Am I old fashion?

[Julian Bowman]

Shhh, Steve, don’t tell Bill that, his entire existence is based on the opposite of that very sane fact. The metaphysical meltdown won’t be pretty.

[James Patterson]

Hey, who says us Avid users don’t like change? We got the ability use more than 27 characters in 6.5, only took 20 years!

Best

Paddy

[Lance Bachelder]

Broken record as usual. I get it – you love FCPX – so go use it to get a couple of credits on IMDB.

FCPX is crapware – until Apple puts back TRACKS and other NECESSARY features that are required for professional use it will be nothing more than a novelty. Trix are for kids…

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1680680/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[Steve Connor]

[Lance Bachelder] “FCPX is crapware – until Apple puts back TRACKS and other NECESSARY features that are required for professional use it will be nothing more than a novelty. Trix are for kids…
“

It’s just like the FCPX launch over again!

Steve Connor

There’s nothing we can’t argue about on the FCPX COW Forum

[Sascha Engel]

Same here from Israel.
I used 7 for many years and I still do for big projects.
I started to get into X recently and used it already on 2 projects.
And yes it’s fast, crazy fast, specially when you through mixed frame rates at it and you need quick results, that look flashy. But in terms of working with other departments- sound, AE and so on – its not there yet. And it misses many features, that a the corner stone of a pro app. So yes, FCP7 is still very relevant to me.
But I agree with some comments here, soon it’ll die due to new cameras and codecs.
I just edited a film, that was shot on Canon C300 and in Mac OS 10.8.4 there is no more working plug in for the L&T Tool to ingest. So I had to ingest on my MBP which is still running on 10.6.8. – tiring work around, which made me understand, that as much as I still love 7, the world keeps spinning and since Apple EOLed the App, it will be less and less compatible with the outside world. A very stupid decision by Apple in my opinion. They should have had both Apps parallel. But seeing the new iOS 7, I understand Apple is on it’s way down. Jobs is dead and seeing that every time He left Apple in the past, it was the moments Apple went downhill. I’m afraid I happens again, and yes, I think then I switch to PPro, since I also work with AE.

Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
http://www.youtube.com/taikang

[Charlie Austin]

[Steve Connor] “It’s just like the FCPX launch over again!”

LOL.

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Lance Bachelder]

I’ve got high hopes for the next rev of X – there’s much to love about the current incarnation, but sadly, much to hate. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Apple is gonna right a lotta wrongs very soon…

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1680680/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[Mark Dobson]

Hi Baz,

I’d say that, yes, you were definitely old fashioned.

But that’s not to say that’s a bad thing. You are obviously a highly skilled editor with many different editing packages on your hard drive and if, like many others, you are still happy with FCP7 there’s no problem at the moment.

But in a couple of years that might well not be the case.

I just feel that by sidestepping FCPX you are missing out on using a superb piece of highly sophisticated software, albeit one with quite a few flaws that hopefully will be sorted out in the next upgrade ( this month? ) At each of the 3 stages of editing FCPX performs really well, ingest – with the Event library enabling files to be organised super quick, editing – once you get used to the trackless timeline it is a really flexible and fast tool, and export – literally one click to export or share your master file or sections of it.

Our production company has benefitted greatly through embracing this new software, tough at first, very problematic, but on a modern Mac it now runs as smooth as butter. With a Canon C300 and FCPX I really feel we have an amazing high quality production set up. Stanley Kubrick would have just loved it. ( If Kubrick had access to a C300 or C500 when he shot the candlelit scenes in Barry Lyndon he would have found the task a lot easier)

With the new update imminent and with the new mac pro about to hit the shelves I feel that many editors will be re-assessing FCPX.

[Marcus Moore]

You may find this impossible to understand, but I desperately hope that returning legacy tracks isn’t one of them.

My sincere belief is that Bins are to Keyword/Smart collections; what Tracks will be to Roles. The organizational advantage of Tracks without the fixed structure.

[Herb Sevush]

[Baz Leffler] “Am I old fashion?”

Yes.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf