Premiere Pro says: I’m very sorry Dave, i can’t do that.

[Timothy Auld]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “does any editor feel good about this “

I don’t.

Tim

[Aindreas Gallagher]

Isn’t this starting to sound like crazy town?
and us a mere two weeks away from the June 17th grand opening of, you know, Jurassic Activation Park?

No expense spared people. Not in support, activation, checking your credit card – this is all going to be great if we all agree to go rental with adobe.
Forever.

#adobe2014

maybe lets everyone take a breath? – and not touch this with a living bargepole for six months.
It could really serve to improve the situation on multiple levels.

https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics

[Chris Harlan]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “and us a mere two weeks away from the June 17th grand opening of”

Don’t you mean “a mere two fortnights?” Or did somebody shave off the last third of May and the front porch of June and not tell me?

[Dave Gage]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “Not only are adobe holding the software hostage, they are also so completely incompetent that they are now randomly shooting it in the head without notice. your editing software. At some really interesting unforeseen moment.

Its a joke. This is just a bad bad bad joke.”
Over the last few years I’ve done everything in my power to avoid Adobe, Microsoft, and Google (I’m stuck with Apple).

Speaking of jokes. 6 months ago I began using Adobe Connect to teach online classes. It works. Mostly. The sales lady misled me about exactly when Adobe would upgrade the software to HD quality, she said “very soon”. Adobe did a major upgrade a few weeks ago which seemed to break more things than fix at my end, and we’re still at 640×480 and 20fps. Not quite HD yet and I guess “very soon” to Adobe is sometime around a year (which is what the support fellow told me).

Adobe Connect support is ridiculous. I opened a ticket for problems after the upgrade and asked that my complaints be passed up the food chain. My new friend in India said someone would get right back to me. It’s been a few weeks now. Not worth another phone call, but annoying. If Adobe Connect is any indication of current Adobe quality and support, good luck with Creative Cloud.

Mostly I’m responding because I saw my name in the subject line and it got my attention. But I tell you, if I didn’t have to make my living using software and services by the 4 above mentioned corporations, I wouldn’t. (Sure gotta love these small software and plugin companies though that respond personally and get upgrades and fixes out within days after you email them. Ah, good times.)

Dave

[David Lawrence]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “I swear to god – does any editor feel good about this at this stage? reading the above?
Forget the cloud – this isn’t about any cloud. This is just turning into a nightmarish mess.”

Oh it’s a nightmare alright. Did you see this today?

https://www.facebook.com/StopAdobeCC

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[Neil Goodman]

between magnetic timelines and creative cloud activation nightmares, im glad i switched back to Avid full time after the EOL of FCP7..never had an issue with activation, the software works and MC7 looks really promising. That said, i wouldnt put it past avid to adopt some sort of cloud thingy too, but for now all is safe in Media Composer land and my work hasnt skipped a beat.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Charlie Austin]

[Neil Goodman] “between magnetic timelines and creative cloud activation nightmares”

Those 2 things are not the same. One you just don’t like, the other prevents you from opening your project. 🙂

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Craig Seeman]

[Neil Goodman] “but for now all is safe in Media Composer land”

Until May 24th at least which is when Avid explains to NASDAQ what their plan to remain listed is (including a schedule for delivering a report that calls off the class action law suits).

[Neil Goodman]

[Charlie Austin] “[Neil Goodman] “between magnetic timelines and creative cloud activation nightmares”

Those 2 things are not the same. One you just don’t like, the other prevents you from opening your project. 🙂
“

touche, either way 2 things i dont have to deal with. I’d use FCPX if they brought back some tracks. Yes still beating that horse. lol

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Frank Gothmann]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “Adobe want to force around, I don’t know – a half a million or more (?) working editing professionals into this living hell over the next 24 months.

I swear to god – does any editor feel good about this at this stage? reading the above?
Forget the cloud – this isn’t about any cloud. This is just turning into a nightmarish mess.”

Man, don’t you think you blow it all a bit out of proportion?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMF1g0YCl8s

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