As a former 26 year Broadcast TV Producer, I still vote Final Cut Pro. It’s not loaded with goofy effects and transitions that you’ll never use. Plus, the price is now amazing. Most of it is intuitive and it can output to any format, from national networks to Instagram. Anything you see on television, FCP can do (except for cgi, of course).
Is Final Cut Pro only for Mac?
I wish that Final Cut Pro was available for Windows, because I’m still accustomed to working with a mouse. But the iPad version is quite good also. I’m starting to use it a bit more. Have been trying to launch a web video series (which will probably get 3 or 4 faithful viewers LOL).
If I ever went Mac, I’d go to FCP.
Vegas is great but it’s so bloated with extras.
I used to produce stock footage when it was worth doing. Cuts only with the usual color / pedestal type tweaks. The vast majority still live at shutterstock, adobe, and Pond5. Every now and then I get a sale.
Up until a few years ago, I used to make a couple hundred dollars a month a lot of the time.
The once in a while YouTube, a handful of the effects and made up key bars and other supers in a photo editor.