Chris Harlan
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[Jeremy Garchow] “If you stick around in this business long enough, you’ll find this is how it works. It happens when good clients move elsewhere or take the business in house, it happens when they stop manufacturing your particular camera, it happens when you can’t find the right gear in your area to rent, it happens when companies make business decisions about their own future without asking their customers what they want. If you trust a giant company to make the hard decisions for you, or if you think everything including software technology lasts forever, then what you are witnessing now is a good lesson for you. Nothing lasts forever, and things change, so you have to stay sharp, and count on tomorrow being different from today. I’m not making excuses for Apple, and luckily there’s a few good NLE alternatives out there. Once you start looking around, you’ll see why fcp needed an overhaul as it is hardly the pinnacle of modern technology. We can’t use FCPX for everyday work, but maybe some day. In the meantime it’s mostly fcp7 while we test other NLEs. “
Well said.
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[Craig Seeman] “The point is that people keep saying Apple is a “consumer” company and yet iPhones and iPads are being used in “Pro” environments including “online broadcast.” “
I think you are far too sensitive about this. Much of this argument comes from the way Steve Jobs reinvigorated Apple by creating a distinct pro niche with his little four-square box. These are divisions that Apple projected on itself, and then actively promoted. Most people look at a PC, for instance, and don’t really worry about whether someone is going to use it in an office or at home. Telephones started as a purely business device, than entered homes, then became so useful that no one worries whether a telephone is pro or not. Even trying to think that argument is a silly one. It is equally silly to wonder if cell phones and tablets are pro or not. If they are useful in business, they will be used in business. In any way that they can be used. Right?
[Craig Seeman] “Apple and FCPX may well lead in this market . . . and this market is going to grow a lot faster that episodic TV and feature films . . . and it is Broadcast (even if online) and it is Professional.
“They might. Let’s see if they do. All kinds of factors in play. All kinds of people competing. The argument “If iPhone, then FCP X” is not a valid one.
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[Steve Connor] “I hear there are upgrades coming to the COW soon, including an opt out of viewing posts by certain users.
Hope that doesn’t dampen down some of the more exciting discussions on here!”
Oh, that’s a bit of sad. I certainly wouldn’t want to do that.
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I wouldn’t not expect this. Makes total sense to me. But my “huh?” was actually directed at Craig’s assertion that this was somehow redefining what “pro” is in the light of what the argument on this blog is. If Gannet, which has a huge investment in Avid equipment, suddenly installs 1000 FCPX stations, I’ll pay attention. But otherwise, I still say “huh?”
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[Steve Connor] “Perhaps Apple might buy Avid, to recapture some of the “Pro” market :)”
Yeah, that would Shake things up.
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[Craig Seeman] “In any case, a company that’s been downsizing as its most obvious “solution” to its problems is going to impact their product lines.
“True enough, and Apple really gained from the experience. No offense, man–there is a certain amount of validity to some of the things you are saying, but you are at quite a distance from whatever is actually going on there, and the frequency with which you keep making these prognostications makes you sound a bit like Ted Waitt opining on the future of Apple.
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[Craig Seeman] “BTW if you’ve seen the rumors about Gannett buying thousands of iPhones and iPads for journalists, might give you an indicator as to where some “Pro” markets are heading.”
Huh?
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Bill, I agree with many of your assessments, but to me they argue in favor of 7 and not X.
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[Bill Davis] “[Andrew Richards] “Aye, there’s the rub. Who in the Post business isn’t particularly price sensitive?”
Plenty of folks. for someone who’s just signed a deal for 26 episodes of a TV show – I suspect the problem isn’t “how much is each seat.” but much more – how fast can you get me up and running and can you assure me it will work perfectly right out of the gate.
Horses for courses.
“Agreed.
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[Walter Soyka] “For anyone looking for FCP7’s spiritual successor, Premiere Pro is really close.
“If Adobe could convince a couple of the larger LA independents to go along, I’d happily join in.