-
Are we due an FCPX update too?
Almost 2 months since the last update and rapidly approaching the anniversary of the launch, will we get an FCPX update too?
Steve Connor
“The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timelinel”
Adrenalin Television -
14 Replies
-
FCPX anniversary edition, is my guess.
-
[Jeremy Garchow] “FCPX anniversary edition, is my guess.”
Probably an anniversary they would like to forget!
Steve Connor
“The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timelinel”
Adrenalin Television -
If they keep to their update schedule, it should be either June 19th (my bet) or the 26th. One year anniversary of the original June 21st 10.0.0 release date make’s it a pretty good bet.
As with last year, release will be post WWDC.
-
So, the next bet on the table is, do you think it’ll be 10.0.5 or 10.1?
Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company -
My guess, If we get the viewer and tracks/multichannel audio – 10.1. Will probably take external monitoring out of beta and update that interface too.
Wonder when they’ll add copy/paste keyframes? How about drop shadow? Can we print a freakin’ bin (sorry keyword collection) yet? Audio Mixer window? Copy and paste select attributes?
-
I’d say Apple could easily spend the next year going from 10.5 to 10.9 on their current update schedule of aprox every 3 months. There are still a lot of little things that need to be implemented, and stability issues that seem to be causing some people problems (for me, personally, FCPX has been very stable- which makes the crash reports on Twitter all the more confusing…).
The ONE out I’d give myself is pure Kremlinology. When Apple announced the upcoming features at NAB, they didn’t say “coming in 10.0.5” or “coming in our next update”. I also find it equally odd that Apple would pre-announce features beyond what they can guarantee will appear in the next update- Coming in 2012. It would be like if Apple previewed iOS6 next week, and then also talked about features slated for iOS7. Trés bizarre. So with that in mind, I will concede there’s the off chance that all this “coming 2012” is a smokescreen because they couldn’t say 10.0.5 and can’t say “update”, because it would be a paid upgrade.
But that said, there A LOT that would have to be in a 10.1 (new technologies as well as FCP7 features) to not have users going crazy. Especially if it was another full $299 purchase; which it would have to be, since there’s not paid upgrades in the Mac appStore. But who knows, maybe that will be one of the big announcements next week!
-
But when will it change from a free update to a paid upgrade? Updates have been pretty substantial – would be nice if it stays free until they get the feature set fairly complete?
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Irvine, California -
[Lance Bachelder] “But when will it change from a free update to a paid upgrade? Updates have been pretty substantial – would be nice if it stays free until they get the feature set fairly complete?”
I don’t think we’ll see paid upgrades for quite a while
Steve Connor
“The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timelinel”
Adrenalin Television -
Even if it’s 10.1.0, it doesn’t have to be a cost upgrade. For example if memory serves me well, Pixelmator did a large version upgrade for free. Given the incomplete state of 10.0.x, it’s reasonable to expect 10.1 to be free. Or keep going along the free 10.0.x upgrade path until it gets some respect from the general FCS community.
The Mac App Store certainly can have a lot of benefits to the user as a means of distributing and updating software at lower prices than boxed sets of software. Look at Aperture: $299 as a boxed set and $80 in the MAS (for the identical version). However as we know, Apple finds a way to make money and these low entry costs such as $299 for FCPX are not quite so cheap if the program is feature updated once a year for the same $299. In the future, after these 2012 free upgrades, you may only see free fixes. New features may well mean $299 each year. Not unlike Adobe’s subscription to all of CS6 for $30 a month this year.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
-
You’re right. Apple’s philosophy for the MAS as far as upgrades isn’t clear yet. There’s much debate in developer circles about whether there will EVER be paid upgrades in the MAS. Only Apple knows for sure.
Right now there are only two options-
Free update or a new app listing.
Pixelmator is trying to gain a serious foothold as a Photoshop Elements alternative, so them releasing the newest version for free barters good with with it’s user base, and hopefully attracts new customers. Photoshop needs some healthy competition in the marketplace (but that’s another discussion).
The same could be said for FCPX. There is (of course) much ill will still hanging over the program from the last year. And though it’s supporters do seem to be growing as the program matures, it still has a long way to go to get over it’s own bad press. So a major 10.1 upgrade at no extra cost could similarly barter good will with the user base. Especially if it’s feature-rich with pro improvements. And ultimately Apple isn’t in the software business to make money, it’s in the business to drive hardware sales.
Ultimately, it’s impossible to say what stance they’ll take. There seems to be too many moving parts to this equation right now.
I have to say though, now that I’m thinking about it. FCPX 10.1 plus the announcement of a new MacPro would be a tremendous 1-2 punch.
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up