Chris Conlee
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I can still open a project from an AVBV avid from the 90’s, without making it so it can’t be reopened on the original machine. A testament to the thought that went into Avid’s original database and project structure. A project is a folder at the finder level and every single bin within the project is a new file. This is why Avid excels at shared projects, everybody has read/write access to the project (a folder) but only the first person who opens a bin (a file) has read/write everybody else has read only. Very elegant.
Chris
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Yeah, the 5.0 release was a bit of a hiccup. But at least Avid starts releasing fixes IMMEDIATELY upon release of a product. They’ll do patch releases as soon as they get something fixed. There were something like 9 fixes to MC 5 before they released 5.5 a year later, which is a very strong release. They listen, and they know when they’ve screwed the pooch on something.
They actually have company representatives actively engaged in their forum as well.
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Hmmm, I noticed the same thing. Very disgusting, I have to say. I just took a screen grab of the page, and will do it again later. Apple should own this fiasco.
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CS5.5 is pretty awesome, I have to say. Although MC 5.5 is still my editor of choice. I guess it’s pretty great that we have such choice right now.
Chris
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CS5.5 is pretty cool. I own it and use it. But MC5.5 is still my editor of choice. Of course I’m open minded enough to say it somewhat depends on the work you do. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, does long form narrative and documentary work better than Avid. If you do primarily commercials or shorter work, then FCP X might be the bee’s knees.
They’re all tools. And each one will have it’s strengths and weaknesses. Having read thru this forum today, I know Tom has a thing against Avid, and that’s his prerogative. I’d just like to counter and say of the three, MC5.5 is definitely my editor of choice and I only reach for one of the others when a client demands it. Which, thankfully, is becoming less and less often. Of course I work primarily in features and episodic, so your mileage may vary.
Chris Conlee
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Good point.
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I went to Adobe’s roadshow in Los Angeles a week or two ago and it was pretty impressive stuff. I own CS5.5 and am fiddling with it, but I’m primarily an Avid guy and completely happy at that.
Having said that, I’ll probably pick up FCP X to play with. Then I’ll have the full range of tools, MC5.5, CS5.5, FCS 3, and now FCP X. It’s fun to play, and I’ll have any tool a client asks for.
Chris
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Avid is actually better than they used to be. And they’re (slowly) starting to release their stranglehold on proprietary software. You can already monitor through several 3rd party options, capture thru one, and rumor has it that more 3rd party hardware flexibility is on the horizon.
MC 5.5 is pretty awesome. If you’ve got the dough, several vendors are still honoring the $995 crossgrade offer.
Chris Conlee
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Then, to the OP’s point, they should come out and say so. And quick.
Chris
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Full disclosure, I’m an Avid guy. But I own and use FCP when I have to. I also own Adobe CS5.5 and use it when I have to (which is even less often than I have to use FCP).
I’ll purchase FCP X, because it looks like fun. But they definitely are NOT catering to a pro market with this release.
If you look to Avid, realize that it’s probably an even bigger learning curve than going to FCP X, but the tools are there to get the job (any job) done at least. Don’t try to make Avid like FCP, but learn why Avid works the way it works, and it becomes second nature.
I moved to Avid from Speed Razor, Incite, and Premiere Pro 6.5 back in the day and it took me a full 2 months to stop trying to bend it to my will and instead “learn the Avid way” and now I won’t go back. I love it.
I know it sucks to be forced away from a favorite tool. But do know that they are all just tools and when used to their best advantage they can all get the job done.
Chris