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Why The Pro Market Should Take FCP X Seriously – HD Magazine article
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “[Shane Ross] “Even LEVERAGE has switched away from it.
yes…yes they have.
”seriously? is that done?”
I cannot say officially, but I know someone who works there.
Shane
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The issue of trust is more important than learning a new NLE from what most editors have told me. Many editors said they already used CS5.5 for Ae & photoshop so they just upgraded and switched to Pr6.
But the surprise to me is how many are staying put on FCP7. I think there is far too much hype here on embracing the new world order and pointing out why X is so superior without recognising that Legend is out there doing the bulk of the paid work in broadcast. So my clients are staying Apple and even buying new iMacs but locked into Legend for much longer than I expected.
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[Shane Ross] ” Even LEVERAGE has switched away from it.”
Oh No! FCP X, the little lever that could lift the world, has just snapped? What did they replace it with?
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Even if it does ever gain some traction i dont think it will be for years to come. Alot of editors/facilities i know are still on Media Composer 4 and FCP 6. If they havent felt the need to even upgrade there existing apps, why would they switch up there entire workflow and ecosystem to save a few bucks?, cause really, thats the only main benefit i can see to FCP X right now is that its cheap.
Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal
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Given, I’ve adopted X where I can because I generally like it. I can easily see the argument that Premiere or Avid is just as good a choice. But the argument to stay with 7 is getting ridiculous at this stage. Time to move on to something that doesn’t require so much transcoding and rendering whatever it is. 7 was old in the tooth way before X was released wasn’t it? I remember a lot of complaining that it was time to give Avid or Premiere a serious look before we even got the sneak peek at X. It’s time to move on from 7 to something isn’t it? If people have lost faith in Apple, they should be ditching 7 in droves. It’s more likely to get left behind or broken with the next minor OS update just around the corner anytime. I guess that eventually that will push some decisions to be made. When you can’t run 7 alongside the latest version of PS or AE because of OS upgrade issues, it’ll fall out of favor quickly.
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[Bret Williams] “When you can’t run 7 alongside the latest version of PS or AE because of OS upgrade issues, it’ll fall out of favor quickly.”
I agree, I see a lot of old fcp and old mc at stations in my town and in a way I’m not really surprised at all.
People are comfortable with the programs and they are paying their bills and execs don’t have a clue what’s new out there and don’t want to spend money if they don’t have to.
At some point 7 won’t work anymore and they will have to move. By then X will have improved even more.
That’s when I want to see which way they go.
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Brett, I generally agree with you. But I think if you are cutting something highly supported like ProResHQ, and in a highly structured environment, you’re not really feeling the problems you are talking about. If you are going from HDcamSR to HQ and then back, the kind of rendering and transcoding you are talking about never really enters the picture.
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I’m a stubborn legacy user who feels more comfortable when all media is transcoded to Prores. I’m so fast in 7 why would I mess that up? Transcode while I sleep. When 7 is gone soon, my natural reaction will be to edit on Premiere for the easy and safe transition, but at the same time use X for quick projects while it continues to grow. I think using both could be effective.
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[Colin Hensworth] “Transcode while I sleep”
With X you transcode while you work! (If you have a fast Mac!)
[Colin Hensworth] “my natural reaction will be to edit on Premiere for the easy and safe transition, but at the same time use X for quick projects while it continues to grow. I think using both could be effective.”
Very sensible, I would imagine a lot of people may be thinking the same thing
Steve Connor
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The way things are going transcoding might not always be necessary, e.g., shooting ProRes in-camera to SSD.
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