Andrew Kimery
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[Michael Gissing] “Any rumours of anything bigger than a lapotp?”
Not that I’ve seen. I don’t think the new desktop class Intel CPUs w/the built in Th3 controller launch until late this year, early next year. Probably be a spring thing?
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[Darren Roark] “The only time you had to update to the newest OS was 10.1 no? “
FCP X 10.2 dropped in April 2015 and required OS X 10.10 (which launched in Oct. 2014). Given the long lag time since the last X release I’d bet at least some of the new X functionality depends on MacOS Sierra.
-Andrew
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New Macs. New OS. New version of X (10.3). So who thinks FCPX 10.3 will require MacOS Sierra in order to run?
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Fun quote from the article “The last Final Cut Pro X update happened at the beginning of 2016 in February, which is basically eons in software update terms. We’ll be sure to let you know if and when version 10.3 goes live.”
We used to get updates every 18-24 months and now 9 months is “eons”. Different world for software these days.
-Andrew
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[Bill Davis] “Sound familiar?”
Not really, because I think the vast majority of regulars here can participate in a productive comparative analysis of various NLEs. People might have their favorites, but they can still speak critically about them. These days homerism is the exception, not the norm in here IMO.
-Andrew
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[Robin S. Kurz] “So hit ⇧⌫? Simply insert another shot? Hit ⌥W or even ⌥⌘W? Or CTRL-T? Just plain replace the clip? Use… oh no… the Position tool ? etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.?? Because this is starting to sound like X only has two functions. Edit and ripple.”
Simon, Tony and I weren’t talking about how to insert black into the timeline. We were talking about using black as tool during the editing process. Tony doesn’t, Simon and I do and I was giving an example of why I use it.
[Robin S. Kurz] “. E.g. citing various functionality that plain doesn’t concern the vast majority of users, claiming the fact that X “still” doesn’t have whatever it is makes it “flawed”, worse than others, less usable, unprofessional et al? “
What do features that concern, or don’t concern, the vast majority of users have to do with the specific needs of a specific user on a specific gig? Individuals creating unique workflows to meet their objective and subjective needs is a valid reason to dig into the details, IMO. The overlap in functionality between Avid, 7, X, Vegas, PPro, Lightworks, Resolve, etc., is immense so it’s the finer things that make one NLE more suitable for A but another NLE more suitable for B. Something that’s minor for one person on one project might be major for another person on another project.
Ex. The file path character limit and image dimension limitations of Avid’s Pan and Zoom tool made me want to claw my eyes out on a project I did a couple of years ago that used a ton of still images. If I had it to do over again I would have used 7 or PPro (or X if the other editor and I knew X). It’s certainly an issue that wouldn’t concern the vast number of NLE users (probably wouldn’t even concern the vast number of Avid users) but it cost me a lot of unnecessary time and effort on this one particular gig. It will definitely impact my choice of NLEs if I come across a gig with a similar workflow in the future.
Another example is the share feature in X. Bill really likes it because he uploads a lot to Vimeo and/or YouTube. It adds a lot of value to Bill’s workflow. I maybe upload things once a week to Vimeo so having to do it ‘manually’ isn’t a big deal to me (PPro has a similar share feature but I haven’t even bothered to set it up). The usefulness of the feature is in the eye of the beholder.
-Andrew
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Credit card is out. Daddy needs a new MBP.
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[Bill Davis] “Not saying it’s optimal for everyone…”
I think you think it is optimal for everyone, but you always pull up short a hair short of flat out saying so. Any criticism of X you explain away as either user error, user ignorance, irrelevant because the way X does it is better and/or irrelevant because you’ve happily delivered 200+ projects so far and if you can get buy w/o feature XYZ it must not be that meaningful of a feature to begin with.
W/regards to attitude, there are people that have been through rougher things than arguing about which NLE is best yet they are still very pleasant to interact with. I doubt the ‘Great NLE Wars of the Early 21st Century” made anyone unpleasant to be around that wasn’t already unpleasant to be around. I don’t equate criticism of a software tool with someone attacking my house though, so maybe I’m not taking it seriously enough to become a grizzled, battle hardened vet of the NLE wars.
Possibly unrelated story just popped into my head. During the past 9 or 10 years I’ve taken part in one of the many MS Rides held around the country in order to help raise money and awareness for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The bike rides are usually a two day event that covers 150 miles. Well, a few years ago the weather was horrible (freezing rain or snow depending on what altitude you were at) and at one of the rest stops a few of us were commiserating about the craptacular conditions we were cycling in. Another cyclist pulled up and when she heard our chatter she casually said, “The people we are here for would love to be able to ride, even in weather like this.” Needless to say, our complaints ceased and the weather suddenly didn’t seem so bad anymore.
Sometimes a perspective adjustment leads to an attitude adjustment.
-Andrew
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[Tony West] “If time is not a factor, like cutting a doc, I just cut the shot out and leave it closed. Why would I want a black hole there?
Nothing is gong there.”On the flip side, why would you want two clips/shots side-by-side that shouldn’t be side by side?
My rough cuts are full of black holes because I know putting A next to B is wrong, but I just haven’t figured out/built what should go between them. Occasionally a producer will push for viewing a rough cut before it’s ready and get frustrated with all the black, but for me the flow isn’t interrupted because in my mind I don’t see the black, I see what will eventually live there.
Sometimes I’ll make cards as places holders “Music up here”, “Broll of woods”, “Bob talking about Ohio”, etc., so that others get a better idea of what’s in my head. It can be tedious to keep making cards though and I’d rather spend that time cutting.
-Andrew
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[Nick Ryan] “Recently, one of our previous employees offered to come back and assist with a few projects as a freelancer, or independent contractor. “
Just to add to what’s already been said, why not hire him as freelance employee (basic a temp employ that works on a project by project basis)? In my experience this is how the majority of gigs work in LA (at least on the post production side).
-Andrew