FCPX from an Editor who used it on Iditarod 2012

[Chris Harlan]

[tony west] “If other people on here thought I was confusing I would give it a thought but they are not.
It’s just you.

I don’t really enjoy conversing with you and you don’t enjoy conversing with me, yet you keep sniffing around my post seeking to communicate with me.

I find that behavior………weird.
“

Wow. Tony its a forum. We comment on each other’s posts. When we find something we disagree with, we say it. I promise you, I have absolutely no interest in you in any way that involves “sniffing around.” To reiterate what this whole gnarly thing is about–I’ve personally worked on a number of event shows that have more than four ISOs in addition to a rough mix. You were strongly implying that most of those things top out at 4. I disagreed with you. How the conversation got to all of the places you took it, I have no idea.

I will try heartily not to post on any of your comments unless I find something that I really disagree with. Then, I’ll post.

[Tony West]

[Chris Harlan] “Tony its a forum. We comment on each other’s posts.”

Your doing more than commenting on my post.

Your trying to insult at the same time (your mushroom comment)

You didn’t answer my question.

What year did I start?

[Chris Harlan]

[tony west] “You didn’t answer my question.

What year did I start?
“

Tony, how would I possibly know? But I look at your picture and you seem to be reasonably young. I was working major events like the Academy Awards back in the early ’80s. So, if it turns out that I’m wrong, and you have in fact been working on those kind of shows for that long then I apologize and congratulate you on your youthful resilience.

[Chris Harlan]

[Steve Connor] “[Walter Soyka] “With any application from any vendor, read beyond the marketing materials. Cut through the hype. They all have strengths and weaknesses. They are not all appropriate for the same work. No one vendor in this space has a monopoly on innovation or vision of the future. As much as your choice of tools can help you, it can also hurt you.

My message to anyone would be to always continue learning, and to never accept artificial limits on your capabilities.”

Fantastic post Walter.
“

Yeah! Nearly Poifect!

[Tony West]

[Chris Harlan] “[tony west] “You didn’t answer my question.

What year did I start?
”

Tony, how would I possibly know? But I look at your picture and you seem to be reasonably young. I was working major events like the Academy Awards back in the early ’80s. So, if it turns out that I’m wrong, and you have in fact been working on those kind of shows for that long then I apologize and congratulate you on your youthful resilience.”

I kinda figured that it was that pic.

Thanks for the compliment Chris, but I have to admit I’m closer to 50 than 40 : )

I just look kind of young. I can tell you after running up and down the sidelines on Sunday I don’t feel so young hehehe

I apologize for getting so harsh with you.

I took some of your comments as personal, but I don’t think you meant them that way now.

Glad we could end on a more positive note.

[Chris Harlan]

[tony west] “I apologize for getting so harsh with you.

I took some of your comments as personal, but I don’t think you meant them that way now.

Glad we could end on a more positive note.”

It’s cool, man. I apologize too for anything untoward that I may have said. I was pretty sure we were misunderstanding each other. Any, Tony, just for the record I am very interested in hearing about your positive experiences with FCP X. I really do believe that it is useful for a number of people, and I’m hoping that someday it will be useful me.

[Tony West]

[Chris Harlan] “I am very interested in hearing about your positive experiences with FCP X. I really do believe that it is useful for a number of people, and I’m hoping that someday it will be useful me.”

There are a lot of things I like about X Chris, but part of it is, I kind of feel I don’t have many choices.

I don’t like Avid so I’m not going back there.

I looked at cs5 and didn’t like that much. cs6 might be cool but I would be starting all over and I’m getting up to speed on X, and legacy is too slow for me now that I have used 64

I do my effects in Motion so that kind of holds me there also.

The main thing I guess is I don’t see X standing still. I think they will just keep making updates and it will get better and better.

As good as seven was people still had a list of things for Apple to improve on. I feel It’s always going to be that way with any app.

After that last update X really bogs down depending on what your doing (heavy graphics maybe)
That’s going to have to get fixed very soon.

When I look at videos from Steve Martin (ripple training) he is very excited about X.
He’s a very talented editor and his enthusiasm gives me hope for the future.

[Herb Sevush]

[tony west] “When I look at videos from Steve Martin (ripple training) he is very excited about X. He’s a very talented editor and his enthusiasm gives me hope for the future.”

Not meaning to rain on your parade, and this is not specific really to X, but Steve Martin is a “professional trainer,” his enthusiasm is part of his job description. It’s like taking a cue from the enthusiasm of a car dealer – even if his car is known to catch fire upon ignition, he’s the last guy who’s going to tell you.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Tony West]

[Herb Sevush] “Steve Martin is a “professional trainer,” “

Yes, indeed.

But he is also a Pro editor.

He also knows X better than most people I have seen, so when I have a questions I kind of look to him.

The thing is Herb, I want all the information I can get to make up my own mind.

I can find people on here to rip X

I would say he is the other side. He can break down what X CAN do.

The main thing that never changes though is this……..can I get my clients job done in this program.

So far I have not been stopped on a job because X couldn’t handle it. I’m going to keep using it until that happens or until I like something better.

[Mark Palmos]

Craig, not sure why the FCPX article is in the photoshop forum…
Also not sure why people are still bothering about FCPX… but that’s up to them 😉
Cheers,
Mark.