Final Cut Pro 7<\/strong> released in 2009 to wide acclaim and support from the editing community. Apple stopped support for the NLE only one year later and released Final Cut Pro X<\/strong> a year after that. With the release of FCPX<\/strong>, editors and professionals all over the world panned the software<\/strong>. Many felt it was too limiting and too “dumbed” down<\/strong>. Now, four years and 12 updates later<\/strong>, FCPX has become a fully legit NLE that’s used to edit big budget motion pictures like the recently released Focus<\/a>, starring Will Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n For a broader view of the differences between Final Cut Pro 7 and FCPX and a look at\u00a0why editors should consider FCPX<\/strong>, check out this article from Larry Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n With all of his firmly in mind,\u00a0Vimeo Video School<\/a>\u00a0developed an in-depth series<\/a> of tutorials for FCPX<\/strong> from starting a new project to exporting that project for distribution. Let’s get started and learn how to master FCPX<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In this first tutorial, we get a formal introduction to FCPX <\/strong>and the question is posed to us, “Ready to conquer the complex world of film editing?” Yes. Yes, we are. Let’s get going.<\/p>\n1. Final Cut Pro X Introduction<\/h3>\n