Kingdom Invasion
If you’ve been tuned in to my twitter stream over the last week or so, no doubt you’ve heard about the video I’ve been making for my youth group’s video contest. This has been the first project that I used Final Cut Express for, and now, I can easily say that Final Cut has changed the way I edit.
It isn’t one of those apps, like Aperture, that just feels right. In fact, when you begin to use it, it feels awkward. Adding clips, creating keyframes, and preforming edits are all confusing at first. However, after spending a couple hours experimenting and clicking buttons, everything comes together in a quirky sort of way. Almost like Photoshop or Illustrator’s interfaces. Far from seamless, but they work once you become accustomed to them.
After much filming, thinking, editing, and (waiting while) rendering, the video is finished, and has been submitted for the contest. I will find out the winners on April 27th. So without further ado, the feature presentation:
Now that I’ve used it, I can’t help but dream about a complete redesign of Final Cut from the ground up. Written in Cocoa, and sporting a fresh Aperture-like interface. I’m excited just thinking about it.
