Who is Going To Switch?

[Gary Huff]

[Kent Beeson] “again, touch screen, in conjunction with voice command if/as you want it is what would be more natural, faster, better”

If you’d actually think about this in a realistic sense, I think you’d realize how terrible this would be in practice.

[Andrew Kimery]

[Bill Davis] “I kinda think you’re going to be in a world of hurt trying to wrestle whatever seats there are away from the folks who’ve put their 6 months to a year into the software and know where all it’s bodies are burried.”
I doubt the majority of professionals that, on a daily basis, use programs like AE, Avid MC, FCP Classic, Photoshop, ProTools, Maya, C4D, Resolve, etc., got started with version 1. Why do you think FCPX will be different? Sure, if one’s job is to train others, create plugins/3rd party apps, consult with businesses about what to buy, provide tech support, etc., then getting in on the ground floor can certainly have advantages but I don’t see it translating the same way when it comes to end users.

[Gary Huff]

[Andrew Kimery] “Why do you think FCPX will be different?”

Because Bill is of the “join or die” level of fanboyism.

[Don Walker]

Jim, I proved to the world that I wasn’t a good professional editor by, upgrading right in the middle of a project. The program promptly beach balled on the first project load up, I forced quit, and it’s been nothing but smooth sailing since. There is a little funky flash frames when adjusting plugin effects, but nothing show stopping. It is faster on my 2008 8 core. I love it.

don walker
texarkana, texas

John 3:16

[Michael Hadley]

Ive been cutting on X for the past 8 months. Each update is better than the last. It is now really hitting its stride. That said, it takes A WHILE to really learn to appreciate the magnetic timeline. It is initially infuriating. Once you get beyond that and start to understand it, it is actually a fantastic time saver, and lets you make changes much quicker and easier. But be warned it does take some time to get used to. In this case, different is better.

[Jim Giberti]

[Don Walker] “Jim, I proved to the world that I wasn’t a good professional editor by, upgrading right in the middle of a project. “

Well….as much as I’m looking forward to a bunch of the new features, I’m just an approval or two away from wrapping both pieces. My real issue is realizing that I have to have 10.7.5 (I believe) and we’re happily cruising along on 10.6.8

The real issue is in the two suites I work at the farm and studios, I’ve got full audio post and all the VIs and packages and drivers to consider there too. I usually dread making an OS change when I’ve got several systems all running smoothly, but I’m trusting/hoping I’ll find everything simpatico.

[Paul Neumann]

I have a live music/party shoot planned for this Monday. We’ll use 2 cameras (D7 and XF100) and grab sound from the board for a song or two to edit against. I will try my best to start and finish this job in this new version of FCPX. Over the past year I have made it through 2 edits on this software. I really hope this time is different. I have so much Photoshop/After Effects/Illustrator stuff in most of my jobs that it’s silly to not use CS6. But this thing coming up should be pretty straight forward editorial/image fx. I will try.

[Bill Davis]

[Gary Huff] “Because Bill is of the “join or die” level of fanboyism.”

Not really.

I have to accumulate 1500 more “X Got the Job Done for me OnTime ” points – as well as 4000 more “Bashing ALL other Software Alternatives Regardless of their Capabilities” points.

Reaching the hallowed “join or die” level also means I have to submit $59 for the commemorative pin.

I’m saving up – but it’s going to take me some more time.

(I do admit that the idea that I can achieve a level of “anything-boy” ism at my age is extremely encouraging!)

; )

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[Bret Williams]

I have the current best you can buy iMac except I bought the RAM aftermarket of course for $70 instead of $700. The total price of the maxed out iMac from BHPhoto was $2249.

It runs X great. But not Adobe Premiere or AE very well since no CUDA, or official OpenCL support of the Radeon 6970m. You can hack it, but it actually runs worse when you do. But there’s no hack to get accelerated ray trace. And if you do use ray trace in AE, it doesn’t do multiprocessing!

So it’s turned AE into a dog. But since the next iMacs have CUDA enabled cards, it’s the best of both worlds. I’m sure they’ll run X great, and AE will be a powerhouse. I can’t afford not to get it really.

Guess I’ll have to get the $70 external DVD burner and duck tape it to the back though.

[Alban Egger]

[Neil Goodman] “The fact that secondary storyline and connected clips need to be edited differently than the primary is a turn off, and the magnetism still bothers me. I feel like the program doesnt think your smart enough to make your own editorial decisions and im constantly fumbling around to avoid it”

Fitst of all the SECONDARY storyline behaves exactly like the PRIMARY. It only cannot have connected clips of its own. Otherwise it is a storyline, not a compound clip.

Your other worries sound more like a simple getting used to; but in a good way 😉