Andy Field
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I don’t know about this….i have the maxed out smok’n Retina Display MBP 16 gigs ram max HD..hooked up to my caldigit VR Mini with Thunderbolt to Firewire adapater and it’s smok’n fast….
don’t know how to do an actual speed test (point me to one to download and I’ll do it) but no speed hit at all in fact it’s much faster than last year’s MBP model with all regular platter hard drives
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852 -
Lets get back to Audio –
I cant grasp how NOT having an automated audio mixer is a plus in FCP X…..
we use it every single day to make subtle on the fly music dialogue and sound effects mixes in FCP 7 as well as AVID and PP….X simply doesn’t have this —
Rubber banding. double clicking and opening audio – is that really faster and more efficient?
we often layer 10 tracks of sfx, music dialogue that does NOT connect to the video – it’s independent of the video ..so the statement “audio should always connect to video” simply doesn’t exist in real life editing for documentaries and features.
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852 -
Yes. But I had the latest CPU and max ram in last MacBook. Pp and avid were zippy. Fcpx slow and buggy. On this machine not the case
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No ssd in old computer
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Sorry didn’t answer your original question – What’s it like to work with hi res screen. Very Nice – you can play with size and real estate in the Monitors control panel – if you leave it alone it optimizes for the Retina Display but you can make the screen crazy big (an everything in it much smaller – but still sharp if the program is optimized for this ..and FCPX seems to be) very nice display. I’ve read if you use FCP 7 on this it doesn’t play well with changing resolution while it’s loaded ..in fact crashes) so it may be best to change resolution before you open FCP 7 — haven’t tried many others yet
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852 -
What’s faster? – everything – applying effects – program loads in an eye blink – just exported a short 30 second movie as a test – took a few seconds – effects preview super fast — i kept giving up on the program on a late 2010/11 model Macbook Pro as it was slow, clunky – just decided to stop randomly and crashed so much I wouldn’t trust it with a paying project —
Still hate no tracks and no real time keyframeable mixer — just can’t go back to rubber banding audio when every other NLE has this….double clicking nested audio to make adjustments – maddening – if Apple lives up to it’s promise, I’ll give it another try.
in the mean time it does things that I’ll use for effects to plug into other NLEs (FCP 7 PP 6…Avid)….that are quicker and easier than other options.
Connections – still waiting for my thunderbolt to firewire adapter to connect old legacy drives….(Apple’s selling them now on their web site)
Will buy a thunderbolt drive and see what the speeds are — but over all – if you’ve got the dough, this new MBP Retina display -fully loaded is the Fastest machine I’ve ever used.
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852 -
Adobe is absolutely listening. Their product evangelists respond to every email, acknowledge shortcomings (hello, Apple?) and promise improvements. A refreshing experience in the NLE world.
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852 -
[Bill Davis] “The average length requested by my clients today is usually 3 to 5 minutes and seldom more than 10.”
Bill – glad it’s working for you – but for us – it doesn’t matter if it’s a 30 second commercial or 30 minute program – FCP 7 still provides the ease and flexibility we need. Just the audio mixing and automatic keyframing that’s missing in X is enough to keep us away.
AVID is fine – takes some relearning – but feels clunky and and dusty ..and the Texas two step with AMA (which is spotty at best) seems like a step backwards from the “throw everything and the kitchen sink” at Premiere 6 Timeline and it just works.
Adobe Premiere is promising – fast – and if they can encourage the vast universe of FCP7 plug in providers to do the same with Premiere – can be the FCP 8 we’d hoped for —
A few issues that Adobe’s incredibly responsive support team are working on will go a long way to making that transition attractive to many legacy editors
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852 -
“we speculate more about FCPX than other NLEs”
Yes we do – because – if you read Walter Biscardi’s blogs – FCP Legacy was about as good as it gets with NLE’s — an endless sea of affordable plugs in – – ease of editing – played well with others – There’s a reason it became one of the best selling, most used NLE’s.
Yes it got long in the tooth — and needed a face lift. But a year after FCP X – it’s still not the tool many of us need – and we’d sure like it to be without tossing a decades worth of experience, muscle memory and marketable skills.
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852 -
Never had problems with the linking with Motion and FCP – but this works as seemlessly as when you used Photoshop as your external editor in FCP7…went in and changed the photo in Photoshop and it updated in FCP7 — yes it works great haven’t had a single linking problem
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852