Anybody HAPPY?

[John Davidson]

Libraries are great. Just lots of new things to learn and workflows to figure out. I didn’t get the kitchen sink – but I’m pretty pleased with the update.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[Gary Huff]

It looks nice to me on the general front. About to start a big project in it here in the next day or so, so I feel more comfortable knowing the ins and outs when I’m in the middle of it.

Looking foward to most of the plugins I have been eyeing for a while getting updated to FxPlug3 more than anything.

[Charlie Austin]

This will surprise none, but I think it’s great. 🙂 10.0.x seems old and clunky to me now… lol I still have a list of “wants”, but it’s shorter, and Libraries are really really nice. ‘m also glad they spent all this time on the guts of X, because now they’ll attend to the UI stuff. 😉

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[Craig Seeman]

I like what I see. I just wish there was more to see and like.
Most disappointed about lack of improvements to Color Board stuff and Roles as well.
The Libraries was badly needed though. I have a hunch that FxPlug 3 is going to be huge step forward for plugin development and UI and that’s where we’ll see some improved Toys.
There are lots of nice little things… just not 14 months worth of them.

[Oliver Peters]

Ironically, this all sounds eerily like the reaction Apple got when they went from FCP 6 to FCP 7.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Mitch Ives]

The Libraries are fine. I didn’t really hate the other way, but this is probably better in the long run. I got a lot of things back that we had lost from FCP7, so that’s a plus.

Still, after a year, one would like to see some new things added. Adobe isn’t standing still, so I think Apple should probably do more.

Hopefully the new MacPro will make it really fly, so we’ll have that.

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Herb Sevush]

[Tim Wilson] “Is anybody looking at this and saying, “Wow, what a great update,” or “This has exactly the features I was waiting for,” or, “This update makes me feel better about myself” — anything like that?”

Yes, this update definitely made me feel better about myself — it filled in my bald spot, helped me drop 25 lbs, added 2 inches where it counts the most and whitened and brightened my few remaining teeth. Thank you, Cupertino. Now if only the Yanks could find a starting pitcher in addition to a couple of infielders who could hit their weight, all would be right with the world.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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[Glenn Grant]

I am working on a new project now and so far so good.

What I like about it, is it seems like Apple did listen to a lot of feed back. There are some fundamental changes here that, imo show Apple tried something new and it didn’t work. So they made the changes that made sense to the people using the application.

There are still features that are missing but I certainly feel Apple is listening.

[Simon Ubsdell]

[Oliver Peters] “Ironically, this all sounds eerily like the reaction Apple got when they went from FCP 6 to FCP 7.”

And then they killed it. Is this the end of the road already? 😉

Libraries are just what was called for – hardly the most imaginative thing but very welcome nonetheless. They’ve already saved me a lot of time.

For me the most promising thing is how much faster it is, especially in rendering certain third party effects (which shall remain nameless)! A very significant speed hike.

The UI still feels sludgy and swathed in undesirable chrome though – did the dancing dot really have to animate?

Simon Ubsdell
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[Oliver Peters]

[Glenn Grant] “There are some fundamental changes here that, imo show Apple tried something new and it didn’t work. So they made the changes that made sense to the people using the application”

That’s a good thing, but it also goes to the heart of this forum. For over two years, many have complained about poor design choices based on overturning 100 years of editing principles. Apple certainly presented their approach as “trust us, we know better”. Maybe Cupertino is a bit more humbled after all of this.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com