Another thing Rico will want

Philip Bloom has a blog (and who doesn't, these days?) about film and video and gear for the same, and a post about the new Final Cut Pro:

At the NAB, Apple previewed the much-expected Final Cut Pro X, the long-needed new version of the my editing software of choice, Final Cut Pro. Every version of Final Cut until now has been built on top of Version 1. This new version has been rebuilt from the ground up, so we are talking a totally new interface, many new features, and (finally) 64-bit support for up to 8 cores. I have had over 8gb of RAM on my Macs for years yet, until now, FCP has not utilised more than 4gb or supported 64-bit computers.
New features includes support for automatic image stabilisation on import, audio clean-up, non-destructive color balance, shot detection, and face detection, which sound a bit imovie-like, but nothing wrong with having some of those cool features, I am snobby about having some of those features. A rolling shutter fix is also included as is the much longed-for and much-needed background rendering.
I haven’t used it yet, but I am very much looking forward to it. There is a hell of a lot of automation going on there, a bit like auto mode on cameras… I just hope it’s better than that, or we can turn it all off and go full manual if we want to!
The price is crazy cheap at $299, that is actually slightly worrying as it is veering into consumer pricing. As long as it stays pro…