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just a suggestion, Apple/Adobe
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And people decide that the adobe suite is the way to go instead if FCP / motion / compressor. Same as when apple took over color. And if people go adobe, it doesn’t keep them on the mac.
No that is not a win for Apple. I’m believing that Apple’s moves really are aimed at gaining the next wave of users at the likely risk of losing a good bit of pros. If they can capture the next wave of producers – whether ut be small independents and / or students it’s a big win. Because they’re trying to do it with an app that doesn’t compare to any other. It started with iMovie and now they’d upped the ante to drag those users along as they evolve.
Us pros are on the Mac. We might switch apps, but I’m sure we’ll stay on Mac hardware if we can.
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[Bret Williams] “Us pros are on the Mac. We might switch apps, but I’m sure we’ll stay on Mac hardware if we can.”
If I go to DaVinci to replace Color, then Mac is not the best platform. The best real time performance comes from a Linux system. It might really set the cat amongst the pigeons if developers embraced Linux based systems running on far cheaper, just as powerful hardware as the shiny MacPros
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And all your other apps to Linux too? Do they even make photoshop for Linux? I mean I get it, you’ll buy another machine to run davinci for a very elite operation that the Mac isn’t good enough I guess. But are you going to ditch the Mac because of it? Are you going to have less macs? Sounds like you must have a separate color correction room/suite so would you have purchased fcs studio and used a Mac in that room? If so, I’d say yes, Apple lost a sale there for sure.
As a stockholder I certainly hope some really smart people were running all the scenarios and outcomes and decided FCP X was a win win no matter the outcry. Because as an Apple user, my faith has been shaken for sure.
Well, back to my Media Composer tutorials. Never thought I’d touch one of those again. Last time was one outing in 2003. It was a good decade while it lasted.
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Judging by the colleagues I’ve talked to, if Apple is counting on a new generation of students learning FCP-X they are going to be sorely disappointed. There are just too many issues and problems with FCP-X. I can’t depend on Apple any more. We will be moving our program (50 FCP seats and 400+ students to Premiere ASAP.
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Bret, I only bought a Mac to run FCP. I already have four WIN PCs for audio apps like Fairlight. My office computer and web/ftp server are Linux so yes if I were to go Resolve on Linux and CS5.5 on PC I don’t need the Mac. Another option is Smoke on Mac.
I am only interested in software. The OS and hardware just follow.
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[Craig Alan] “Adobe could develop a 64-bit FCS 4”
We did – it’s called Premiere Pro CS5/5.5. 😉
Sorry couldn’t resist.
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I agree Tim – this should be a hit with users all over. I spoke to Blackmagic about the details and for a ‘free’ product, it should be downright amazing.
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That’s great news Richard. We’ve been working hard with universities to incorporate Premiere Pro into the curriculum and have gotten half of the top US film schools to adopt it, with many more on the way. We (Adobe) believe that we need to hit both sides (high-end post & broadcast and education) simultaneously. Broadcasters need talent, students need jobs. It just makes sense.
Dennis
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As said before. Adobe needs a good color correction app. Anything in the pipeline>
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