A special Thank You to Chris Kenny

[Paul Dickin]

Hi
Agreed.
This forum needs now to move on to ‘What we have Now’, and not ‘What we Had Then’ and ‘What we Will have When…’.
Chris and all the other stalwarts like Craig – and the rest – have been tireless in explaining both the visible and the invisible aspects of this brand new software tool.
Thank you 🙂

[Tomislav Rupic]

Finally a reasonable post 🙂
As much as I was disappointed when I first opened FCPX, I believe in Apple and that they
will do their best to make this no1 pro editing software. If you look at all their first
version software (even iOS) they will rather not include basic features but wait till they can
make them as best as they can and include them in version 2. Just look at all the other
companies, yes they have all those fancy features but at the end its just one huge mess
and is counter productive…

Best advice I can give, is keep on working on your FCP7, because lets be honest,
if you liked to work on MC5 or PP, you would work on them, there is a reason why you
work on FCP… And all those people thinking to sell their mac, do you really wont to
work on Windows? Are you crazy??? 🙂

FCPX will just get better, and in few years, maybe even faster, things will change dramatically
and all the competition will be far behind FCPX and you will realize you just wasted money
and time buying and learning new software…

I believe in Apple, because they care about making best products they can,
even if it doesn’t look like that sometimes, but at the end they always end up
with awesome stuff…

Now call me fanboy but I dont care 🙂
and sorry for bad english…

[Steve Connor]

I think this forum has given people a much needed place to vent their frustrations, the FCPX techniques forum has been the place for those of us who have started using it. Once the rage dies down and people switch to other software then hopefully this forum will be more like the others, a place to learn not just to vent.

Steve Connor
Adrenalin Television

Have you tried “Search Posts”? Enlightenment may be there.

[Aindreas Gallagher]

Hear hear. Chris and Craig have made loads of interesting points about the methodology and the architecture of the software and stuff. God I am actually going to have to fully learn it at some point. Besides, if Chris turned around and said – yep you’re all right, what was I thinking -, im not sure what would happen. I think the forum would implode in space time.

http://www.ogallchoir.net
promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics

[Aindreas Gallagher]

and while I’m giving one to the other side of the debate, re Chris’s contention that this may stabilise over time, and that we may have gone a tiny bit loopers too soon – this is the funniest thing I’ve seen so far:

https://i.imgur.com/j07Fq.png

http://www.ogallchoir.net
promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics

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[John Godwin]

And to note that Chris Kenny compiled the statements Apple made to people the week after the release and repeatedly used those to calmly respond to other people’s concerns in many posts. He got a fair amount of grief for that, but I think pretty much all those responses were confirmed in the Apple FAQ. Sometimes even a modicum of patience goes a long way.

Best,
John

[Chris Kenny]

I’m at a bit of a loss responding to this. I’ve gotten into a lot of Internet debates over the years, and I don’t think I’ve ever been thanked by anyone… sort of the opposite, usually. So, thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone who has given my views fair consideration.

Anyway, it has been a fun way to kill some time between major projects, and all the debate has helped me clarify my position a lot, I think. It’s going to be pretty interesting to see how this all unfolds over the coming months and years.

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[Scott Sheriff]

I hate to bust up this Mutual Admiration Society meeting, but if you don’t like all the heat directed towards the big A, why not just hang out in the Tips and Techniques forum?
https://forums.creativecow.net/fcpxtechnique
I think you will find that high fives and chest bumps over what a great program Movie Hero is will get a lot more traction there.

Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair

Where were you on 6/21?

[Steve Connor]

Nice Scott, I thought this thread was missing some vitriol, Yes, this is the “we hate FCPX” forum. Perhaps it should be renamed so people don’t wander in here expecting advice or sensible discussion.

Steve Connor
Adrenalin Television

Have you tried “Search Posts”? Enlightenment may be there.

[John Godwin]

I’m sorry, I thought this was the FCP X forum, not the FCP X JILTED LOVERS forum. It’s funny how you can count on a negative reply when anyone posts anything positive.

But I still really, really like the Red Adair quote.

Best,
John