[Brian Chaffee]

I really don’t frequent CC forums or any others for that matter anymore since they seemed riddled with childish rhetoric quickly rearing it’s ugly head that inevitably and usually quite quickly deviates from anything that could be called relevant input to the OP’s question/ comment; in this case, Simon Ubsdell.

This thread however is interesting. Why? Because Simon made the comment that FCPX needs improvement in a certain area of great importance. Great because he was detailing a lack of one of the integral parameters being available that is the reason for using the very software he is using in the first place. Logical.

But hang on minute. Who is apple? They have been a company for sometime now who states brazenly and I paraphrase, “We do things this way and you should too.” This pertains to everything they do. From software to file handling and everything in between. This would seem to more than intimate that they are also saying, “So get over any problem you have, with it.”

And anyone using their stuff that has thrown even a single brain cell on it, knows this as a fact. Those that do not use their stuff call all of you guys, ‘Fan Boys.’ The reason for this derogatory label is that while those using apple’s stuff seem to be die hard apple stuff users, they are the biggest group of complainers on the block. Possibly because apple really has paved the way for a lot of innovation and the problem with that is, everyone gets on a roll, stoked with the advances and feel like, “Let’s do this”, and they and all of us should. Progressing with the obvious is awesome and we as the only species that realizes the feelings that we have and some understanding of why we have them is awesome. The problem is that apple keeps stopping. A little advance and a harsh halt. People using their stuff get miffed.

But again, who is apple? They had FCP7 which everyone, including the professional industry, used. They bought Shake and again, everyone used it. Why did everyone use these two software packages? Because they were logical well thought out software, minus some obvious features albeit for FCP7, that covered the gamut of necessary tools to do the job of editing and special effects. To do the job with the creativity that we as a species realize is within us and do it with excellence to the best of our abilities at the time we are doing it. In short form, to be unlimited in the execution of our ideas, within reason, with a proper, logical toolset.

The first question is this: Is FCPX anything like 7? The answer is, no. The second question is: Then why the ‘f’ are you using it? The second question is the killer. So if their is a blame to be had, whose is it? The guy swinging the whip or the guy showing up to be whipped?

Apple bought and then killed Shake, which still, even to this day, out does Nuke and Fusion hands down and if it had continued to be developed seriously, would still be the number one package of it’s kind in the world as it was back in the day.

So to Simon and the rest of you, why are using what is, in your own stated opinions, less than you need to do your job?

FCPX is a joke and premier another clown in the same circus. Avid is the only serious tool and that is confirmed by every major and minor house on a whole around the globe. If you don’t have the tools to do the job, go get them, and stop complaining. Besides, if you show up for the beating, a beating you should be handed.

And if you think that being lambasted by apple and their people for spinning around your feature requests into attacks, you guys are not thinking about the implications of that very fact. They are not listening and they consider you a pest. Think about it.

Time code is essential along with all of the essential tools that are indisputably important. Do not doubt your ability to ascertain your needs in any situation that are needs for real.

Again, think about it.

[Brian Chaffee]

OP:
The program seems to be awesome. You can get editing right away and work gets done fast.

You are working in both a standard editor and a composition program again, getting work done fast.

Problem is, you cannot save it unless you close the program and re-open it. Otherwise you will have to wait 15-minutes for the software to save it. Here is the question: why would anyone code the software like that? That alone speaks volumes of where apple is.

Not to mention, you could not use the software unless you had a full blown i7 iMac and even then it stuttered and, in a word, ridiculous. The new mac pro is set up for it. Years after releasing fcpx.

Bob W,
With you on this one.

Andrew,
Good assessment. PPro could have run with the ball to the TD zone, but they didn’t, did they. Now why would they do that? Indeed.

Brett S.
They have constantly improved? They have constantly added back in what they took out for one. And it is still lacking. Huge.

Gary H,
Who are you? Investment: ‘putting time and effort into something’. Maybe you can leave your address and we will all put together a fund and send you a dictionary.

[Brian Chaffee]

Just did the update and AE CC won’t work. Have to wonder about you guys. You let updates go out that cause havoc and your only answers are, “Have you tried this, or that?”

Meanwhile it takes 6-months to test a gpu card that is built with the very technology you tout (CUDA) because you want to make sure of it’s compatibility?

I am grateful I do not understand your mentality.

[Brian Chaffee]

680mx is approved, just in time for the newest mac gpu with twice the vram to come out? Possibly sometime in ’14 the newer card maybe officially supported?

Not to mention thanking Adobe for the latest CC update that doesn’t allow the user to even open AE. Way to go guys.

Lightwave or 3DS Max, here I come.

AE could be a pro app if Adobe wasn’t involved.

[Brian Chaffee]

Actually, by the csr’s routing, I ended up in India. I will watch for the card on the list.

Thanks.

Brian

[Brian Chaffee]

Todd,

Back on July 21st, you mentioned you would be personally testing the GTX680MX, 2GB video card, with over 1500 CUDA cores (Quadro 4000 has only 448 cores) which resides inside the newest iMac.

How have your tests been going and when do you expect to add it to the ‘white list’ for After Effects? Will this include Premiere Pro as well? I am on the cloud using primarily CC versions of both.

Speaking with a representative at adobe, they informed me that the 680MX is a gaming card whereas the Quadro series is designed to handle the computations of AE, Maya, etc.

Brian