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we’re gathered around a very small pond.
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I started hallucinating June 24th. NAB was more of a farce than Kim Kardashians wedding…
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[Jamie Franklin] “Every mbox I have owned has been a disaster of epic frustration.”
No mine. Works like a champ with every app I run.
Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
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Sorry, Tony – I didn’t add “in your town” to my first statement.
But of course since you didn’t even say what town you were in, I thought I’d provide a list of towns where they are using it. I just wanted people to know that there are plenty of broadcast stations using it, just as there are plenty of broadcast stations using AVIDs, FCP, and other tools.
I don’t even consider it a fight – we use the tools we are given at the jobs we have. I’m now owner of my own company, and I chose PPro. I’ve used Edit*, AVID, and Premiere Pro, and I happen to prefer Premiere Pro. They are all tools, and each of them can get the job done.
Joe Bourke
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I meant fight like battle between Apple and PPro.
Fight to see what company is the last one standing.
I’m glad you like using it. I want everybody to be happy with what they are using.
I know people like PPro, I just wonder why it hasn’t taken off here.
I also think FCP X fits right into news. (you mentioned stations)
It’s crazy fast and that’s what you need in news. It’s easy to learn, and more and more stations want reporters to edit their own stuff. Reporter who really are not that good at cutting.
But for me the main thing I want is when a story breaks to walk in and type a topic and have all clips shot on that story come off the server into my Events folder and start cutting. Like a snap!
That’s the strong point of X, and when people at stations figure that out it will take off.
I have friend that is the only guy I know that cuts with PPro coming over tonight and I’m going to give him a demo on X
He is a big mac fan and wants to see it. He has always liked macs but couldn’t fit one into his budget.
He’s good at AE and has never seen motion.
I can let you know what he says if you like.
Tony West
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[tony west] “It’s crazy fast and that’s what you need in news. It’s easy to learn, and more and more stations want reporters to edit their own stuff. Reporter who really are not that good at cutting.”
You’ve actually touched on one of the target considerations that Apple has mentioned. They point to requests by CNN, BBC and others to have easy editing software for reporters. Since these folks are certainly a professional market, it helps Apple position FCP X as designed for pro users.
Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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It makes sense that FCPX could work out in the newsroom. Our photogs at the station I used to work at were also expected to cut the news stories together when they came in from the field, and that was done for a looong time from beta decks and an a/b roll system. The chief photog swore that there was no need for NLEs in the news sphere and that he’d never allow one to be used in his department.
Well, when they finally went with NLEs, they went with AVID Newscutters, which were so complex, the photogs had to take the expensive AVID courses to just get up to speed. Something like FCPX would probably be just what the doctor ordered.
Joe Bourke
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[tony west] “But for me the main thing I want is when a story breaks to walk in and type a topic and have all clips shot on that story come off the server into my Events folder and start cutting. Like a snap!
That’s the strong point of X, and when people at stations figure that out it will take off.”
And that’s why I think FCPX is headed for a strong server/san solution. It looks like it should be a seat in a facility with a “brain” controlling the metadata.
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[Craig Seeman] “And that’s why I think FCPX is headed for a strong server/san solution. It looks like it should be a seat in a facility with a “brain” controlling the metadata.”
We have a SAN and I have been testing little by little.
Right now, sharing Events is a no no, and I can’t imagine that will change. Imagine two editors working on the same clip and changing the name. Corruption.
What I will say is passing events and projects is easy. You are also allowed to put Projects and Events in whatever folder you want, not only at the root level as with any other local drive. This means you can keep Projects and Events separated by client if you need to by making a new folder for each “SAN location” as FCPX calls it. If you need to work on a new media set, simply remove the San Location, then add the other one, you don’t even have to quit fcpx.
As with a lot of things in FCPX it seems that all the control isn’t there, but the infrastructure seems to be there.
I don’t know for sure, but it seems ripe to support bigger networks right from the app. I do not think this was a mistake or a fluke. I think it looks like FCPX has bigger things in mind that arent quite there yet, but maybe I’m just too optimistic and the pond is drying up and the crocodiles are getting hungry. Look out for the huge bird (sorry, wasn’t an eagle)!
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Maybe Avid hardware should also be open to any software or at least to the main nle like ppro, fcpx,vegas, edius and even lighworks.
Btw avid studio looks remarably like fcpx and also has a magnetic timeline but this can be switched on or off.
R Cardonna
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[kim krause] “already the latest top end mini runs circles around the towers of just 3 years ago…the same old towers that most of the old guard are still using, filled up and maxed out with all new guts to get them up to speed!”
Haha…you sure won´t make friends with your post in here. But you are correct. There is no need for a MacPro anymore in 95% of the cases.
Use a MacMini or an iMac with a quad-core, the GPU does most of the work anyway now and can be easily exchanged every year when the GPU-pipelines accelerate.
All peripherals are hanging on LAN and the thunderbolt with easily enough transferrates to stream 4K in both directions while copying a bluray in the background as well.it is obvious there is change again coming. Apple is leading, maybe 3 years ahead of Adobe and the rest. I am sure they bring a new MacPro, but sales will keep decreasing. The Photoworld is happy with iMacs, only video-pros are left as a target-group for MacPros with internal RAIDS and PCI-e connections. So there will be the day……..when the dinosaurs will find out the time has come to adapt.
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