Much of FCP X version 1.0 is staggeringly impressive. There's no doubt that Apple's under-the-hood engineering will make life very fluid for some editors. On the other hand, this product at launch is nowhere near perfect, and is sure to defy expectations and disappoint many longtime working video pros who spent the last year looking forward to an upgrade of Final Cut Studio.

Despite many reservations about the new FCP X, after a thorough testing of the app, I'm cautiously on board. Here's why.

The new FCP X interface borrows liberally from Final Cut Server and iMovie--and barely hints at the power of the underlying toolset.

Ingesting directly from the camera into FCP X is as simple and straightforward as it is in iPhoto--if you have an and the related device driver software installed. It supports all Apple mobile devices--iPhone, iPad, iPod, and iPod touch.