Future update to add XML, Multicam and importing of old projects?

[Tom Daigon]

Damage control from a corp that thrives on silence and misdirection.

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[Greg Burke]

too little to late. If there cared about PROS they would have released this with these features intact. obviously not figuring out a way to open FCP7 projects files in FCPX was less of a priority then being able to open imovie projects…..

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[John Godwin]

Well, some think Apple wanted to get a program out the door that would work for a majority of people, then add other features as soon as they are ready. If you read Pogue’s NY Times column he questioned Apple and they say many of the missing features will be added in updates.

Best,
John

[Bill Dawson]

>then add other features as soon as they are ready.

If FCP7 was still for sale until those features were available, I would believe that.

It is not and I do not.

Bill

[Adam Claude jones]

I have to agree Tom.

[Chris Kenny]

[Tom Daigon] “Damage control from a corp that thrives on silence and misdirection.”

Seriously, no. We know that Apple has been working with third-party hardware guys to add video output since before FCP X shipped. And This post by Philip Hodgetts was made on the day FCP X was released; Apple had already told him they were planning to add multicam and XML or some reasonable alternative.

Adding these features is not a reaction to the Internet freakout. This is just a typical case of Apple shipping a first-generation product with a stripped down feature set, with the full intention of building on it.

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[Tom Daigon]

Interesting speculation on your part. Only Apple knows the truth in this situation and based on their track record only they will be privy to it. What they say (or dont say) to developers also falls into the same category.

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[Chris Kenny]

[Tom Daigon] “Interesting speculation on your part. Only Apple knows the truth in this situation and based on their track record only they will be privy to it.”

Apple has already told Studio Daily, Philip Hodgetts and David Pogue that they are, in fact, adding back video output, multicam, and XML or something that serves the same role. As I noted, Hodgetts was reporting this stuff on the day FCP X shipped, so it’s just reaction to the outrage. The idea that Apple shipped a minimal first release but always intended to fill these sorts of feature gaps is not speculation at this point; it’s established fact.

I know this is incompatible with the “Apple is deliberately abandoning pro users” narrative some people have had running in their heads for the last couple of years (originally as a consequence of having unreasonable expectations for how long it would take to write a 64-bit Cocoa successor). But that’s because that narrative is wrong.

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[Tom Daigon]

I reiterate…

“Interesting speculation on your part. Only Apple knows the truth in this situation and based on their track record only they will be privy to it. What they say (or dont say) to developers also falls into the same category.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / FCP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com

[Chris Kenny]

[Tom Daigon] “”Interesting speculation on your part. Only Apple knows the truth in this situation and based on their track record only they will be privy to it. What they say (or dont say) to developers also falls into the same category.”

Please explain which part of my post was speculation. The fact that these features are coming has been conveyed by Apple to several reliable parties (including a New York Times columnist) who have relayed it to the public, and the timing makes it entirely impossible for this to be a reaction to the Internet outrage.

It’s hilarious to me the extent to which people will simply disregard or dismiss facts that are inconvenient for their arguments.

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