[Aindreas Gallagher]

I’ve totally repeated myself with the chrome thing there – like three times. anyhoo…

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

yeah sorry – I’m reading your replies but I’m on moderation so there’s a bit of a delay my end

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

man, but god I love getting my intended edit selection just so – It’s really important for me.
You’re right tho – they are shifting emphasis to the timeline – and the inline tools do rock rather a bit. But here’s my second problem – having kind of slopped my stuff on to the timeline, I don’t actually feel precise there either – that timeline is not sharp. I feel like it’s sludgy, it feels like I’m moving psd illustrations around with layer effects on everything – this goes to my chrome gripe – the degree of chrome on the application is inappropriate in my mind. Apple have been going completely insane with chrome lately, and that timeline just doesn’t feel like its operating correctly to me. there’s too much gunk on it.

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

yeah I know – this thing has “GO away, I’m not for YOU” in big red neon, but I figure one should at least indicate the stuff that is particularly off for one, and the responsiveness of that jam laden GUI is really not on. For a company obsessed with the functionality of the object, and ruthlessness in paring to meet function, they appear to have no problem making a black forest gateaux with fairy lights out of, and then squeezing two tubs of chocolate sauce onto, what is meant to be lean responsive software. – (long, lonnnnnnng sigh)

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

perfect – I am going to take that image into a court of law and demand that apple make it corporeal.

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I found this one at the bottom of the tech specs page.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3421180/grassy%20knoll.jpg

boom.

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

yes, there are quit a few examples like that I can come up with – apple cut too deep into the bone getting rid of the source monitor. they threw out something you’re not supposed to throw out.

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

but look – there isn’t even any chrome between the windows – where did you get the pic?

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

[Andrew Richards] ” a dedicated Viewer is wasted screen real estate when it isn’t being used (and that is quite often).”

with respect, not for me – or maybe we just edit a bit differently, but I really do use the source viewer all the time. I think its conceptually important that its there. Besides – ganging and multiclip are two acknowledged key features – an they both need to be hosted in something that can’t really diverge an awful lot from the logic and function of a source monitor. So you’re going to have to be able to invoke a source monitor? I don’t need the FCP7 GUI back, but they need to figure out the source monitor.

[Andrew Richards] “Your next best thing is Premiere Pro, but you knew that already.”

Oh indeed I do. I doth prepare for machine wipe and software installs. A 30 day trial of MC 5.5 even, God help me.

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

am I going mad or isn’t that a source and canvas on the main Imac display there?

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[Aindreas Gallagher]

[Andrew Richards] “but you won’t have a dedicated two window setup.”

there really should be one. getting rid of it is a mistake. It’s not something to get your head around, or find alternate methodology for. it’s a mistake.

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