I speak for myself, not the studio or any of my employers, which is why the name is irrelevant. Even though it’s clear how you form your opinions (or rather prefer to have them formed FOR YOU), so I’m sure that’s unacceptable for you. Call it a cop-out or whatever you like. But I’ve also freelanced for every name studio in L.A. over the last 20+ years, so naming just this one has no value in and of itself anyway. I’m sure you’re just as unwilling to expose the people that actually employ someone with your mindset by name also. I know I would be pissed as your employer if you did.

If you don’t have enough to argue on FACTS but rather resort to comparing **** sizes by engaging in irrelevant, hubristic name-dropping and merely referencing other people’s experiences and opinions (of factually NON-EXISTENT software at the time… ouch!), I’m neither surprised nor interested anyway. Judging by the random blather you’ve made up so far as you went along and the embarrassingly extraneous references you’ve come up with to support yourself, I’ve already lost interest either way. Especially when dealing with some cocky industry noob just a year out of some Art Institute with just a few campy time-lapse, nature, and student flicks under his belt who ISN’T EVEN AN EDITOR. Cheers.

http://dudemeisterblogs.blogspot.ca

And for someone to name PREMIERE’S MULTI CAM as a reason to switch… OMFG… that person needs to get off sniffin’ glue, since it is THE most pathetic implementation of MC on the market, ASIDE from the fact that FCP X mops the floor AND dries it afterwards with Premiere with it’s multi cam… just plain OUCH… credibility = SUB ZERO

It the same pathetic game every time… *sigh*

And whether some “big name” (in *REALITY TV*… LOL now there’s true “pro” measure for ya!) actually sees value in investing ungodly amounts in a company anyone in the business that is also blessed with a minimum of economic sense, will tell you is on it’s last legs, hooray for them. If you don’t already see THAT pie in the face crossing the room, I pity you.

But using your immediate and then even CANADIAN surroundings as the basis for hubristically announcing some “factual” market numbers just plain takes the cake. Nice try, but that’s a full fail if I’ve ever seen one. You clearly need to get out more and sniff some REALITY and not consider yourself DA SHIZ just because you’re the only one within miles that can execute a perfect double-click.

As for the “proof” of this transition, it’s really in what I’ve seen firsthand at post production companies of all sizes, and TV networks (Canadian networks to be specific, so maybe the U.S. is more accepting of FCPX. I wouldn’t know.). But, since it’s the internet and not an in person conversation, I might as well put up a few links for those interested:

Q and A with Bunim/Murray’s Mark Raudonis about their recent Avid switch:
http://bit.ly/U2gIdC

Music Video Editor for the Red Hot Chili Peppers switches to Adobe Premiere Pro:
http://bit.ly/TguxnV

Why Final Cut Pro X is Sending Editors Back to Avid:
http://bit.ly/SiPQ9e

Popular Switches to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 for the latest Burton Snowboards Film – “13″
http://bit.ly/R5MrxE

There are countless other stories out there as well, but all pretty consistent with the above. If there are large scale productions adopting FCPX that is actually great news: if someone is using and developing the tools, then that would only benefit the rest of us and the industry as a whole. I’d like to hear more about it for sure.

We have a Symphony and two MC’s. But with some larger reinvestments around the corner and after seeing how much faster (incredibly fast!) FCP X (especially and even more so with 10.0.6) is for our workflow (literally DAYS faster on our last project where we used both in unison just to find out), we will be phasing out everything Avid over the next year, since for just the price of a single Avid UPDATE we can get several seats of FCP X and use everything else we have as before. It’s sad but true, Avid’s days are numbered. Premiere still has a ways to go to actually represent the modern workflow anywhere close to how X does, but at least they are in a “salvageable” position, unlike Avid.

Reality and facts call really hurt sometimes, no? But feel free to provide anything beyond your dopey joke videos as any sort of “proof” of any of your claims. Oops… you can’t? Go figure.

And sorry to break it to you, Mr. Pro (lol), but I work for a large studio in L.A. where we recently switched from Symphony to FCP X for producing TV pilots for HBO, Starz and more… but you go ahead on dreaming. Whilst you go down with your ship, fist raised high, we’ll be over here actually working. You really seem to need the justification. Gee… wonder why?! LOL

But you are right with one thing: FCP’s user base has in fact expanded *substantially* since FCP X. And that is somehow a BAD thing? LOL… catch a clue.