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Has anyone else experienced the painstakingly slow reder times I have with FCPX…among other very irritating things?
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What storage are you using? Do you have playback set to “better performance” in prefs?
“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”
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[Craig Shamwell] “You obviously are vested in FCPX and/or Apple and like the other post, suggest that I somehow have not done my homework. I went as far as going to my local Apple Store and doing a test there. Same things happened when things got complicated. And had you read my reply, you would know that I have taken many tutorials. When things work…it is fast…but when its not, you lose all the time you gained before.
I still in fact use FCP7, more than FCPX in fact. Did you tell all the other people who you said have already posted about all the things I am talking about that they too need to take some tutorials so they can know what they are doing? Is this the standard response from editors who love Apple more than anything??… Take tutorials?”Craig, I can’t do much other than tell you honestly about my experience and try and point you to something I thought would help you.
[Craig Shamwell] “I find it hard to believe as you suggest, that FCPX works just fine for you and not everyone else.”
I’m sure I didn’t say anything like that Craig. I explained how it was working for my company and how you could spend some time and read about the many other users on this forum that are working with it successfully and the ones that aren’t and decide whether it was worth it for you.
I also suggested a good alternative in Premiere Pro if you decide you can’t or don’t want to work with it.
FCPX does work fine for me and for many others. It doesn’t sound like you’re doing a level of work that is somehow more demanding than the work we’re producing for broadcast and film so I don’t know what else to offer you than the help that I did.
Again, good luck with your decision.
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well, lets put it this way – if in fact Apple have ambitions to make this a functioning continuation of the software and eco-system they just nuked from orbit, they have their work cut out for them.
In my black heart however I look at this:
https://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/imovie-to-finalcutpro/
and I read this:
“As an iMovie user, you’re already familiar with some features in Final Cut Pro X — such as skimming and the Magnetic Timeline — so you can start working right away.”
That’s right kids – those best ready for FCPX are imovie users. But we know this right? they are the software’s intended audience.
This is a product intended to appeal directly to iMovie users. the degree to which we choose to ignore what is a prosumer advertising approach for prosumer software is mad, if psychologically understandable. Apple are never coming back to NAB. I believe that whole thing is over.while we may hope that FCPX is somehow coming back as it were, with future revisions, I still think ultimately what Apple meant by “its version 1.0” is that they are pushing out an expanded iMovie that is coining it on the appstore to the intended audience – lets have that quote again:
“As an iMovie user, you’re already familiar with some features in Final Cut Pro X — such as skimming and the Magnetic Timeline — so you can start working right away.”
…and Apple are just saying that it all may wash up in our vicinity in half a decade once its gestated through their iMovie base via the appstore. Long after FCP as a whole has gone into arctic professional dead winter.
but this demands software prowess right? to force such a tectonic shift? How is Apple’s software prowess? Motion? iTunes? STP even? are any of these particularly good software? How buggy is FCPX? How blindsided were the engineers? what the hell is happening with the project file mutating in size unstably? how is auto-save randomly falling over with no back up?
What if Apple just aren’t very good at this kind of thing anymore? How much is actually left of pro-apps? does anyone know?
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[Craig Shamwell] “I am new to CC and looked back into archives and did not see all the posts you spoke of…sorry! “
I can tell you that I have personally written war and peace at this stage; that is, if it were written by monkeys with rabies.
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[Craig Shamwell] “In my opinion…like it or not…its the single worst major program I have ever used.”
Hey Craig, your opinion is obviously more than welcome. I neither like it or don’t like it. It’s an opinion.
FWIW, if I felt that FCPX was the worst program I ever used, then I would definitely drop it like a hot potato and get back to producing in a happy environment.
I thought you were looking for advice which is the only reason I commented on your original post. But if you just want to rant, then rant on brother, this is the place. You’re in fine company but you’ll have to get a lot more colorful if you want to even move the rant needle on this forum .
When I was on the fence a few months ago I spent some time with the new PP and I think you might find it a great move forward from what your saying. Dennis R from Adobe frequents this forum and is a great resource for all things PP.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “In my black heart however I look at this”
[Jim Giberti] “He did do a great job with them didn’t he Aindreas (Blackheart)”
[Aindreas Gallagher] “I can tell you that I have personally written war and peace at this stage; that is, if it were written by monkeys with rabies.”
Be careful, brother — this is how nicknames are born! Blackheart is pretty cool, Tolstoy wouldn’t be bad, but Rabid Monkey would be a drag for sure…
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[Aindreas Gallagher] ”
How much is actually left of pro-apps? does anyone know?”Check their https://www.apple.com/pro linky.
You’ll see an awfully outdated page filled with 2009 stories…
And there’s still FCStudio down there! This must be a good sign, huh?
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[Jim Giberti] “Dennis R from Adobe frequents this forum and is a great resource for all things PP.”
Indeed I do. Always willing to help.
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[Craig Shamwell] “I opened up the project and before I could even do anything it was rendering…something.”
What format is your media and what format is your timeline?
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[Jason Jenkins] “With that system you should be screaming (not in agony).”
That’s what I found odd. And as Steve points out, he may not even have to render. Plus, with his graphics setup, the output should handle rendering much faster.
Maybe he could post a screen shot of what his 30 second timeline looks like?
I’d ask him, but I think I’d prefer he keeps his “passion” directed at someone else.
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