Not much to add here. Just watch this video. And be careful out there.

What a busy last few days it has been, since the release of Apple's FCPX editing application, keeping up with all the reviews and viral videos. With many "Legacy FCP" users feeling abandoned, the two major companies offering the alternative editing applications Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer have quickly weighed in on the change in the marketplace.  Read more »

Well, Final Cut Pro X is out, and the reception has been, well, less than stellar. Macworld gives it 3 1/2 stars. Slashdot asks is it Apple's biggest mistake in years? It has been getting poor comments from Tech Crunch and is not even reviewing well on the iTunes store.

What do you think?

Indie Filmmaker Raberco's "Honest Advertising: The true features of FCP":

Update: Conan's editors love it

Update #2: Hitler, apparently, does not. (warning-- strong language.)

With a bunch of new features including a novel editor, colored notes, CSV export, a sketch tool, and dialog numbering, as well as 22 bug fixes, the newest version of this multiplatform, multilanguage screenwriting and preproduction software has just been released. Celtx is described as open source software.

Here are portions of the press release on this...

Time Warner Cable announced the launch of the Time Warner Cable Short Film Contest in association with IFC. Video submissions will be accepted from September 15th until October 31st via Time Warner Cable’s new YouTube® channel. Four Grand Prize winners will receive a 4-night trip for two to the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, January 20-30.