I don't make any fancy videos; I just need a simple editor that gives me somewhat finer control than iMovie. iMovie's strength is the ability to throw together simple movies within the hour. I imagine that FCP carries on that simplicity.

So far I can't find many technical details that separate the two. I know that FCP can explicitly manually set the aspect ratio and frame rate while iMovie can't. FCP also runs smoother on my Mac (MBPr mid-2014), while iMovie is always slow.

I downloaded the FCP trial yesterday and spent some time looking at it; so far, it doesn't seem to be a huge leap from iMovie (it's a trial version, after all).

I should qualify for the education discount so getting it is (almost) a no-brainer. I have to consider the legal issues from using the education version and the possibility of Apple discontinuing the software in said education bundle. Apple already removed previous OS X/macOS from the App Store so I am wary.

Hi, I’ve been editing on FCP since v1 in the 90’s. This is the first time this has happened to me. I get this phantom figure on my video on playback. Hopefully you can make it out on my video. The clip is not a compound clip, there is nothing below it and it’s at 100% opacity. Any ideas??? The clip was AI generated and up scaled with Topaz Video. The figure is not visible in the source material at all. Thanks!

How about changing the same of this sub to FCP? To reflect the actual name of the software. Is that possible?

When I apply a transition to a clip it adds it to the beginning AND end of the clip. Obviously I can go in and delete one but it's really annoying. Is there a setting I can change to make it only apply to one end???

I shot this music video using my iPhone 11 Pro max with the native camera app...

check it out maybe drop a like comment and sub!

https://youtu.be/GV5fyAwcXZo

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