Foreign Film 2016 Oscar Contender from Spain Edited in X.

[Jim Wiseman]

I’ll put it as succinctly as possible David, not having the time to research all of your most probably well intentioned advice on the COW over the last many years. Yes, I was around even before the COW was called that, and I have seen and appreciated much of your writing.

I just think you and Bill have a very dysfunctional relationship and I tend to agree mostly with Bill. And I like FCPX. Very simple. I also have to add that I am loving Adobe software less and less as I widen my software bundle. Mostly though, nothing personal. Your contributions are appreciated. Apologies as warranted.

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.2, Final Cut Studio 2 & 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC: Mid 2015 MacBook Pro Retina 15″: 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500: Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro Retina 2015, i7, 500GB, M370X 2GB: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems

[David Roth weiss]

[Jim Wiseman] “Mostly though, nothing personal. Your contributions are appreciated. Apologies as warranted.”

Thanks, and likewise here Jim…

Though not really necessary, I accept your apologies, and I apologize to you if I have transgressed.

It’s always good to clear the air when feathers fly, because, in the end, when real bad guys come a knockin, I guarantee you, we’ll be fighting side by side, and I’ll have your back and you’ll have mine.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Bill Davis]

Do you think this attitude makes you somehow unique David? I spent 10 years as a contributing editor at a national video magazine – so I’m pretty conversant with journalistic ethics. But this is a Cow forum built on open debate – not exactly the same as published journalism. Neither you nor I have the luxury of a qualified editor vetting us prior to “publication.” Instead we have the absolute right to blather at will and the readers get to judge the accuracy or intent of what we post without filters. I enjoy that – even when it exposes my many flaws is tone, intent and even factual precision. I know I will be called out on my flaws. As will you. So sorry, but if you somehow want to make this a “how many readers have I helped with my writing” battle – I suppose after my magazine decade I’m fine with that as well. : )

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