Bryan Keith
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The OP was asking about labels for sequences, not clips. I’m trying to do the same thing. Anybody know if this is possible? Don’t see the point of color coding things if you can’t see what color you coded it!
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Must have been a cache memory thing. Cleared it out and then I was able to see it. Downloading now. Cool.
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I switched recently too with no regrets.
Good to hear the upgrade is working well for you. How did you download the trial? I was just on the site and it said the 6.0 trial is not available. Only 5.5.
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Have you asked for a day rate increase? If so, what did they say? If no…trust me….their not gonna just go ahead and raise it without you bringing the issue up.
If you DO ask for a rate increase, a jump from 300 to 500/day most likely isn’t gonna happen. Not to say that you can’t earn that rate elsewhere. The suggestion by Nick for a yearly increase is a good one.
It sounds like you are confident in your job skills, but it also sounds like this is the only post facility you have ever worked at (that’s my assumption based on your post…I could be wrong). You may find that you need to start freelancing at other facilities in order to move up the day rate ladder. But remember…most places hire editors to edit and producers to produce. The places that hire “preditors” don’t necessarily pay more because of the extra skills, they are just trying to get more bang for their buck.
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Where did you see 1600 units sold? That doesn’t sound right at all.
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I ultimately don’t think Apple is going to abandon the marketplace. They would have no reason to build systems beyond iMac and 13th inch Macbooks because if we wanted a simple word processor system we could go PC. They thing bigger than that. They’ve also like to indicate the marketing “sexiness” of True Grit and The Social Network being cut on FCP. They would not abandon 15 years of reputation build up and marketing. They also wouldn’t abandon 2+ years of development if it wasn’t financially profitable.
This is what I’m not so confident about. You’re right…they would have no reason to build Mac Pros anymore…I think the line of pro products is on shaky ground right now. FCP is now meant to run on only one display. Imac style! The only display they haven’t ditched is the glossy 27″ variety. Not preferred by pros. Who’s to say that whole “look at all the big movies cut on FCP’ marketing push isn’t completely altered to “look at all the easy cool travel videos that can quickly and easily be made with FCP”. In fact…there is no way they can keep touting the pro work created by their product…b/c there won’t be any. You’re right…it wouldn’t be profitable to abandon the years of development of FCP X. Trust me…they will be making more money as a result of this switch to prosumer crowds.
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yeah…but I bet that Ipad FCP will be able to do a killer real time Ken Burns effect! That’s all you really need.
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Hey Chris,
Can you post Randy’s email so that we can all contact him with our rants and constructive criticism. It probably won’t make an ounce of difference but it might make us feel a little better. 🙂
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Well I’m sure glad that Walter Murch likes it that way…but my point is that I sure hope apple make this a customizable feature. Not everybody has the same workflow and preferences.
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With all of that figured out….I’m simply curious what somebody would actually be willing to pay for an upgrade version of FCS 2. Good luck with that.
Bryan Keith
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