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I could see FCP X being useful for something professional…
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I believe shortly AFTER the release Apple spoke to a number of “publicly influential” people that there are features on the way. They haven’t had a “press conference” per se but they are certainly talking to people who are passing this information on. In short, Apple is communicating through the press.
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[Craig Seeman] “In short, Apple is communicating through the press.
“If I may clarify that slightly… Unnamed sources, allegedly from Apple, are reported to have disclosed that new features will be on the way at some point in time, which has yet to be determined.
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Oh god knows I have plenty of hyperbole in me, I really do. But I will be throwing verbal bricks at Cupertino windows until my arm drops off, for the sheer bollocks that is this software.
Four features my arse Chris. The software is not fit for purpose. And they bloody well knew it when they made it. That is why I think they couldnt give a shite about professional editing, there is degree of logic to the conclusion if you think about it.
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[Patrick Sheffield] “At the FCPUG in London the other night, reportedly the Apple representative stated that Apple is not interested in pursuing XML support…
Even David Pogue, speaking supposedly for Apple, said FCX would never support import of Final Cut Pro projects, and that Apple thought EDLs were crude and should be dropped.
How does that equate to adding back those features?”
Specific support for XML and EDL is not required if Apple provides an API to allow third-parties to directly access sequence data. Which from what they’ve told Pogue and Hodgetts seems to be the plan. Such an API would allow anyone to write an app or plug-in to export sequence data from FCP X in any format, and would almost certainly result in FCP X having a far more robust set of export options than FCP 7 ever had.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “Four features my arse Chris. The software is not fit for purpose.”
You hate the entire user interface. We get it. But your belief that the UI is unusable is not a fact, it’s an opinion, and one which others disagree with.
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you would hack off your own arm defending this software and Apple Chris – we get it – and it’s not that I hate any software per se – software never did anything to anybody, what I am is very angry with Apple for what they have done to the editing application, and by extension, the professionals who rely on that application to pay bills and feed mouths.
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[Peter J. DeCrescenzo] “Are you saying Mr. Hodgetts didn’t tell the rest of us anything more than what many others told us soon after they purchased the app?
If the above is true, then what value are his comments compared to those of others? “
Apple has directly communicated with him about future plans. Also, his post implies he’d been told there would be XML exporting or an API to access sequence data or something before the release, which would mean this is just a feature that slipped at the last minute; hardly unusual in software development, and if Apple had thought a couple of months ago that it might be ready for the initial release, we might not have long to wait for it.
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You’re not really saying anything specific enough to engage with there. FCP X’s UI is, in my opinion, entirely suitable for professional editing. The app’s only real problem is that there are, by my count, four really important features missing:
1. A way to export sequence data.
2. More control over audio exports.
3. Support for third-party I/O hardware.
4. Multicam.Of these four things, Apple has explicitly told various parties that they’re working on 1, 3, and 4.
This freak-out has more to do with what people imagine about Apple’s motivations than it does with FCP X’s potential for professional use.
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Yes well, I think we are both pretty clear on each other’s positions at this point Chris – I say let us agree to disagree.
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[Chris Kenny] “The app’s only real problem is that there are, by my count, four really important features missing:
1. A way to export sequence data.
2. More control over audio exports.
3. Support for third-party I/O hardware.
4. Multicam.Of these four things, Apple has explicitly told various parties that they’re working on 1, 3, and 4.”
There you go again, attributing things to Apple, when Apple has made no official statements anywhere.
If you’re going to use that argument constantly as your primary ammunition to counter the main gripes of those who disagree with you, as you have done over, and over, and over again, at least have the decency to be accurate.
To clarify this argument for you and others yet again, the facts are: unnamed sources, allegedly from Apple, are reported to have disclosed that new features will be on the way at some point in time, which has yet to be determined.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comDon’t miss my new tutorial: Prepare for a seamless transition to FCP X and OS X Lion
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Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums.
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