Will FCPX be continued?

[Walter Soyka]

[Lance Bachelder] “So Adobe has released 2 bug fixes since the release of PPro 5.5 in APRIL. 5.5.1 on Sept. 12th and 5.5.2 on Nov. 1st. Apple has released 2 FCPX bug fixes since being released in JUNE. 10.01 around Sept.20th, which also included new and improved features and 10.02 on Nov. 16th. They also updated the codec pack in Oct. Seems Apple is doing okay with updates… we’ll see how big the next one is.”

Personally, I’m more concerned with the severity of outstanding bugs and the length of time they remain un-squashed than the bug fix release schedule per se, for any developer.

Has 10.0.2 resolved the bug where FCPX can silently fail to save?

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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[Walter Soyka]

[Walter Soyka] “I’ll check the install disc when I’m back in the office tomorrow and let you know if it was burned or pressed.”

My MC 5.5.2 disc was burned; all the others (Interplay, Avid/Boris FX, Avid/Sonic DVD, Sorenson Squeeze, etc.) were pressed.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events

[Lance Bachelder]

Sorry I haven’t experienced ANY serious bugs since updating my system to Lion, I’m even running several 3rd party FCPX plugs and still no probs… just lucky I guess…

I’m on a 2.1 MacPro with new 5770 installed feeding Dell 30″ and HP Dreamcolor.

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Irvine, California

[Tony West]

[Walter Soyka] “How can we compare apples to apples?”

By talking about phones that came out in at least the same year for one thing.

Yeah, you can get a 2 or 3 year old Iphone for free but most people don’t want a phone that old.

You can get a smart from another brand that came out this year for free. You can’t get that 4s for free. That’s all I’m say’in

dude, I don’t really care that much about these phones

My point about people cracking on the Iphone or X early is not to say that either did or didn’t deserve it.

My point is even if the DO deserver it it didn’t matter. People bought them anyway.

You understand what I’m saying Walter? They bought them ANYWAY.

They didn’t care.

I predict that many people will keep buying X. I could be wrong, but I don’t think so, and if you lived in my town I would bet you money on that : )

[Tony West]

OK Chris I will do that,

I will just chalk my work place up to a fluke.

But just so you know what I’m dealing with, here is what colored my view.

Mind you this is only the home show and I’m not counting the visitors crew : )

Producer Iphone
Director Iphone
TD NO
Font Iphone
Font As Iphone
fox box NO
Lead EvS Iphone
Evs 1 NO
EVS 2 NO
vid Iphone
EIC 1 Iphone
EIC 2 Iphone
A1 NO
A2 NO
Cam 1 Iphone
Cam 2 Iphone
Cam 3 Iphone
Cam 4 Iphone
Cam 5 Iphone
Cam 6 Iphone
Cam 7 (me) Iphone
Cam 8 NO

stage NO

Pregame:

Producer Iphone
Director Iphone

Set Iphone
Patch Iphone
prod iphone

set stage Iphone

This could be a case of people just copying people around them and I’m sure you guys could put up a list that looks totally different.

As a joke last night I was going to gather everyone outside the TV truck and have them hold up their phones and post that pic hehehe

Anyway I hope you can see why I feel Iphoned out.

[Chris Harlan]

Dude, you are obsessing. No one is saying that the iPhone is not a hit. You seem to be taking this quite personally. I’m sorry about that. I really have no problem believing that your crew has mostly iPhones. They are certainly fashionable and quite popular. I have an iPhone. But really? Are you really having trouble believing that people choose other phones for reasons other than personal economics? There are plenty of good reasons to choose other phones beyond “Gee Wiz; I can’t afford an iPhone,” and plenty of people who do. 4G’s a good reason. Compatibility with your operating system is a good reason. Compatibility with your business is a good reason. A desire to play Flash is a good reason. A physical keyboard is a good reason.

I think this whole thing is a pretty absurd argument and we’d all be better off abstaining from it.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Chris Harlan] “I think this whole thing is a pretty absurd argument and we’d all be better off abstaining from it.”

But “abstinence makes the heart grow fonder”.

DId I say that out loud?

[Adam White]

My guess would be that there is some more development to come.

But in truth I do wonder how much. The top and even medium end of the professional market are walking away from FCP in droves. I think this year is going to see a mass exodus.

With all those kinds of users jumping ship, I wonder where the motivation to keep developing the tool is going to come from. It was professional editors and their feedback that pushed legacy FCP forward and kept it evolving for all those years. Those users have overwhelmingly shown that they hate X and dont want to work with it, so who is going to encourage Apple to keep developing it?

At the moment I feel its going to end up a half baked, stagnant tool because I dont know where the push for development is going to come from. The Pro users are jumping ship, and I dont think Apple even wants them back. Just my two cents – we’ll see.

[Tony West]

[Chris Harlan] “Dude, you are obsessing.”

hehehe no more than anyone else who is responding to some flip comment I made days ago.

I know there are plenty of reasons why people choose a particular phone.

That’s the whole point I was making in the first place.

People make their decisions based on what THEY want.

I use that to capitalize off of treads.

If I see a trend (or what I think is one) I try to get ahead of it so I can benefit.

That seems simple to understand to me.

[Richard Clark]

“who will continue to use it?”

I will, for a number of reasons.
1. it’s Apple
2. have worked on it since the get go
3. i am on FCP6 something and it is a rock solid platform
4. with over 44+ years of editing on all platforms from Moviola to Intercine to Prevost to Steenbeck to Kem and in 1993 a painful jump to AVID. I never cut linear, hated the concept. I have seen it all, systems come and systems go, with this Apple may have screwed up, who knows. I finished Jobs biography last night and he was a genius, anal & often mean but a genius. He had a vision and I can only hope that vision continues with Cook & Co.
5. i see no reason to change, FCP6 on my Desktop, maybe FCP7 on my Intel powered MacBookPro. It works for me.
6. i always saw it as a digital solution to film that gave me an instinctual software program for my editing. TVC’s, Indie Films, Docs. I do not want an editing system that takes the place of a professional colorist, a professional sound engineer, musician or effects people. I simply want a simple, rock solid system to edit the story.
7. it would have to be a damned good argument for me to consider something else. I have often thought of putting my hand up to design a system . . . don’t do it dickie 🙂 so I won’t.
8. Apple is Apple is Apple is Apple, simple really. They will be back!

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