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So has the 10.3 Update calmed your fears on the Future of FCPX?
Hardware releases aside, for those who had doubts like me has this new update renewed your faith?
I’m certainly a lot more confident going forward and very pleased with the update.
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Personally I think this is a great update, before installing I was afraid I’d have to get used to it but it all feels really natural. There’s no doubt in my mind they’re intending to improve things for “pros” but I am wondering what they will do about the 2013 MP. I’m hoping apple will have an impressive update there too and hopefully significant upgrades for existing 2013 MP users.
But on the FCPX side of things, If the 10.3 update is any indication then I think the future is looking very good…
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I’m sorry, but IMHO this update was way to long in coming for what is primarily a cosmetic reskinning of the app. Granted, maybe the wide gamut addition caused a lot of internal reworking that slowed them down. In either case, let’s wait and see if FCPX passes the 10-year mark, like FCP “legacy” did. After all, there’s been no public commitment by Apple past that point.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Oliver Peters] “I’m sorry, but IMHO this update was way to long in coming for what is primarily a cosmetic reskinning of the app”
I think it’s a little more than that! At the very least there’s clearly been a lot of work under the hood on performance and Roles is being developed in the right direction as well
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Don’t you all think this release was delayed to the release of the MacBook Pro? There seems to be a concerted marketing effort to pair the MBP with FCPX for professionals, and we had to wait until the computers were ready, otherwise, we would have had the update more quickly.
Also, this is much more than a reskinning, there was a lot of function built in. I’m loving it. Even without Audio Lanes on, I like how adding audio to the timeline puts it in the general Role hierarchy. And for the most part, it’s pretty stable. There’s a few crashes in there, but nothing like the latest Adobe release.
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Just noticed that Timeline History seems to be reliable now as well!
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[Oliver Peters] “what is primarily a cosmetic reskinning of the app”
Really? So what would have been a substantive upgrade?
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
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[Scott Witthaus] “Really? So what would have been a substantive upgrade?”
To start with, one that fixed the bugs present in earlier versions.
Then how about better the other points I brought up (relinking, batch exports, etc)? Or maybe something like collaborative workflows.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Steve Connor] “At the very least there’s clearly been a lot of work under the hood on performance and Roles is being developed in the right direction as well”
Sure. I think I acknowledged that in the wide gamut comment. I’m sure that took a bit of re-engineering.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Don’t you all think this release was delayed to the release of the MacBook Pro?”
Maybe so. But if true, that’s all that much worse. And certainly not what “pros” want to hear.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Oliver Peters] “Maybe so. But if true, that’s all that much worse. And certainly not what “pros” want to hear.”
So grab a Surface Pro and let Adobe/Avid rule? If you’re so upset and discouraged, why stick around?
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