is $20/month.

FCPX costs $300 outright, with free updates.

FCP 7 can’t be purchased anymore.

I know, Paul, you expected a simple answer, but you scratched a sore subject.

Short answer is I use unsupported FCP 7 when able, Avid when I work with a professional editor on TV shows, and FCP X for personal project when I shoot 4k or newer cameras FCP 7 can’t support.

Craig Spirko

Thanks Craig.

It still chaotic as far as I can tell :-)

We will have to put up with it. In mean time I will use OneShot so all you
Apple guys get free VLC so you can see some videos.
OneShot can reduce the size of a typically digital camera or cell phone
video file to a size practical for emailing. Windows does not seem to have
a problem yet.

BTW Jim Mederer flew up a few days ago and took a look at the TTC
project and insisted we add an oil cooler. There is nothing on the market,
as far as I can find, that is of  reasonable size and thickness so we will
rework a Dodge truck rad and put it on the low pressure suction side
of the oil pump. Out of the dry sump tank through the two pass
truck rad and into the oil pump. It will be mounted under the current
water rads.

This should take a couple of weeks at the most. Everything else appears
to be handled.

Paul Lamar

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