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FCP X Summit: new features/news
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Well, call me jaded but 10.4 seems pretty meh.
While the 360/VR is cool for what I imagine to be a tiny niche market, it reminds me of the 3D titles update. Cool, but–way, way down on the list.
The more sophisticated/standardized color controls are welcome but again, with Color Finale and Chromatic out there, not high on the list. Moreover, those two plug-in developers are among the most ardent proponents of FCPX, and now Apple has just punched them in the gut.
So: kinda disappointing. And I’m sure most folks would agree that enhanced audio mixing or send to Logic are at the top of the list. Nowhere to be seen.
I’ve been an X supporter since day one but 10.4 seems unimpressive at first glance.
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You call a person out by name…………”Bill doesn’t need them, so no one else does either”
Then you call him defensive after he responds to you calling him by name
[Andy Field] “you can set defensive response time with a stopwatch
“Like he is supposed to just let you call him out and not respond.
Weak.
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I fully agree. It makes me glad I decided to stick with Premiere Pro for our company. They are consistently adding the things that we find useful. I still use FCPX for personal projects, but if the updates continue in this fashion, I will probably use it less and less just to keep consistent.
Maybe I don’t have a wide enough viewpoint, but 360/VR seems a prime example of a niche which users could pay extra for as a plugin. How many people edit 360 content vs send an edit to ProTools for a mix? And you can’t build in AAF export as a feature you can rely on being there regardless of which machine you happen to be working on? Seems crazy to me.
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[Michael Hadley] “The more sophisticated/standardized color controls are welcome but again, with Color Finale and Chromatic out there, not high on the list. Moreover, those two plug-in developers are among the most ardent proponents of FCPX, and now Apple has just punched them in the gut.”
I think certainly they knew the possibility that Apple would improve their color correction tools. And Chromatic especially has features which Apple likely will never have like tracking masks. Color Finale has X-Rite Color Checker integration.
As a user of Color Finale, I welcome Apple’s addition. It’s always better to use integrated solutions in my book. They stay with projects long term. Are less buggy. Render faster. You don’t have to maintain licenses, etc. It’s a win-win for the editor.
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Brett Sherman
One Man Band (If it\’s video related I\’ll do it!)
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– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Brett Sherman] “It’s always better to use integrated solutions in my book.”
Which is what I’ve said all along but many X fans say third party plugins are best. I’ve been watching this thread for interest because my initial reaction to the update was that it was minor, basically playing catchup and again the 360/VR thing seems exactly the sort of niche that plugin people should be doing. If I was an X user I would be pretty disappointed. Meanwhile both Adobe and Blackmagic have added so many significant updates, features and improvements to all their products that this seems like meh.
Why are they not pushing the requested audio features to roles? The unique and potential differentiating features are not seeming to be developing.
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[Steve Connor] “That may change when they launch the next iPad Pro”
Sometimes I feel like an addict. “The next one will have the features I need and it will be the last one I need to buy. Honest.”
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[Andrew Kimery] “you can bring import an iMovie iOS project into 10.4”
Digging this idea. Would love to be able to rough a few things out on an iPad and bring them up to 10.4.
Funny thing is that I was doing a Premiere gig last week and was enjoying the Lumetri color panel. Now it looks like FCPX will have similar, in the software I vastly prefer to work with. Good times.
Scott Witthaus
Owner, 1708 Inc./Editorial
Managing Partner, Low Country Creative LLC
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[John Young] “They are consistently adding the things that we find useful.”
Like the social media panel and, yes, the VR/AR integration? Would these be better as plugin options from Adobe?
Scott Witthaus
Owner, 1708 Inc./Editorial
Managing Partner, Low Country Creative LLC
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[Scott Witthaus] “Digging this idea. Would love to be able to rough a few things out on an iPad and bring them up to 10.4.”
It will be interesting to see if this works. In my experience iMovie iOS doesn’t correctly deal with fractional frame rates. I think this is really only intended for camera footage shot on an iPhone or iPad with Apple’s software and NOT using third party camera apps.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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