FCPX update soon?

[Mark Dobson]

[Gary Huff] “Haven’t you picked up on the fact that no one learns anything? ;-)”

Me included!

[Bill Davis]

[Brian Mulligan] “Followed by the 10.1 update where you have to pay $299 again.”

This doesn’t align at all with the “innovate then refine” strategy they’ve used for nearly everything they’ve done in the past 10 years.

The core product is in a place where it’s pretty much rock solid. It functions precisely as it’s supposed to. I personally haven’t had even a hiccup in X editing in months now.

With the new metadata based construct, my uninformed suspicion is that when they release new “features” they might follow the multi-cam model we saw last year of new features being presented as “internal sub workflows” for doing specific tasks that subsequently feed their result into the existing workflow. One possible benefit of this approach would be that it kinda “walls off” the core editor.

Again, I’m not a software engineer, so maybe the software isn’t as “modular” as I imagine, but multi-cam

We know the X development team is pretty tight. It’s not hundreds of engineers. So I just don’t see the need for asking X owners to “re-buy” the software on a regular basis.

Heck, I paid full retail for Legacy once and updated it at significantly lower costs for 11 straight years.

I can’t see any reason that X won’t follow that path, particularly since the cost of software deployment has dropped to near nothing.

FWIW.

“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Connor

[Oliver Peters]

[Mark Dobson] “And as for speculation. “

I understand what you mean. No issues there at all, but there is no speculation about these 4 bullet point features:

https://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/whats-new/

(Bottom of page.) The only speculation is the exact date and the nature of these features.

In the case of the Mac Pros, there never was anything officially published by Apple until Cook’s announcement about next year. And that still doesn’t specify a Mac Pro (as we understand it today).

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Tim Wilson]

[Oliver Peters] “And that still doesn’t specify a Mac Pro (as we understand it today).”

I’m thinking it pretty much specifies something NOT as we understand it today. LOL

Although after the past year, I’m thinking that “understand” is a relative term.

Tim Wilson
Vice President, Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW Magazine
Twitter: timdoubleyou

The typos here are most likely because I’m, a) typing this on my phone; and b) an idiot.

[Bret Williams]

I think the source viewer will be tied in to the multicam viewer. You’ll be able to either have scopes, multicam viewer, or source viewer open. I don’t think they’ll add much to it. Maybe ganging.

[Joseph Owens]

Of course, we know not the day nor the hour.

LOLZ

Except that the rapture will be a giveaway that somethin’zup.

jPo

“I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me” Oscar Wilde.

[Steve Connor]

I ‘m betting tomorrow

Steve Connor
‘It’s just my opinion, with an occasional fact thrown in for good measure”

[Marcus Moore]

I think it’s a good bet.

[Mark Morache]

If they want another $299, it better have all the big and little nigglies fixed, as well as mix me my evening cocktail and rub my feet.

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Don’t live your life in a secondary storyline.

Mark Morache
FCPX/FCP7/Xpri/Avid
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
https://fcpx.wordpress.com

[Marcus Moore]

I think the odds of the next update being paid are VERY slim.

I’m still imagining we’ll see a preview of 10.1 at NAB and a paid upgrade in June.