Reconsidering Postproduction

[Steve Connor]

[Ian Bailey] “* Mastering to tape: Media Express (Blackmagic card)”

Obviously you can still use FCP7 for this as well

Steve Connor
“FCPX Agitator”
Adrenalin Television

[Frank Gothmann]

I am afraid I don’t really understand the point of your posting. If you have used Photoshop before I assume you have a licence so why switch to Gimp now?
Gimp’s allright, but if Photoshop is sitting on the same drive waiting to be fired up Gimp wouldn’t be my first choice. Won’t save you a penny either. Same for After Effects, Dreamweaver etc. If you have used them in the past you may as well use them now and in the future since you have already paid for them.
Some of your sw choices have severe limitations (dvd, blu-ray) but if it suits your needs that’s just great.
If your decision to switch to something else is not budget driven… fine, but that’s not the point you were trying to make.

[Ian Bailey]

[Frank Gothmann] “I am afraid I don’t really understand the point of your posting. If you have used Photoshop before I assume you have a licence so why switch to Gimp now?”

My Adobe software is in need of up-dating, so I’m considering the alternatives. Still a big fan of both Photoshop and After Effects.

I should clarify:
I’ve made a personal decision to reconsider all the software I use and where I want to be in light of the FCPX release. Others on this forum have done the same and opted for Premiere and Avid, I though it might be useful to show a different point of view.

[Ian Bailey]

My previous explanation was a bit rubbish, so I’ll put it another way:

Plenty of people are still confused by the demise of Final Cut Studio and as part of my job I’m often asked what I would recommend as a replacement. Unless their requirements are very specific, I refuse to make recommendations and instead point them to the various trial versions available. I am however happy to talk about the decisions I’ve made (as I’ve done in my initial post) and people either find it useful or think I’ve lost the plot. Either response is valid!

[Ben Scott]

try pixelmator for photoshop style work

try wordpress for websites its very good

try some other web packages like sugarcrm if you are running a business

just what I have seen to have useful interface that goes far enough in many cases

[Chris Harlan]

Dude, what ever floats your boat. This setup wouldn’t float mine, but if this floats yours and gets you down the river, paddle on.

[Vincent Lowe]

…this was very helpful, thank you.

I’m finding that the ideal of a single unified toolset is really not in the cards. There always seem to be bits and pieces of a production that require tools not in a single suite — so I appreciate your thoughts about the toolset you find useful.

—v

Vincent Lowe – Schoolhouse Earth
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[Ian Bailey]

[Ben Scott] “try pixelmator for photoshop style work

try wordpress for websites its very good

try some other web packages like sugarcrm if you are running a business”

Heard lots of good things about Pixelmator and glad to see there’s a trial version. I’ll give it a whirl: https://www.pixelmator.com/try/

I’m a huge fan of WordPress and I’ve set-up WP sites for other people. But it is still very blog orientated, whereas Joomla is more like a website and has a better fit with e-commerce.

Thanks for your sugarcrm recommendation, I’ll take a look.

[Craig Seeman]

Also look at Freeway Pro or Freeway Express if your needs are limited.

Pro
https://www.softpress.com/products/freeway-pro.html
Express
https://www.softpress.com/products/freeway-express.html