Thanks. But it was the Avid AMA that I had trouble with .MTS files. All good with FCPX. Never had an issue importing any of the formats I’m using so far. Will definitely check out that Final Cut Grill article. Thanks!

Ted, to import .MTS files into FCPX, you need to import the original file structure on the card. Do an AVCHD search on my blog and you’ll find it.

And, based on an interview of Alex4D on Final Cut Grill I heard, you might actually say that iMovie is really build on FCPX.

Great points Larry. I totally agree now that I’ve kept working with FCPX all the way to 10.09. Your audio editing is more extensive than mine, but I do see the similarities. I actually believe that the compound clip function in FCPX is similar to nesting in Avid as well. And I use the AVid AMA a lot, and it is clunky. I have not been able to get AMA to read .MTS files although I haven’t tried any online help yet. And once again, I’ll close with the ridiculous statement I’ve been getting grilled for, and that is that FCPX is the iMovie app on steroids based upon the identical functionality of the GUI. Yes, I am saying that Apple is ushering in, or trying to but going slowly, finger based pro editing on a tablet. Out on a limb but why make the GUI the same as the iMovie app? All of the non-linear companies want us off the mouse. How about finger swipes, taps and slides? iPad Pro anyone? I’m betting its coming. If not, someone else will. Just keep using tablets.

I’ve used Media Composer for the past ten years and I think there are more similarities between Media Composer and FCP X than there are between FCP X and FCP 7.

FCP X can synchronize audio and video by analyzing wave forms ?
Avid can too.
Premiere can’t
FCP 7 can’t

The magnetic timeline and the ability to put the shot you want thanks to the position tool ou the normal arrow tool and see the others shots move and keep everything synchronized ?

Avid can too, thanks to the yellow arrow.

Premiere can’t
FCP 7 can’t.

But,

When you receving your audio files from the sound engineer and when there is 8 differents tracks, between the cavalier mic, the boom mic and the mixdown on tracks 7 and 8, with Avid you must sync the video with track 7 and 8 and after make a audio conformation for the dialogue editing. Because if you don’t you will have to edit with 6 or 8 tracks for every shots. It’s not human, expect if you are the editors of JJ Abrahms who actually do that, they are editing with all the audio tracks recorded.

In FCP X, you don’t have to because it handles multi-channels editing, and your 8 tracks can be showned as one and the show all the 8 for the dialogue editing and the mixing.

THIS is the biggest innovation for me . It’s amazing.

But to understand that, you have to work with 8 tracks of audio and only motion pictures are working like that or high end documentaries.

Then, the AMA system of Avid is a new tool inspired by the way FCP 7 works. That’s why Avid put it in their system.
Also, that’s why MC can handle now ProRes files, because they know that when you make an HD-CAM SR you will need a ProRes export, that’s what Broadcasters ask for, in HD and soon in 4K with only the digital file.

But AMA bugs in Avid, it does not work as well as they would like to.
MC is not yet supported on Mavericks, Premiere and FCP X works fine on the last OS, why Avid’s so long ?

And Avid, even though it claims it can handle natively some codec or even RAW files, won’t work as promise, because it is still in an offline editing logic.

I’ve never seen someone said that they are more similarities between MC and FCP X but I say so because I’ve used both and because of the audio management and the ability to handle perfectly our most used codecs, like ProRes or even Red RAW files , I prefer FCP X.

So yes, from my POV, FCP X is the future.

uhh…i love FCPX but no system out there is as deep as Media Composer or the Nitris/Symphony set. I hate comparing NLE’s but to say FCPX is the best on the market might be a stretch.

no offense but i do not think so.Actually FCPX is certainly the best one in the market now.

I’m a big fan of the program since day 1 and have been editing with it and Avid Media Composet 6.5. I see similarities. However, I cant truly enjoy it on my mid 2010 tower running 28mb of RAM. Just not powerful enough and the money i would put in a more powerful graphics card
i may hold for the new black cylinder mac pro.