Chris Harlan
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[Bill Davis] “What really is getting tedious is those who still insist on treating X like some freshman high school athlete who’s older brother won the Heisman Trophy so everybody relentlessly trashes the kid for not being “as good” as the elder sibling.
They are different people. With different strengths and weaknesses, just with similar DNA. “
Frankly, their DNA isn’t at all similar. They just have the same last name. And few people are trashing the kid. Mostly people are trashing the parent’s decision to murder the Trophy winner in his sleep.
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[Walter Soyka] “Others need massive compute power — doable with a “24 sizzle core beast.” (Jeremy, this is my new favorite expression!)”
I agree. Whatever my next workstation is–be it Mac Pro, Z800, or Dell–it will be known officially to the network as “24 sizzle core beast.”
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[Oliver Peters] “[Ben Scott] “I did first week it came out
it looked a mile better than FCP7 renders”I understand HOW to do it. I asked how it had been done. All I can say is that if you are seeing this extreme of a difference, then you’ve been doing something wrong up until now in FCP 7. No offense meant, but I’m saying this from a POV of having routinely finished FCP 7 projects that have been submitted to pretty tight network QC.
“Yup. I second that. Ben, if your FCP7 renders were lacking, I think you need to analyze what you were doing. I have to meet routinely the same strict standards as Oliver, and it is not a problem.
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[Frank Gothmann] “My first response in this threat wasn’t even aimed at you”
Threats, is it?! Well, now Frankie, we see ya for who ya are. Careful boys, he’s got a cheese grater.
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[Gerry Fraiberg] “It would appear that this Antarctica Video was edited in iMovie, based on the opening graphics which are part of the iMovie package – not FCP X.”
Well, isn’t that interesting. I’d a thunk he’d a wanted to play with FCP X.
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[Richard Herd] “I’m talking about the interface.”
I think that’s what I’m talking about, too. But who knows?
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[Phil Hoppes] “I’d like nothing better than to see a new MacPro and MacPro line but the reality is, it serves a niche market that has seen continuous decline. Apple’s specific market share in that market is insignificant. Apple’s popular consumer desktop models get more and more powerful every year and are rapidly approaching the point that for a large portion (NOT ALL mind you) of the MacPro users a top end iMac will more than do the job they need. As reported in many journals, the profit margins on MacPros for Apple is not that great so….. I don’t believe it really is a question of if MacPro’s will be dropped, simply a matter of when.
Just my 2cents.”
Well, this may happen, but I think it would be a bad idea for Apple since they have their own operating system. I should think it would be important for them to have high-end computing, even if they have to sell Mac Pros–or whatever replaces them–at a loss. The OS needs “trucks,” and without them will erode.
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[Richard Herd] “[Craig Seeman] “… by a potentially more powerful system that will have wider appeal.”
That’s the speculation I like…a desk top version of the iPad! Cutting video with your finger tips, no mouse, no keyboard.
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That sure doesn’t appeal to me. As something on the side, for a change of pace, sure. But as a replacement? Yuck.
Two years ago, when I first got an iPad, I thought “oh, wow! Here’s the future.” And while it still has its place in my arsenal, I now find it a bit confining, and generally prefer to use my laptop over it. I’m guessing I’m not alone in this.
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[Bill Davis] “Some are so sure that their particular brand of “wisdom” is the only kind with any value. But theirs, IMO, is too often the brand that confuses evolution for innovation.”
Sounds catchy, but I don’t have a clue what that means. And, the more I think about it the more meaningless it seems.
[Bill Davis] “I suspect that a guy just like Herb was “
Oh, yeah Bill. When Herb calls you on faulty reasoning, you slide into “a guy just like Herb…” Classy!
[Bill Davis] “Now we can see that Amazon was never about books at all. Books were nothing but a test case for a new business model.
“Really? Test case? Never about books at all? Wow! Lets just totally rewrite history to make a point, eh?
[Bill Davis] “Without the need to support monster facilities and cadres of human resources, someone can do financially well with a few thousand loyal content customers and an efficient micro-payment model.
“Sure. Its happening now. Nothing new about that.
[Bill Davis] “If that is so, I want to understand the content tools designed to enable easier work in the new model.
And that’s precisely what I think FCP-X is.
A first step toward better.
“Late to the party, Bill. That “first step” happened more than a decade ago, and FCP X–however good or bad it might be–is a footnote in the whole story.
[Bill Davis] “I’m cutting my twelfth paid FCP-X piece and wrapping up my fifth Motion 5 commission – and I’m here to tell you this is every bit as exciting as FCP 1.0 was for me back in 2000.
“Good deal. Glad you are putting it to use. Just don’t confuse useful with revolutionary.
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[Walter Soyka] “What specifically is it that you’re arguing for?”
The best I can glean, is that Bill, speaking as a proxy for FCP X, is shouting at Turner, “You can’t fire me! I quit!”