FCPX You May Hate but You Still Come Here to Congregate!

[Craig Seeman]

Welcome to the
World NLE Wrestling Federation.

[Michael Gissing]

The purpose of this forum is to compare, contrast and chew the fat. It is not really a forum for FCPX but for all NLEs to be robustly discussed. Aside from the fanboy/hater tags that so easily flow, the majority of people here are here to air likes & dislikes about all NLEs and are neither. Saying we may hate is far too simplistic. Hang around for a while and you might see that the pendulum is swinging but not going too crazy. I don’t hate any of the NLEs. To hate implies that you once loved and were spurned. I have never had such emotions about an NLE.

All the technique type forums are tame compared to this one and despite many calls to change the name so as to reflect the open nature rather than a particular bias to FCPX, after one year there seems no real purpose to changing names or the manner in which we choose to debate.

[Bobby Mosca]

I think the name works. I may be wrong, but even if Apple doesn’t end up revolutionizing NLEs and changing the way we work, they certainly lit a fire under some folks to get us thinking and agitating about it more. Instead of just riding in the cart, we’ve picked up the whip and starting hitting the developers. So FCPX really could end up changing everything in post! Not in the way they might have wanted, but still a win.

[Craig Seeman]

[Bobby Mosca] “So FCPX really could end up changing everything in post! Not in the way they might have wanted, but still a win.”

It may even be a win for Apple. When you see things like Smoke for Mac and Adobe beginning to support OpenCL and MC/Symphony advancing their Mac development and even showing products on iMacs, Apple actually wins. Least we forget, Apple uses software to sell hardware and if they’ve ignited other developers to advance their Mac support as they rush in to fill the FCP7 void, it’s good news for them.

The real test will be to see whether facilities shift to Windows vs facilities who consider iMacs and/or any power beast Apple might have in the wings. Basically if Apple pushes developers into deeper Mac support they win.

[Robert Brown]

It’s like Pro Wrestling. You only succeed if people love you OR hate you. Indifference is death.

But there are good posters and a lot of topics discussed so it’s a good thread to keep up on.

Robert Brown
Editor/VFX/Colorist – FCP, Smoke, Quantel Pablo, After Effects, 3DS MAX, Premiere Pro

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[Dustin Parsons]

FCPX Central is the Apple FCPX Technique Forums. This forum is a place of discussion for all NLEs as well as industry news in general. The fact that this forum still has FCPX in the name can throw people off a bit but the name remains the same because X started the discussion.

[Bobby Mosca]

We’ll see what happens this year, but so far all evidence suggests Apple does not care about selling that kind of hardware.

[Craig Seeman]

[Bobby Mosca] “We’ll see what happens this year, but so far all evidence suggests Apple does not care about selling that kind of hardware.”

What kind of hardware are you thinking of? I don’t know what “evidence” you have but a lot of the financials indicate otherwise.

Apple certainly cares about selling iMacs. The point is that these companies are targeting iMacs and MacBookPro. Look at Autodesk Smoke.

The Tower may soon be gone but Apple is a leader in high end laptops and all in ones. As I’ve stated elsewhere, I wouldn’t be surprised by an iMacPro coming out.

[Shawn Miller]

[Gary Slickman] “The passion of the nay sayers and haters are going to be sorely missed once they migrate over to the bland fantasy land of PP6…I think you’ll miss us as well.”

Sooo… is the concern that too many former FCP users are curious or excited to try the CS6 release, or are you disappointed that there isn’t enough debate on the Premiere Pro and Smoke forums? Would it be better if the ‘X Sux’ and ‘X Rulz’ threads were more evenly distributed thoughout the Cow?

Shawn

[Bobby Mosca]

I mean the ‘power beasts’ you are referring to. Everything they are making is trending smaller and lighter. All the rumors (for what they are worth) suggest the beasts that are left are on the way out.