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This time next year…
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I hated FCPX to start with and moved to Adobe originally which I adjusted to very quickly (taking keyboard layout from FCP with me).
If I’m totally honest I kind of liked the FCP7 interface (similar to Adobe after all) being rather unapproachable to the uninitiated. It protected my space.
I already have clients who used to use iMovie for fun who will put together bits and pieces in FCPX themselves and this annoys me as they would never have attempted even these simple little jobs themselves in Legacy or Premiere. But they can do it even though they do not understand the subtleties or full capabilities of FCPX. And because they can, they do.
I just wonder whether there’s something in this “liking it looking difficult” thing.
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Not sure if Avid will make any significant gains, great that they now have modern resolutions but it’s basically still the 25 year old MC interface. Great for old guys (like me) but…
CC will probably keep growing because folks still need Photoshop and AE.
I think FCPX will grow faster that folks think. If you’re a Mac user there’s just so many helpful features that are OXS based that speed up workflow – like organizing my massive sound fx library into iTunes and having instant access to tens of thousands of sounds without ever importing or leaving the app.
Plus FCPX makes me feel young again – like the Viagra of NLE’s…
It was at a Vegas premiere that I resolved to become an avid FCPX user.
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
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[Lance Bachelder] “feel young again – like the Viagra of NLE’s…”
first compelling argument I’ve heard in two years.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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[Lance Bachelder] “CC will probably keep growing because folks still need Photoshop and AE.”
There are alternatives to Photoshop, with Acorn being one of them. From what I read, Acorn has a very solid non-destructive workflow. You can also arrange the order of any filters or effects which is a very nice feature. Once you save the project you can always go back and make further changes when necessary.
I do agree on After Effects as Motion does not have some advanced features though there are ways of accomplishing the same task. Perhaps not in the next year it does look Fusion will become a very viable alternative. I love the fact that it is node based but not sure about using it for motion graphics. Still think that layers is a more “appropriate” approach. By the time the next NAB comes about, or shortly on either side, we will learn more about Blackmagic Design has in store for Fusion, really would be glad should it be available for the Mac platform as well. Time will tell. My thoughts on the subject.
camera operator | editor | production assistant
Remember kids, tracks are you friends when you charge by the hour. Track Tetris, game on!
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cosa after effects is the one motion design ring. it cannot be unmade by human hands.
we would need software hobbits travelling a thousand miles to break it on fire mountain.more so than PS, AE is around as unbreakable as unbreakable is.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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[Lance Bachelder] “Plus FCPX makes me feel young again”
And it is something that is natural for young folk too…no pill needed. Once again, I watched my students edit last night and FCPX is just so natural to them. Really amazing to watch. Way more than FCP7 ever was. Apple got something very right here. Now, if they just keep on supporting it…
If so, FCPX will grow faster than Pp and Avid, IMHO. I think they (MC and CC) have plateaued and now get into the real fight for new customers. One could look at raw numbers and say “gee, look at how many CC and Avid subscribers have joined up..” but that’s just the hard core switching over. And just wait until that subscription price rises in 18 months…
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Scott Witthaus
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[Scott Witthaus] “And it is something that is natural for young folk too…no pill needed. Once again, I watched my students edit last night and FCPX is just so natural to them. Really amazing to watch. Way more than FCP7 ever was. Apple got something very right here. Now, if they just keep on supporting it…”
Very true. It does feel natural. At first it was confusing and intimidating after being used to a tracked base approach for years but now it is much faster and, most important, fun!
I also like how Motion takes the approach to what would be the equivalent of a pre-comp in After Effects or other layered based motion graphics software. No need to switch between tabs and using a simple keyboard shortcut makes things much more approachable and fast.
I too hope that Apple continues to support this software.
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X really has a lot going for it right now.
They have made nice improvements to it.
People who use it LOVE it, so they become sales people for it not just folks that are using it.
The biggest thing for me is, I’m seeing more people in my market who are respected by their peers, who had moved to Pr and are now turning to X and that is having a huge effect. They still use Pr but are using X more and more and are talking it up.
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I would hope the broken “show each source clip’s time code window burn in timeline” option feature in X will be fixed by then.
Strategically, Adobe really needs to unlock some more of the cooler things they’ve been hoarding in their experimental/development lab and start putting it out to the CC renters, to show that this rental method pushes out improvements and updates faster than the “old’ way of owning a copy with annual updates/bug fixes.
Resolve and etc. seem to be where FCPX was shortly after it launched. Lots of visible potential, but might take a year or more to get all the desired functionality desired.
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People who use it LOVE it, so they become sales people for it not just folks that are using it.
I am seeing the same thing. Fcp.co is a thriving FCP X community with over 7000 active members. This number has been increasing exponentially over the past 6 months. I have seen quite a few new posts from people asking: “This is how I do (or did) it in Premiere, how can I do this in FCP X?”
FCP X is also evolving fast in very different areas of editing.
Last week I heard an interesting podcast by Chris Fenwick where Michael Glass explains why TED has decided to go all FCP X for editing the huge amount of programming they do (10 multicam conferences per day all over the world, 365 days per year). They used FCP7, they have tested all the different offering and decided to go with X. I found it interesting to hear they had no trouble at all finding experienced FCP X editors in NYC. Here’s a link to the podcast: https://digitalcinemacafe.com/2014/09/18/fcg082-ted-cuts-in-fcpx-feat-michael-glass/
On the other side of the editing spectrum a big name in the live broadcasting world, Vizrt, have announced FCP X integration with their Viz One MAM and with Viz Engine, one of today’s most powerful rendering engines and real-time compositors of graphics and video. This is the story: https://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/1506-viz-one-integration-with-final-cut-pro-x-will-support-meta-graphics
So yes, I expect FCP X to continue to grow significantly in 2015 as well. How this will affect the “pie charts” and the “grids” I don’t know and, frankly, I don’t care. Every software has its place and its user base. Whenever I have to decide which software will be the best for our line of work, a pie-chart is the last thing I will look at (-:
– Ronny
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