OK! I know, the missing tape, monitor, multicam, export features suck. But come on, FCP 7 is a mess! Buggy, slow, kludgey, ugly. Yes, we have learned how to get it to work, but eligant and reliable it is not. After doing several series projects with mulitple cams, editors and FCP 7 systems on a fiber connected SAN, I can say that I was actually relieved when Starz Media eliminated the post production dept entirely and my VP job along with it. Finally some sleep.
So it was more out of curiosity than anything that I downloaded FCPX. Yes there are glaringly obvious ommissions, BUT, there are some very powerful paridimes being established with this release. The magnetic timeline has awesome potential. Once I got a handle on it, I loved it. Is it perfect? No, but what part of FCP7 is? Multiple storylines in a timeline has perhaps the most untapped potential; like sequences within sequences.
So call me crazy, but i'm just not ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater just yet. Is it different? Yeah, way so. But there is a lot of cool in there. I'm going to finish my old projects in FCP7, but I'm gonna start all the new ones in FCPX. I think I will glad I did.
Oh and BTW, it's very easy to get you media on any mouted drive. Just select the drive in the brouser and create a new event. Imported media goes to the selected drive.
Just sayin...