Introduction
It was way back in April of 2011 when Apple unveiled Final Cut Pro X to the world. Randy Ubilos, the creator of the original Final Cut Pro, demonstrated the latest version of the software to an excited crowd. The event was the Final Cut Pro User Group NAB SuperMeet. The venue was jam-packed, and Randy’s demo was punctuated by cheering and whooping of the crowd as feature after feature was revealed, giving the audience a taste of what was to come.
The aftermath of April 2011 was not so clear-cut. Final Cut Pro X was released in June of 2011. Many in the editing community cried this was no more than a souped-up version of iMovie; others jumped ship to other editors; a few early pioneers seized on the new software, extolling its ...
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