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All the DRAMA!
It’s amazing to read all of the DRAMA about FCP X. There’s a lot of irony when people complain for years about a FCP upgrade and then they get it …… they complain.
A lot of the commplaints or rumors are not true and Apple has corrected them in a recent statement. Apple also clarified that many of the missing features are in the works and will be out soon.
So again, irony – Apple hurry’s up the release to keep people from complaining about a new update – they release X v.1 without all features and people just keep on complaining.
It’s like OS 9 to OS X – remember ALL OF THE COMPLAINING – where are the complainers now! Apple has always made BIG decisions that move FORWARD – not stay in the same “compatible” spot.
In a few years we’ll all laugh at this and we will all be amazed and what FCP X v.2 does.
What’s funny is you know Avid and Adobe are already trying to copy the cool stuff from FCP X!
For me I will simply have 2 boot drives in my Mac – one for FCP7 and one for X.
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[Sean Thomas] “here’s a lot of irony when people complain for years about a FCP upgrade and then they get it …… they complain.
“Yes we wanted a FCP upgrade not a iMovie upgrade with the Final cut name slapped on
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[Sean Thomas] “What’s funny is you know Avid and Adobe are already trying to copy the cool stuff from FCP X”
example?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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Remeber FCP 1-2-3-4-5-6-7. Was the first version lacking compared to 2-7? Do you think that X won’t be improved and expanded?
This is a new program just like OS X was to OS 9. Apple is moving forward with technologies it has developed over the past 2-3 years. Obviously the OLD FCP code would not allow “moving forward”.
Maybe it’s a paradigm shift. Many older editors who think “this is the way its done, it’s always been this way” will resist change and moving forward.
Yes, it fun to complain. But it’s better to move forward.
BTW – when did FCP 7 stop working? Is there an expiration date on it?
You guys are going to HATE OS X 10.7 – it should really be called iOS Pro! 🙂
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I dont mind thats is iMovie X, but its a 64 bit iMovie, thats what it is, and if you can’t see that you are blind.
BUT that doesnt make it a Bad program, I have nothing against iMovie in general whatever gets your job done IM all for it it doesn’t matter what you cut on. What Myself and others ARE raging and complaining about is that APPLE DROPPED FCS in place for iMovie X. Thats what were upset about.
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[Sean Thomas] “What’s funny is you know Avid and Adobe are already trying to copy the cool stuff from FCP X!”
Yes, it’s hilarious…that you think so 🙂
On a more serious note, I’m sure there are ideas in X that are worthwhile that both Adobe and Avid are examining. The magnetic timeline, the single panel interface, are probably not them.
But I don’t think there’s anything in X that Adobe is actually envious of. In fact, short of 64 bits, the Mercury Playback Engine, and CUDA, X may be the best thing that’s ever happened to Premiere Pro. It’s bringing in a wave of professional users that are accustomed to the efficiencies in FCP 7’s interface who will demand PrPro take the steps to measure up.
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Sean, irony would be asking for exactly what FCP X is and then complaining. “Irony” is not asking for an upgrade then complaining when something else is offered.
I take your point that future developments might address what is missing. However, Apple has publicly stated what won’t be returning to the suite and there is ample justification to complain about EOL software like Color. No hint of irony in that.
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Oh – no one copies any one?
I made this somewhat generic statement based on the fact that Apple is a leader
and most others follow.Ever heard of Windows??? 🙂
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Sigh. Ask a Vegas user what they think about FCPX. They’ll probably ask you why it took Apple so long to catch up.
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Michael Hancock
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A fair bit of that “cool stuff” has already been copied from Vegas, a fact which considerably amuses folks over on the Vegas forum.
Still, it makes sense to add good interface ideas wherever they come from.
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
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Exactly.
I think it’s funny that others hate FCP X so much that they can’t fathom anyone ever looking at a function and going – ” wow that’s cool – let do something similar in …Premier….Avid….”
That’s was my point.
Oh – and PLEASE have the Admins change the name of this forum to Apple iMovie Pro. They obviously made a typo! Let me know when that happens.
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