BBC adopts FCP X for news editing

[Dennis Radeke]

Dave,

You have to be a large company and most of the options were outlined in the link.

To recap, there are three methods of buying, Individual, Teams and Enterprise. With each, the volumes (and minimums) increase as do the options and advantages.

Dennis

[Dennis Radeke]

I am sure you are right in that all companies will offer different volume opportunities based on the BBC needs. Apple has a slew of terrific hardware in addition to software, lest we forget!

[Bill Davis] “Premier.”

sigh…this is my pet peeve. It is Premiere Pro or at least Premiere. Can you help me out here? Thanks.

[Steve Connor]

[Dennis Radeke] “[Bill Davis] “Premier.”

sigh…this is my pet peeve. It is Premiere Pro or at least Premiere. Can you help me out here? Thanks.
“

Hold on Dennis, perhaps Bill was referring to the position of Premiere Pro 🙂

premier
ˈprɛmɪə,ˈpriː-/Submit
adjective
1.
first in importance, order, or position; leading.

[Bill Davis]

My apologies, Dennis.

I’ll pay more attention to that.

Know someone who teaches video editing in elementary school, high school or college? Tell them to check out http://www.StartEditingNow.com – video editing curriculum complete with licensed practice content.

[Dennis Radeke]

😉 Quite possibly!

[James Ewart]

[Bill Davis] “D. Subscription transfers power and standing in the transaction away from the buyer and towards the seller – something many of us are loath to accept. “

The concept to me is more like being taken prisoner. I absolutely hate it. What if I have an old computer that cannot handle the last update one day? I have to throw my computer away? With FCP I can leave Legacy sitting on an old machine for old projects if I want to. In fact I do.

I know little about American law but am surprised your anti trust laws do not make the practice illegal.

It’s a horrible “un American” concept to me.

[Walter Soyka]

[James Ewart] “The concept to me is more like being taken prisoner. I absolutely hate it. What if I have an old computer that cannot handle the last update one day? I have to throw my computer away? With FCP I can leave Legacy sitting on an old machine for old projects if I want to. In fact I do. “

Creative Cloud does not push updates. If you wish to stay on an older version, you are free to do so.

[James Ewart] “It’s a horrible “un American” concept to me.”

I rather like that we are generally free to run our businesses as we see fit, instead of having a business model imposed on us by the government.

Walter Soyka
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[James Ewart]

[Walter Soyka] “I rather like that we are generally free to run our businesses as we see fit, instead of having a business model imposed on us by the government.”

indeed … irrespective of any negative impact it may have on your loyal customers.

I seem to recall in the UK you could not buy Chapman dollies but in the USA this was deemed to be unfair practice (anti trust laws) and they had to sell them as well as rent them. So I thought the same law would apply for Adobe and their software

Clearly not.

[James Ewart]

[Walter Soyka] “Creative Cloud does not push updates. If you wish to stay on an older version, you are free to do so.”

But you have to continue to subscribe no? Or can you keep an old version of Premiere on your computer for a year or two and open an old project and it will open the project even though your subscription has lapsed?

Apologies if I am mistaken I was fairly certain that this was not possible.

[Walter Soyka]

[James Ewart] “indeed … irrespective of any negative impact it may have on your loyal customers.”

Well… I was a loyal Adobe customer and I think that Creative Cloud has had a positive impact on me. And I wasn’t sold on the subscription-only concept at first, initially preferring the idea of a perpetual license plus maintenance.

I just really didn’t get the “un-American” line. It’s the exception rather than the rule that the U.S. government puts itself in the position of arbiter of customer impact of business decisions.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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