Oh, don’t get me wrong, Avid is an amazingly powerful program and I fully understand why it’s the industry standard. Like I said, I feel it’s ideal when you’ve got the original, raw footage to start with, but it’s cumbersome at best when trying to use it for fan-editing purposes.
But I also haven’t touched Avid (or Final Cut) in almost 10 years (since I lost any interest in pursuing an actual post-production career…wish I’d figured that out before I got a full 4-year bachelor’s degree in it), so I couldn’t tell you how much either program has changed. Last time I touched Final Cut was when FCPX was first introduced and both myself and everyone else I knew absolutely HATED it and jumped ship for Premiere pretty much immediately.