Andy Patterson
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[Bill Davis] “They don’t interest me and I know EXACTLY why. Because as an individual editor, my workflow needs very few of them to succeed.
You don’t think I get that, but I totally DO. It’s just not of ANY interest to me to advocate for what doesn’t interest me. No more than I’d expect you to be interested in, say, some one button “burn to thumb drive” capability that might make a wedding and event shooter DROOL. You are NOT that, so let THEM advocate for their needs, right?”
The GUI of FCPX could use more customization. If FCPX does get more customization for the GUI layout I think you would be the first to do a video tutorial explaining how the new GUI features makes your workflow much more proficient.
[Bill Davis] “That imaginary engineer up at the top of this? I want him or her to go 80/20 the OPPOSITE of how YOU want them to go 80/20. Innovate 80 and fix 20 for the people who want to come into my program of choice and try to re-make it in the image of THEIR preferences. Fix 80 then innovate 20 is NOT GOOD ENOUGH anymore IMO. We need MORE wild eyed advocates for innovate 80 and fix 20. It’s how the bar gets moved now. And THATS what I want.”
You may not need the items on other people’s wish list but what is it that you want added to FCPX? If you cannot think of anything then why not let Apple add the wish list features other people need to make their workflow more proficient? Why be opposed to any improvements that will make your fellow FCPX users more proficient?
[Bill Davis] “I remain ever hopeful that like ALL the larger changes of the past few years – when X gets another significant upgrade – it’s focused at least somewhat on breaking NEW ground – rather than on what these lists commonly represent – which is backtracking to make suite class editors – who are justifiably conditioned to a particular type of workflow – feel more comfortable.
It’s ITERATE backwards (which is what the “suite” folk typically want) vs INNOVATE forward. And I’m pretty convinced that few people will EVER change software simply because it’s “iterated” a bit better either forward or backwards than something else. Iteration barely moves the needle. But INNOVATION can.”
What amazing new innovation are you hoping for from Apple? Is Apple working on touch screen options for FCPX? Touch screen is already here but I imagine when OS X finally gets touch screen support it will be amazing, revolutionary and innovative. Keep in mind Apple did not invent metadata, background rendering, GPU acceleration, 64 bit, Quick Sync, keyword collections and the list goes on. I know you think FCPX was amazing, revolutionary and innovative when it first launched but I would have to question why? I honestly think from what I have read Randy actually used Adobe Bridge and liked the keyword and keyword collection features of Adobe Bridge. As sated by others FCPX was supposed to be like Adobe Bridge/Prelude for FCP 8 but they ended up making it a full NLE and called it FCPX. The trackless paradigm was implemented by Apple but not everyone agrees it is always the best option. Why not just let Apple add the feature requests listed in this thread?
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[Oliver Peters] “So letting go of the past isn’t always a successful strategy (Mac Pro, cough, cough).”
Non up-gradable parts and soldered on memory is the future : )
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[Michael Gissing] “My 2cents is that Resolve 14 has added a lot of the features in Michael and Oliver’s list. The new collaboration tools, better on board grading, audio mixing with clip, track and bus based effects totally automatable. And more is coming. If anyone is likely to fill the wish lists in the next year it is Blackmagic for mine.”
I agree. DR 14 looks awesome. I think BMD is going to force Adobe to up the ante of Premiere Pro at NAB 2018.
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[Bill Davis] “What makes X singularly good at things – in my opinion – is that it DIDN’T just port a metric ton of existing features already out in the marketplace into a new wrapper and add a couple of shiny new features on top.”
The last time I used FCPX the GUI could have used more customization. The GUI is very important when you consider you will be looking at it for hours on end.
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[Michael Hancock] “21. Fully customizable interface. If I want the inspector to the left of the event browser, let me move it there.”
That is what I am talking about. The GUI of FCPX does has some flexibility but not as much as I need.
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[Steve Connor] “I think he wants us to shift away from Paradigm :)”
Wouldn’t that still be another paradigm shift? Paradigms shifts are your friend : )
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I know the FCPX GUI has improved but the last time I used it I could not set up the GUI how I wanted it. I have moved recently and don’t have access to FCPX anymore to see if it can be set up how I want it as of now.
More than the GUI improvements if they made a Windows version I would buy it.
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[Andy Field] “Major Networks (NBC, ABC and I think still CBS) all on Avid…locals in Edius and Premiere”
I used to use Edius.
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[Simon Ubsdell] “b) I was hugely underwhelmed by the “new” Title Tool in Premiere. I’m sure I’m not along in thinking they seriously dropped the ball on this one. Better to have done nothing than to have done what they have done.”
Me too. The titling system of Premiere Pro worked just fine. The new titling system does not have all the bells and whistles of the old titling system. It will allow templates to be made if you like using templates. I thought the Premiere Pro CC updates for 2017 were mediocre.
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[Walter Soyka] “Not to be too rah-rah Team Adobe here, but that’s not actually clear to me. How do you measure the pace of development? Adobe is now doing 2-3 minor updates per year, versus their old cadence of 1 major update every 12-18 months. No one individual update feels that big anymore, but there are a lot more of them in the same amount of time.”
The updates were better and with CC more bugs are introduced.
[Walter Soyka] “I definitely see the argument on quality assurance; it does seem that the latest releases are buggier than the releases of years past.”
I find bugs in Premiere Pro CC as well as Illustrator CC and Photoshop CC. Adobe does not have good quality control.
[Walter Soyka] “Finally, I’d agree that documentation has suffered and support does sound abysmal.”
We pay more but get less.
I am not and Adobe hater. I just know things used to be better. Can Adobe rebound at NAB 2018 or will BMD’s DR 14.5 rock the house?