Introduction

It’s been a turbulent few years in the editing world and it is only now that the turmoil of recent times is beginning to subside.

When Final Cut Pro X was released it was controversial, it was a radical departure from what had gone before, and even though it showed huge promise that promise was to be realized later, further down the road. The initial release was not regarded by many as a full release, more like a working beta with plenty of bugs to be ironed out

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That new day has now arrived—at the time of writing, we are 3 years into the development of Final Cut Pro X, and this editing application has proven itself to be reliable ...

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