Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro does not run on a subscription service. You only have to buy it ONCE and for what you get it’s a really good deal. It’s easy to use especially if you moved over from iMovie. The learning curve is super small even if you did not move over from iMovie it’s intuitive. The rendering speeds aren’t bad when it comes to 4K. Slicing trimming and stretching clips is all very easy in Final Cut Pro as well. Much easier to use than Adobe Premiere Pro.

The transitions and the title screens are more or less brought over from iMovie with a few added. I feel like there could be more options when it comes to the videos, pizzazz or the things that really make the video pop. Final Cut Pro. It’s a pretty basic editor. It does a really good job with green screen and other effects like that, but the transitions are just overdone. Of course you can download transitions and import them from outside sources, but I would just rather not bulk up the program if you’re using an old computer, Final Cut Pro takes up a lot of space.

It’s quick to add clips to a timeline and add transitions.

The organization of your raw files behind the scenes is a mess. Hard to find all the footage and assets. The workflow is very much like iMovie, which doesn’t seem very professional. And there is no integration with After Effects.

I have been using Final Cut for a long time. When I was a student in highschool this was a really hard tool to use. We used it because it was a great product but it was very difficult. I remember seeing a library of manuals for it in our lab. However, years ago they came out with FCPX and it is very user friendly now for the basics, yet still has the depth to do anything.

Wish their was more transitions, effects, etc. You can find tons of this online for a cost or even free sometimes but I wish the program itself had more to start with.

Drag and drop , text options , intuitive design

The magnetic timeline and unavailability of basic layers stacking