Andy Patterson
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[Andrew Kimery] “Who do you think they will buy? Pixelmator or Affinity?”
What about Corel’s Pianter and PaintShop Pro?
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[Michael Gissing] “Its already got the tools in Resolve.”
I will admit most people in the Cow would probably only use it to enhance their videos. I would like it to able to be used for print as well. Things like convert RGB to CMYK, adjust the pixels per square inch, use inches instead of pixels and much more).
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I am thinking BMD will have photo/graphics program one of these days.
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[Bill Davis] “The big issue is the collaborative stuff and nobody outside Apple knows what or if anything is happening there. But it IS an NLE built on top of a database after all.”
Same could have been said about Premiere Pro back when FCPX was released.
[Bill Davis] ” X qualified editors will get an increasing chunk of those seats – for no reason beyond it possibly being the most optimized tool for getting the work done.”
Only time will tell but keep in mind all the NLE are getting better and better. DR probably had the best update this year but who knows what will happen at NAB 2018? Will BMD have a photo/graphic design program that integrates with DR and Photoshop at NAB 2018? Will that be a game changer?
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[Steve Connor] “Just bear in mind FCPX isn’t really meant to be used on a Mac Mini :)”
I’m hip. It is working OK for editing single layer video clips at 1920 X 1080 with minor CC. I don’t plan on using it for 4K.
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I just needed to get to know how to use the OS since I no longer have access to a Mac. I added my main OS drive to the dock. I have my Mac Mini connected to a TV and have the audio coming out from there. So far so good. I was able to tether my phone as modem using PDANET. After that I download FCPX . The very first time I tried to use FCPX it kept crashing/locking up. I was getting pissed to say the least. I did finally get it working OK. I have used FCPX in the past and never had it lock up like this. Rebooting did not work either. I just tried dragging different video clips into the default event folder and another event folder I created and the spinning beach-ball would not stop. I held the power switch and when the Mac Mini rebooted FCPX launched it’s self. It did this several times. The beach-ball would spin every time. I was able to real quick delete the second event library just before the beach ball started spinning and things were OK after that. I can only think it was because it was the first time I launched FCPX that it had this problems. The color board is not the best but it does work. It is different but not that hard to use in my opinion. Having said that I think the GUI is the biggest pitfall of FCPX. It is better but still could use more customization. I will have more videos in about two weeks.
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[Tony West] “[andy patterson] “If you worked for a real estate company three years ago”
ahahahaha I’ll stop you right there. I kind of just deal with my REAL LIFE scenarios.”
And I am saying for some people FCPX might not be the best option. Many people clam FCPX does everything better faster and easier than all the other NLE. I don’t see Avid users or DR users making that claim.
[Tony West] ”
Brian already took care of this so I won’t rehash, but even if he hadn’t, you gotta do better than markers to get me to go back to tracks.I like R14, and if it weren’t for X it might be my pick, but I’m not going back : )”
I think you are missing the point. I am not suggesting you give up FCPX and start using DR or Premiere Pro. What I am saying is very simple. If you do VR editing or use closed caption FCPX might not be the best option. If you do a lot of key-framing FCPX might not be the best option. Will DR edit holograms before FCPX? Will it benefit you? That is my point. I say everyone will use what works best for their needs for some it might be FCPX and for others it might be DR.
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[Scott Witthaus] “[andy patterson] “I will have a video soon showing what the old antiquated and cringe worthy GUI of Premiere Pro can actually do. I think you will like it. ”
Was I mistaken or did you post a video on the Premiere Cow forum calling the CC2017 version of Premiere the “worst NLR ever”?”
I used hyperbole and I will do it again in this post. Let me know if you can spot it this time. Also I think that video might be focused on track matte bugs not the GUI. Having said that Premiere Pro can be quirky but FCPX crashes.
Just so you know I am using hyperbole at full force below : )
The video below proves FCPX is the worst NLE ever and it also has an antiquated GUI!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36oRS78ig4
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[Tony West] “[andy patterson] “I don’t doubt if I taught Premiere Pro or even DR at the college level the students would pick it up fairly easy.”
It’s not rather they would pick up Pr easy, it’s would they pick X up easier.”
We would have to test it out to know for sure.
[Tony West] “[andy patterson] “Some people do have brand loyalty that can lead to a biased evaluation.”
You’re not like that though right? It’s those others.”
Considering I have made more negative comments about Premiere Pro than FCPX I highly doubt you could call me biased. Calling a spade a spade is not being biased. Having said that you are more than welcome to find me making the claim Premiere Pro is the most amazing software ever created and how often do I say Premiere Pro is easier to use the DR, Avid or FCPX? I have never made comments like that.
[Tony West] “It’s just kind of funny to me. When X came out and people looked at the preferences they said it was too slimmed down and simple. It was attacked for being too simplistic. “Toy-Like”. Now it’s apparently as detailed as any other NLE. Flip Flop.”
Don’t live in the past.
Flip flop? I don’t think that is the case.
If you did a simple six camera political talk show for the networks or local cable back in 2011 FCPX might not have been the best bet. FCPX lacked 3rd party hardware support, closed captioning and multi-cam. Back in 2011 FCPX 11 lacked a lot of features but people knew it would get better so there is no flip flopping. BMD’s DR has also gotten a lot better. Will it have 70% of the market by 2020? Will those that used DR since 2012 be bragging about using since 2012? I hope not. People who mocked DR as an editing platform in 2012 have no bearing on DR in 2017. Do you see my point? Premiere got badmouthed in the past as well. Having said that if you edit VR videos for clients Premiere Pro might be a better option than FCPX. For the above talk show scenario with no sound effects the features demoed at 17:50 might be of no use. I can see where a trackless paradigm could be useful but then again so can VR and perhaps even holograms one day. I think FCPX is a good program but when it was first released it was not the best option for a lot of workflows. Can you admit that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaeux3cGtQo
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[greg janza] “Submerge 3 to easily attach open captions to finished master files. I use amara.org to create open or closed captions.
Digital Anarchy’s Transcriptive plugin because it now replaces sending interviews out to a transcription service.”Do you prefer on NLE over the other for closed captioning and transcription services? Just curious.