Chris Harlan
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[Michael Phillips] “When I have had interlace footage in a progressive project, I have used the motion effect (fluid) to make progressive from interlace as most time is created the progressive look to match the other material, rather than just basic field blending. “
That’s quite a bit of clever. I’ll remember that. Thanks!
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[Paul Neumann] “Bill’s right. I’m such a dick.
“Well, you know its true. Getting between Bill and his precious is a dangerous sport.
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[Oliver Peters] “I am in the middle of finishing up a Media Composer job started by another editor and I am struck at how much faster and easier it is to manipulate clips in the timeline in MC than it is in X. Simply because the interface is not trying to “help you”.”
Yeah, I’ve really come to enjoy my editing in Media Composer, and Premiere, for that matter. It was a funny curve for me to get back aboard MC–I’d gotten so used to FCS’s timeline logic–but trimming, movement, and general manipulation are now becoming second nature. I’m sure that if I made the same sort of effort for X I’d see rewards there, too, but I just can’t get inspired to do so. I can see the advantage of the time I put into MC (Premiere didn’t really take any rethinking because it is so close to FCS) but I can’t see anything beyond curiosity taking me that deep into X.
The one thing I really do miss in Avid is to have multiple time lines open. Being able to have a variety of source windows open is close, but not quite the same. Premiere does this quite well.
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[Marcus Moore] “The biggest problem with it’s implementation in FCPX at the moment is that the Roles metadata isn’t used to automatically organize material in the project timeline. Roles should not be sea of green waveforms that they are now, but color-coded and stacked in an order defined by the editor.
“I agree. Roles are already acting like busses; it shouldn’t be a problem to attach a mixer. Color-coding IS very much needed. It also makes me wonder, though; couldn’t we bus to a some sort of audio track view. It would be really nice if you could call up an editable view of Roles lined up like audio tracks. Might make all the difference.
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[Michael Aranyshev] “There was no Secretary position in Politburo. Just Members and Candidates (non-voting members).”
My apologies. I was just futzing around. What would the appropriate title actually be? Secretary of the Central Committee? General Secretary of the Communist party? I’m pretty fuzzy on Soviet politics. And my just-accomplished trip to Wikipedia has left me fuzzier.
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Whoa. Disagree? I think you are reading more into my statement than I meant to have there. Sorry, if I was unclear. I simply meant give examples of where it exists in editing software, and to say that it doesn’t really add much value at all.
Personally, I tend to find skeuomorphism childish, especially when it is overdone. I don’t mind a little of it, though. I like a mixer that resembles and uses the conventions of a real world mixer. I like that busses look a little bit like busses, and that fader strips look a bit like fader strips. I don’t hate when it looks like a Yamaha or Mackie from twenty or thirty years ago, but at a certain point too much realism makes it look like a toy. It can also look like a toy when its too on the nose. The FCP Razor Blade has always looked toy-like to me, for instance.
I tend to hate audio plugins that look and function like racked equipment, especially when there are GUI metaphors that could offer much better control. I’m also not a fan of fake brushed metal buttons–say the Launch Pad icon, for instance.
But what I really hate–see I can get worked up about this if I want to–are goofy animations that parody unnecessary analog actions, which is sort of a meta-skeuomorphism. At first, page turns are kind of fun on an iPad–but, really? We need that? [ and, I don’t know. Maybe we do.] FCP X’s cutesy animations drove be buggy when I first encountered them.
So to sum up; I find some skeuomorphism useful, but more often than not, in poor taste. Conversely, I don’t think everything should like a Braun kitchen appliance, either.
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[Rafael Amador] “Can anybody explain me what’s the relation between “skewomorphic design” and making movies?”
Other than an icon that looks like a razor blade to signify a tool that makes cuts, a mixer that has all the visual flair of an actual plastic and wood mixer, or audio plugins that look like tubes or rack-mounted units, not much. VCR-like buttons, perhaps, for play/FF/RWD/REC. And that little red light, when you are recording, of course.
FWIW, its Skeuomorphic design, though it does sound like “skew.”
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[Marcus Moore] “Forestall oversees iOS development on all fronts. Not the hardware, mind you. Just software.
John Browett was head of retail, but he’d only been with the company for 8 months, and he’s no big loss as it didn’t seem it was working out. He replaced Ron Johnson who basically grew Apple stores since they started in the early ’00s.
“I think you’ve got this wrong. John Browett is a Trade Attaché and Forestall is the Deputy Secretary of the Politburo. I’m pretty sure that’s right.
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[David Lawrence] “[Steve Connor] “This could be very good news, I’m looking forward to what Mr Ive does with Apple’s interfaces”
Agreed. I think this is a ballsy move by Cook and huge win for Apple. I’m very optimistic.
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So funny. This is Kremlin watching in the 21st Century.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “It’s truly a dog and pony show. I hate it.
“I agree, but I thinks its more of a dog eat pony show.