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Am I the only one who hates this filmstrip view idea?
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Obviously it was a rash decision by Apple to stop the Avid announcement. But the Avid announcement was a rash decision because of all the talk about the new FCP via Larry Jordan et al. I think the Adobe CS 5.5 was thrown into the mix so they wouldn’t be left out and just to have something at NAB of course.
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Yes, it’s customizable, Bryan. There’s a slider down at the bottom of the window that allows you to adjust the filmstrip scale. If you set it to “All” then you effectively get a large icon view ie no filmstrip at all. By the way, as someone who has worked extensively with systems that offer filmstrip views I can tell you they are an extremely intuitive way to work.
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[Bret Williams] “I think the Adobe CS 5.5 was thrown into the mix so they wouldn’t be left out and just to have something at NAB of course.”
really? Adobe, Avid or anyone else doesn’t march to Apple’s beat. They have their own business plan and execute against it. Is Apple a big player, sure…but that doesn’t mean someone announces a version just to counter Apple. Software development of mature applications is far to complicated for someone just to show something at a moment’s notice.
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[Dennis Radeke] “Adobe, Avid or anyone else doesn’t march to Apple’s beat. They have their own business plan and execute against it.”
I thought we might hear from you on that one Dennis. Had you not responded I was going to suggest to Bret that Adobe had their release of CS5.5 planned for a long time before Apple decided it wanted to fly solo at the SuperMeet. However, I don’t think that news was on the radar of most on the FCP Forum. I was kind of shocked that I hadn’t really heard about it until the initial press release.
[Dennis Radeke] “Software development of mature applications is far to complicated for someone just to show something at a moment’s notice.”
Until the SuperMeet that seemed to be the case… Based on any number of factors, including the so-called “sneak peek,” I’m not so sure any longer. However, if the objective was simply to get lots of PR of every variety, good, bad, and indifferent, I think you’d have to say the objective was met.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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[David Roth Weiss] “I thought we might hear from you on that one Dennis.”
Clearly, I am too predictable! 😉
[David Roth Weiss] “Until the SuperMeet that seemed to be the case…”
I can’t speak for everybody, but I’ve known Apple’s been working on FCP X for well over a year. To that end, I’m sure that Apple and Avid heard about our 5.5 release some time ago too.
Now, Adobe has made it easier for Avid/Apple by telling them Adobe will ship a major release every two years (CS6 in 2012) and technology updates on the in between years. Given the rate of technology advances, I think this is a good move that allows users to choose when an updgrade is right for them. I’m hoping to have enough spare time to write a blog article on that very subject and will post here or FCP forum if appropriate.
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I’m sure Adobe had CS5.5 ready and planned for NAB. I just seemed like once Avid had countered the news of the first sneak peak with the cheap upgrade, and then Apple kicked them out of the supermeet that I got my email notice about the pending 5.5 upgrade. Seems like they may have wanted to wait until NAB to put the word out but they had to jump in. Maybe not.
I think Apple would have been happy to let it all go until June when they would know whether it is ready for prime time or not and they could announce full details about the suite. But they decided that a hasty intervention was needed to keep users from focusing on the Avid deal. I personally doubt Steve Jobs gave a rats a– either way, but probably the new FCP team said they wanted to do something.
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[Bret Williams] “they decided that a hasty intervention was needed to keep users from focusing on the Avid deal.”
Personally, I don’t think Avid was intending to sell MC to FCP users for $995. I think that came about the day after Apple gave them the boot at the SuperMeet and others announced the rumor that “X” was going to be sneaked.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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I don’t mind the new browser – it seems quite awesome. I just hope you can have that AND a player / canvas or source / monitor on top of that. The best of two worlds, no?
The metadata centric workflow is good but I’m waiting with anticipation how they sort multiple-sequence projects and multiple-projects for that matter. This is something FCP handles very flexible today (given confusing for new users perhaps).
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[Erik Lindahl] “The metadata centric workflow is good but I’m waiting with anticipation how they sort multiple-sequence projects and multiple-projects for that matter. This is something FCP handles very flexible today (given confusing for new users perhaps).”
Pretty sure I figured that one out.
Basically, no more project files. Sequences are stand-alone documents (but you can open more than one at a time), footage all lives in a single library where it’s organized into “events”.
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