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FCP 7 Shortcomings
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i have to agree
buy the tools for the job, nobody makes a box that does everythingbut perhaps you can just buy a copy of DoStudio and a Blu-ray external device
as the software will happily run on your Mac using Bootcamp. I dont think
you need to shell out for a PChttps://www.netblender.com/main/products/dostudio-bd-authoring-edition-dsa/
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The biggest problem is that it does not handle speed changes correctly when consolidating. You’ll find lots of posts to that effect if you put down your nintendo and do a search. Thanks for your comment. Now go back to bed.
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Yep. Instead of bitching about what Apple ISN’T doing for you, go find the tool that does the job the way you want. You threaten to leave apple for Adobe? Yeah, good luck with that. You think Apple cares?
That’s a pretty sad view at things. Of course Apple should care if they loose people, this is the exact reason AVID lost people to Apple 10 years ago or why QUARK lost people to Adobe. The moment you loose your passion and cutting edge is a time where you risk loosing loyal customers at the bleeding edge.Personally I don’t care about BluRay support but I do care about other aspects of Final Cut’s short comings. And it’s frustrating when after 2 1/2 years little is “sorted”. I think this is something people get ticked off by.
Erik Lindahl
Freecloud Communication
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I’ve had 2-3 hour “sessions” with Apple Reps regarding bugs with the media manager. It can bug out severely esp. with sequences that use speed effects. I’ve learnt what works and doesn’t in general but that’s not something one should have to do. Sometimes it’s user error but in regards of the MM, I’d say it’s a large part produkt failure and limitations.
Erik Lindahl
Freecloud Communication
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…and yet another reason why I get irritated why Apple doesn’t solve a proper speed change engine in FCP…
Erik Lindahl
Freecloud Communication
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We’ll miss you Bob! But you’ve got to pony up the cash if you want to be part of the club.
As a note, the new intel computers make a gigantic difference in performance. If you haven’t upgraded to a new tower, then you were really missing out.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
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Whether or not Final Cut Studio is getting prominent placement on Apple’s home page is not a good measure of Apple’s “priorities” towards the software.
When I go to General Electric’s site, I don’t see their new jet engine on the home page either, and yet, GE is highly committed to jet engines. When I go to Sony’s web site, I don’t see any of its pro cameras on the home page, but clearly, Sony is very dedicated to its camera business.
Apple’s home page attracts a certain audience, and Final Cut Studio users represent only a tiny fraction of that audience, which is why FCS doesn’t get top billing. So what if you have to navigate a few pages to get to the Final Cut web site? It’s a good site and very detailed.
Anyway, if you want to get alarmed by Apple’s commitment to the software, I would ask why it took 28 months to develop only a moderate upgrade. That’s a better measure of commitment. Apple will never publicly say, but there could be a few reasons:
1) Maybe Apple is re-inventing the whole editing app suite, and has had to dedicate a lot of the team to R&D, instead of production.
2) Maybe Apple wanted to turbo charge iPhone development over the last couple of years and found it quicker/easier to borrow engineers from other areas of the company, instead of hiring legions of new people all at once.
3) Or indeed, maybe Apple is getting lazy and not taking FInal Cut as seriously as before (though I doubt that).
Who knows. I think we’ll get a better idea by the time FCS 4 is ready…
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“…the BluRay licensing is a nightmare, and quite an expensive one at that. Would you crab about it more if they did include it but at a cost of 25% higher price? I think so. ”
Um….no….I don’t think anyone would fault Apple for adding $100 for the additional cost of licensing Blu-ray technology into DVD Studio Pro. Or even $300 if you’re referring to 25% of the full studio package price. $300 is a very cheap price for the added features of this upgrade, but people who use Adobe CS3 are shelling out $600 for the upgrade to that package. I wouldn’t complain about paying more if I got more.
Joe Murray
Edit at Joe’s
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“This is probably the straw that break my back as to get workflow productivity benefits I have to now weigh up investing in a new Mac or going to PC and Adobe.”
This is always curious to me that people think they have to go to a PC to use Adobe products. Adobe suites have been cross platform (including video apps) for 2 versions now. You do NOT have to go to a PC to do video editing for Adobe (or Avid for that matter).
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I agree this is a shame. Apparently, it still works alongside FCS 3 if you just upgrade. I posted about it here:
https://www.jokeandbiagio.com/livetype-mising-in-final-cut-studio-3
Biagio Messina, Joke Productions, Inc.
blog about producing in Hollywood:
https://www.jokeandbiagio.com
Twitter: @jokeandbiagio
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