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Quantifiable evidence
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[Andy Field] “FCP 7 has been EOL for several years and it’s still BBC Washington’s primary edit tool (not sure about London end) with no sign of change soon.”
For me, as a facility owner, if it still does what I need it to do, my first impulse is please god, if I don’t have to spend any more money and still deliver product, I really, really, really need to turn a net in-the-black number sometime. Sooner would be better than later.
That would be the “quantifiable” thing that would attract my interest. What the number is on the bottom line.
jPo
“I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me” Oscar Wilde.
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[Joseph Owens] “please god, if I don’t have to spend any more money and still deliver product, I really, really, really need to turn a net in-the-black number sometime. “
Should be embroidered on every editor’s chair headrest
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
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Posts about how prevalent Legacy still is, and how slow to change large facilities can be, has got me saying… “thank god I don’t have to bend to anyone’s will on which NLE to use”. Seriously, if someone told me I’d have to switch from X to Legacy because “the numbers tell the story”, I’d tell them to take a hike, and return to billing vigorously using X. To be stuck using 7 year old software? Ugh.
I edited with non-magnetic tracks for as long as anyone here who was on tape before that, and after a couple years of X, I’d rather not go back to tracks. The X timeline and it’s metadata strengths have done more for my productivity than anything since non-linear started.
That said, there’s plenty in X that needs improvement. I used to have a number of feature/workflow/etc update priorities, but lately believe the best changes that could be made in X lie in further increasing it’s minute-to-minute productivity. Eliminate those things that slow me down from creating content.
The beachball when I navigate plugins…. yes, I’m a plugin glutton, and have many, but why do I have to sit for several seconds watching a beachball as it draws up the list? And does it every time I do a search, or clear a search. And why do I have to look at thumbnails of effects? Why not a FAST text list? One that I can make favorites out of?
The interface – no good reason not to have savable layouts. Thin out that center bar… even on my dual 2K monitors it’s wasted space.
Stop telling me about what happens when I trash clips…. I KNOW ALREADY.
A keystroke command to replace clip/add to audition/etc. Don’t force me to use the mouse…. ever! The keyboard rules. (That comes from my old Avid days.)Basically, as long as X keeps improving for professional use, I really don’t care (thank god) what the other kids are using.
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barely off 7 – I get that, but adobe have loaded near a Tutankhamun’s tomb for editors at this point. It’s crazily effective.
How and when you editorially interact an ongoing ppro edit with AE is, in itself, super interesting relative to 7.that’s leaving aside the native operations and edit stuff. it’s a wicked timeline.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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If you’re an FCP X fan – good for you! If you can’t wrap your head around leaving FCP 7 – give Premiere Pro CC a 30 day free trial – it is what you wanted FCP 8 to be and never was.
throw everything in timeline – no render – no restrictions no trans-code
export to multiple formats in background – keep editing full speed – no beach-balls
Adobe Audition to clean and fix audio – perfect
There’s so much i like about FCP X (the third party plug ins are useful and some unmatched anywhere) But I’m an old dog who doesn’t want to let go of my tracks and automated mixing bone….pen tool, rubber banding, range selecting feel clunky compared to an easy real time in the timeline record-able key frame mix
Best yet – it has a choice to use all the FCP 7 keyboard shortcuts you already no – virtually no learning curve.
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852 -
How different is CC from CS6? I find PP in CS6 to be a pain. I use it only when I have to (clients shop).
Scott Witthaus
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Massive updates. Too many to mention. Go here and read the many new features entries and videos at https://www.retooled.net
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[Scott Witthaus] “How different is CC from CS6? I find PP in CS6 to be a pain. I use it only when I have to (clients shop)”
Way different. CC/CC2014 are much more usable and feature-filled than CS6.
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[Scott Witthaus] “How different is CC from CS6? I find PP in CS6 to be a pain. I use it only when I have to (clients shop).
“A lot. It’s a great NLE. That said… I’m with Bob… Tracks/bins etc. drive me batty now. And I say this as someone who will often be working in X, 7 and PrCC in the course of any given day. I can can cut faster, and focus more on the creative stuff in X. It’s not perfect, (nor is Pr etc.) but even with it’s “foibles” I prefer working with it.
Not that that’s news to anyone here… 😉
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[Andrew Kimery] “Scott Witthaus] “How different is CC from CS6? I find PP in CS6 to be a pain. I use it only when I have to (clients shop)””
honest to god but come on. who doesn’t know where ppro has gone?
why do people think (local shortform) disney, and viacom, and bbc worldwide, and ITV studios (actually for ITV the whole barn) nominated Adobe Premiere Pro going forward.
it is the proposed future editing system. ITV just flushed avid down the toilet. ppro will eat into long form over the next half decade.
that is what that is. X is a foreign exchange student, as it ever was.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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