Final Cut, still the best!!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have to record several live or virtual conferences. My primary use of Final Cut, although not professional (using all the effects and features), is to produce professional-looking videos that will be exportable to social media or on the private website I created for my clients. Final Cut is just a perfect tool to produce high-quality videos rapidly.
Pros
- Export to compressor.
- Easily add subtitle.
- Possible to copy and paste templates.
- Possible to add soundtrack without any hassle.
- Possible to extract soundtrack.
Cons
- The tool palettes and toolbars are sometime difficult to decipher.
- Some advanced features are not easy to find.
- Floating descriptive menu whenever the mouse moves on the tool might help.
- So many tools that a novice is easily lost.
- A menu of all the keyboard shortcuts would be useful.
Likelihood to Recommend
It's an excellent tool, but maybe too complicated for novice video makers...so not 10. Apart from this, the one thing that could be improved ( and maybe I am a novice and cannot find how to do this!!) is creating videos with much smaller file sizes. Most of the videos in 720 are over 1 GB, and I have to use third-party software to reduce the size ( e.g., Handbrake). This is the one thing I would improve. The rest of the software is very well designed. I would love to know more easily how to use some of the tools, but my usage is very limited anyway. I do not have to buy an annual license, which is fantastic. It is expensive to start using, but there are no annual fees afterward. Perfect for my business.
