Well done

I recently switched from Windows to Mac, and I’m learning FCPX. I’d bought a book, which is pretty slow going, and I’d tagged some YouTube videos, some of which were pretty good, and some not. I stumbled across this app by accident in the App Store and decided to give it a go.

The app, is, as one would expect, a collection of video tutorials. They are well-organized and cover a surprising amount of the UI, features, and workflow of FCPX, all in a couple of hours. I was an experienced Premiere Pro editor, which was a two-edged sword. On the one hand, I have a fair amount of non-linear editing experience; but on the other hand, FCPX does things very differently from FCPX. The videos got me up to speed very quickly. I like the fact that it’s an app, rather than just a folder full of QuickTime video—I have added the app to my dock for quick reference over the next several weeks, while I get used to the system. The videos are more or less bite-size chunks that lend themselves to that approach.

The price is right, and the content is solid and well-organized. I can recommend the app witout reservation.

Follow-up: Having worked my way through most of the tutorials, I remain impressed by this app. It has covered most of what I need to know to use FCP X productively. Nice job, and I can enthusiastically recommend it.

Laguna Backpacker about Lessons for Final Cut Pro X