The main FCP X screen
I feel that this interface was a lot more planned out and easier to use than the one on the original Final Cut Pro. One of its main features was the fact that it allows you to edit video and audio in the same program where as last year we had to use Sound Track Pro and Final Cut Pro. This was a pain because if something was wrong when we exported the video for Final Cut then we had to start the sound editing all over again when we put it back into Sound Track Pro. Another great thing about the new Final Cut is that it saves automatically so it doesn't matter if we it closes down accidentally because it is already saved without us having to save it first.
The imported files window
This screen shot is of the window where you import video and audio files. It allows you to put the 'ins' and 'outs' of the clips before you put them into the timeline, this is helpful because you can make sure you have the correct clips so that you don't have useless files dotted all over the screen when you are trying to edit the timeline. Also you can put certain clips together in a folder, so you can link all clips one scene in one folder and another for another scene etc.
The timeline
The timeline is possibly the most important part of Final Cut X because this is the place where all the editing of the tracks happens and this includes both the audio and video. The video tracks are also all blue and the audio is green, this allows you to easily distinguish between the two separate parts of the program. This is where the video and audio tracks from the previous image above are brought and can be edited further and put together to literally create your film. You edit both the video and the audio in the same way, so you can trim and over lap things and even completely delete sections all together if its needed. Also when you overlap sections then they are put onto separate lines so that you can still edit them if they aren't quite right.
The viewing window
This is were you can view what you have edited and you can play the film to see how it looks so far. it simply has a fast forward, rewind and a play/pause button to manipulate the film. It only has these three buttons because all of the editing is done on the timeline at the bottom of the Final Cut Pro X window.
