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....So what ever I may someday be required to switch to, it has to be able to handle the load. Add to that the work done in After Effects and Photoshop that integrates so well with Premiere Pro....hard to move away from...
FCP X can handle any load you need, in fact the recent Will Smith movie "Focus" was edited on FCP X. In this interview assistant editor Mike Matzdorff discusses it (and his difficult transition to FCP X):
Mike Matzdorff on the organisation behind editing a major Hollywood feature on FCPX
While FCP X has Motion and that can do some cool things, it's not remotely a replacement for After Effects. But for us Motion is sufficient.
When we changed from CS6 to FCP X we were Windows based so it was a hardware and software change. You are already Mac-based so it's just software. That said FCP X is a huge transition. CS6 is a good product -- fast, straightforward to use, etc. There is no immediate need to change. But eventually you'll either need to pay for Adobe cc or switch to another product.
For documentary-style work with a high shooting ratio, FCP X has the big advantage of integrated media management. On CS6 we tried CatDV but weren't satisfied with it, so just used spreadsheets to log, tag and query our material. With FCP X that capability is built in.