Chris Harlan
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Huh. That’s a puzzler. I don’t get it either.
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[Richard Herd] “I hope your clients are happy! I hope they return for more work!”
Me too.
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[TImothy Auld] “You are frightening and intimidating me with your clarity of thought this late in the day.
“Yes, my power to illuminate the bloody obvious can just be overwhelming sometimes.
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[Richard Herd] ” and also secondary storylines are tracks”
No, they are not. Unless your plan is to redefine what a track is. Certainly, they have characteristics in common with tracks, but they do not–by any means–fit the full definition. For a secondary storyline to be a track it would have to be a bus-able isolated channel that runs the entire length of program in a consistent space.
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[Steve Connor] “[Chris Harlan] ” I was on Windows at the time, and was using a DigisuiteLE, so I’m not familiar with what was happening on the Mac at the time.”
We had a Digisuite DTV, it’s why I still can’t bring myself to use Matrox hardware.
Cinewave was the main card with FCP in the early days I believe
“Yeah. My Digisuite used to overheat like a SOB, and it made me wary of Matrox for years. I did get one of those MXO2 minis for my laptop when Avid allowed it, and it works pretty well. Slow driver support compared to the other two, though.
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[Chris Harlan] “, or did you have one of those early Cineflex cards?
“Cinewave is actually what I meant. Wasn’t that one of the first broadcast cards to work with FCP? I was on Windows at the time, and was using a DigisuiteLE, so I’m not familiar with what was happening on the Mac at the time.
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[Charlie Austin] “Don’t listen to internet opinions though, even mine. 😉 It’s not all roses and kittens but give it a chance and you might be surprised. Playing with it on a fake project for a week doesn’t count though, dive in ya chickens! lol If you don’t like it, don’t use it. But if you think it’s not a pro app… you’re totally, completely, unequivocally wrong. “
Sounds like you found your thing, man. That’s cool. Me, I like tracks. I like the organization. I also like multiple timelines. But, you’re right. With the latest version (.03/.04), its a matter of taste now, and not Toy v. Tool. I’ve been cutting some spots on Pr 6, this week, and am enjoying that, mostly because of the multiple timelines, which I like to use as bins. But, its nice to have some NLE diversity out there, and I’m happy to hear someone else in the promo world saying nice things about X.
Hey, I’m curious–when you cut that Duece Bigalow spot on ancient FCP–was it offline, or did you have one of those early Cineflex cards?
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[Glen Hurd] “Remember the rumors flying before the release of Ginger. It would be awesome, it would be amazing, even an announced cure for cancer (if there was one) would have to wait on the day the Segway was announced. Heck. If the Segway had been announced at NAB, it probably would have disrupted whatever was going on there too. But last I checked, it’s still a somewhat contemptible piece of mall-cop gear, “
Its funny. This brings back many memories. I was one of those people who knew what Ginger was because I was cutting video for the early promotion packets. The frenzied speculation about just what Ginger was was truly ridiculous, but you can’t blame Dean Kamen for that. Its actually a very nifty device, and I think it would have had greater impact had history not intervened. Its the job I did not go into work on on Sept. 11, 2001. But that wasn’t the actual event that derailed its introduction. That happened a week later, with the anthrax. Kamen had been in advanced negotiation with the US Postal Service to convert the on-foot postal delivery in number of east coast cities to Segway delivery. It was a huge contract. Billion plus. My understanding is that the cost of decontaminating the Postal delivery facilities after the Anthrax attacks directly killed the project. I was certainly out of work fairly quickly. Of course, I never had any direct knowledge of the actual negotiations, so I could be wrong, but I remember that being the understanding at the time amongst my co-workers out here in Calif. There weren’t a lot of people we could discuss it with because of the mountainous NDAs. Ah, memories.
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[Andy Field] “Thanks for the update on updates – downloaded the CS6 suite and my reaction – Sweet.
“I’m having a similar reaction. A few things I’m not as keen about, and some things I’m loving. I decided to dive in and cut a spot with it since I have a little extra time on this particular project. And, since I can bounce it back to 7 if I need to. But, I’m very impressed with what Adobe has done. I’m taking it along with me to the mountains this weekend to play. It works really well on a laptop. And for me–the most wonderful thing, which I thought I was losing with 7–multiple, open, dock-able timelines! Timelines as bins! Wonderful.
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Now THAT is cool. And, with the price of gas where it is, my idea of an overpriced status symbol.