Welcome back to 1999, and still more questions than answers

[Paul Nordin]

You are probably right at least I hope so. But this has to be the all time worst, most mis-handled new product release in, well, as far as I care to think back on.

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El Mundo Bueno Studios
Film * Audio
http://www.EMBstudios.com
Emeryville, CA
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[Matt Callac]

[Walter Soyka] ”
Users here are simply asking for feature parity with the old version — pre-“upgrade.” I am really struggling to think of another example of an application that has removed so much functionality in a so-called upgrade.”

I thought they weren’t calling it an up-grade. And since there’s no upgrade pricing, and it can live alongside FCP 7, I wouldn’t think it’s an upgrade.

It’s sort of like in Hollywood when they take a Film franchise and totally start it over. Aren’t they doing that with Spiderman, or something. It’s like hitting the reset button. So Apple’s doing that…but with their editing software.

-mattyc

[Scott Sheriff]

[Walter Soyka] “The big problem is this: they’ve broken trust with the users making their livings with this software. As Chris Walsh said in another thread here [link], Apple has “burned through some of trust and goodwill it had built over FC 1-7, for no apparent reason.”

Apple needs to do something to reassure users that their investment in the FCP platform is still relevant — or they need to make it clear that there are certain groups of of FCP users that are no longer being targeted.

A roadmap on the “missing” features would go a long way. Are there plans to offer third-party hardware support? Interchange with other apps? Collaborative support for multi-seat facilities? The ability to open old project files?”

I’ve said this in other threads, but putting FCS3 back on the shelves would go a long way towards regaining some of this trust. I see no reason to force everyone to use FCP X. To me this is the proverbial straw.

Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

I have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
You should be suitably impressed…

“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair

[David Roth weiss]

[Sohrab Sandhu] “the real problem is the way Apple has handled this whole situation. Firstly no proper release, secondly they took FCS 3 out of the stores and lastly Apple is not making their plans clear (as far as FCP is concerned).
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They’ve handled this situation like amateurs. They’ve created software for amateurs. And, they’re clearly treating their customers like amateurs. Is it any wonder that some people are not happy?

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.com

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