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FCPX or Not…
…not. Hello Avid. Hello professional software.
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That’s it folks. Close the debate forum. It has been solved.
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Thanks for letting us know
Steve Connor
“FCPX Agitator”
Adrenalin Television -
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it’s brevity was impressive…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill
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[sandy shapiro] “…not. Hello Avid. Hello professional software.”
FCPX Yes. Hello professional software.
12 years on Avid and there’s reasons why I wanted something different. A decade more has passed and looking at Avid, while it’s absolutely a top professional NLE, my reasons for leaving it behind haven’t changed.
FCPX, professional software . . . coming up from the “minors” is looking very professional.
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Must edit sound bites for a living.
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[Craig Seeman] “FCPX, professional software . . . coming up from the “minors” is looking very professional.”
In 3 to 4 years it may be ready for the show.
NLE’s are among the most complex applications in the entire software universe. They must do hundreds of different tasks in a multitude of different ways for a wide spectrum of users and uses.
No one has ever managed to develop one from scratch to maturity in less than five major cycles. And as been pointed out here, Apple is not exactly known for developing in house sophisticated applications from scratch.
Just for the point of view of NLE history the notion that FCPx is almost ready to play in the bigs is borderline delusional. But hey, Craig, that hasn’t stopped you so far 🙂
David
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It’s already being used in many professional environments including broadcast. Granted it has some severe limitations but “Professional” means many things to many people and people are certainly getting paid to use it and some of this work is used for broadcast. Motion is certainly “Professional” as well.
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Hey Craig,
You used the baseball analogy, not me. Double A ball is also professional but it’s a long jump to the majors.
As has been stated here many times, beware analogies. They’re for poets and ponces.
David
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Sans analogy, if people make money using it, it’s professional.
If you want to use “broadcast” or “cable TV” as professional than it meets the needs of some in that market as well.
Actually if someone uses “professional” that opens the door, not the use of an analogy.
FCPX is certainly professional.
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