Chris Harlan
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[David Lawrence] “Then I did the test. First, I note the size of CurrentVersion.fcpproject is 5MB. Then select all and make a compound clip. CurrentVersion.fcpproject is still 5MB. Blade tool and one cut – 10MB. Cut two – 15MB. Cut three – 20MB. Cut four – 25MB… all the way to cut twenty where CurrentVersion.fcpproject has additively bloated to 121MB.
“Whoa!
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[Gary Huff] “Seems to disparage the people who participated on the thread who in no way were doing such a thing.
“Ah. Got it.
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[Nevin Styre] “Yeah I was hoping that OpenCL would be just as good as CUDA as I was eventually get a new macbook pro to go alongside my windows tower & replace my aging 2006 MBP, but apparently it’s worse than using just the CPU with just “software” mercury playback(which I wouldn’t want to be stuck with after dropping $2.5k+ on a new laptop).
Considering the price of a decent MBP, HP workstation laptops aren’t priced a whole lot differently, spec wise you probably get more per dollar considering quadro GPU vs ati midrange gaming GPU, looks-wise and formfactor… well yeah they aren’t macbooks.”
FWIW, my Macbook Pro OpenCL playback seems to be improving, and I know they are working hard to get the rest of the bugs out. But even with Software only playback, I’m getting very decent results. I’m happily cutting away with ProResHQ 1080@25. I was a bit worried, but playback seems just fine. Very snappy response.
I’ll install it on my 8 Core tomorrow and see where that leads.
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[Steve Connor] “Probably not, but too many people seem to be hung up on the name change, they could have called projects “cuddly kittens” and timelines “Prancing Horses” as far as I’m concerned – I know what they mean!
“Oh, the client conversations you would have!
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[James Mortner] “[Greg Andonian] “Wow, Apple’s arrogance has put a dark cloud over the whole industry. Sad, really…”
I think there’s a silver lining here that the other software makers have jumped and offered cross-grades, promotions and new features that maybe otherwise wouldn’t exist today ? Its quite exciting !”
Yeah, I have to agree with that. It took me a while to get there, but I really like the way X has opened up so many other options. I thing we’re in a stunning place right now. I’m really enjoying the options.
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[Gary Huff] “[John-Michael Seng-Wheeler] “I posted this in the Premiere Forum, but they were totally uninterested and even seemed to be attacking me for suggesting it was big deal.”
I saw that thread. You seem to think people should fawn over you for bringing this up. You should just move on.
“Wrong side of the bed today, Gary? Or is there some hidden offense in this fellow’s post that I cannot see?
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[Jeremy Garchow] “I see you haven’t played around with Dynamic Link a bunch in Pr and AE yet?
Bloat is one thing, how it handles bloat is another.
“Is there a lot of bloat there? I’m just getting my full copy today, so I haven’t messed with it at all yet. So, you are saying project files swell like crazy?
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[Jeremy Garchow] “[Aindreas Gallagher] “well. that’s completely wrong for starters.”
i,o add to timeline.
Go back to same clip in browser, hit I or o.
Your persistent in and out marker is now kaput.
“Wait, I’ve been trying very hard not to follow this particular point of contention, so let me understand this: Are you actually making the point that by setting new in and out points you are getting rid of the old in and out points?
Maybe its time for everybody to just let this one go?
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[David Lawrence] “+1 for Laurie Anderson.”
How can you not?!
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[Steve Connor] “Interesting thoughts but I’ll ask you the question as well, in edit terms what CAN’T you do in FCPX that in turn makes it “semi-amateur”? and you can’t regurgitate the usual battle cries of “there’s no tracks, they called things different names, it looks like iMovie, Apple mad me sad when they dropped FCP7”
In down and dirty editing what can’t you do in FCPX that is vital for “Professional” editing that you can do in other NLE’s”
Steve, I agree with you. Since the latest version, its really a matter of taste. There are things like sync marks that might be major for somebody but not for somebody else. Its really now about how well the tool fits you and the degree to which you are willing to re-imagine your own habits and approaches. You can certainly argue that this sort of work or that sort of work will require fewer key strokes or fewer work-arounds than in other bits of software, but I’m guessing there is little or nothing that can’t be accomplished on one that can’t be accomplished on another.
However stimulating it has been to contemplate it, I’m personally glad that I don’t have to rethink how I edit. Pr6 and MC6 promise that. So, as Laurie Anderson says “Let X=X.”