Chris Harlan
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[Bill Davis] “Talk all you like. And I’m not defeatist at all. I just understand in the un-moderated, free for all that is public discourse in the modern world, things are better if we get to see MULTIPLE perspectives.
Are you saying that somehow mine is LESS valuable than anyone else’s?
“No, Bill; you’re opinion is quite valuable. I was actually enjoying reading about your usage the other day. I really do believe that there is a positive experience here to be had for many people. A cinematographer was extolling FCP X’s virtues the other day, and after looking at his reel, I could really see why it was a very good fit for him. I also see, after reading some details of how you use it, why it is a great fit for you. I hope you share more of that. I hope the cinematographer shares more.
All I’m BMWing about here is your BMWing for people to stop BMWing, and the occasional maxim you put forward that says, basically, “if you don’t like it, buzz off.”
Really, what I would like to hear more about are your experiences.
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[Bill Davis] “X is for me, right now. But clearly not for everyone.”
We know.
[Bill Davis] “I also know that Life’s too short to live in unnecessary frustration — but it’s also too short to spend excessive time in what a professional speaker I know described in a recent seminar as “the amazingly popular new BMW” : Bitching, Moaning, and Whining!”
FYI–You do an awful lot of bitching, moaning and whining about other people’s bitching, moaning and whining. This thread is about people making a list of small things that would make FCP X useable for them. That seems to me a positive thing. Why are you BMWing it?
[Bill Davis] “I’m moving ahead with X, cause it feels right for me. If it doesn’t for you – for any damn reason you can imagine – change.
Couldn’t be simpler.”
Really? So we shouldn’t talk about things that we feel might improve the program? Just totally accept it or go? Sounds a bit defeatist to me. You’ve got to stop all that BMW and start looking on the bright side of things.
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[Oliver Peters] ” We’ll just have to wait and see.
“I was thinking we might here something about Logic at AES, but nada. Of course Avid just released Pro Tools X, err, uh… 10 there.
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[Oliver Peters] “And of course, copy/paste/remove attributes (with palette options) and something like an equivalent to the track tool.
“Gawd, yeah. I didn’t know it doesn’t have “Paste Attributes.” Man, there is just so much it doesn’t have.
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Good list.
I would also add:
the ability to have multiple sequences open simultaneously.
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[Andrew Rendell] “the things that bugged me were the things that are almost but not quite the same, e.g., Avid’s Add Edit and FCP’s Blade tool (position cursor then click on the tool versus select tool then position cursor and click)”
Just FYI–In FCP 7, CTRL V works much more like Add Edit than the blade tool.
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There is also, now, a TBolt version of the mini that, I believe, plays back MC. It was just announced, so it may not be shipping yet.
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[Tim Wilson] “The idea that there was “immediate strong negative reaction” to the FCPX launch from the people in the room is revisionist history — THAT’s revisionist history.
“Heartily seconded! In my circle the reaction was very immediately fearful over what was happening. I wasn’t on the floor, but communications with people who either were or watched video of the event, prompted me to write an email to Steve Jobs less than a week after the event warning “There is a great deal of fear in the professional Final Cut Pro community, after last weeks demo, that they have been abandoned. In certain circles, it is bordering on panic. I’m certain that that is not what the demo meant to engender, but, unfortunately, it has.”
I think this discrepancy of experience is probably explained by the simple fact that dismay and “that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach” have no loud verbal analogs. As you are asking yourself “WTF?,” you are pretty much speechless. You are in no way ready to commit to a boo, so at the time, you are pretty silent on the matter.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Anyone else? Has anyone made ‘the decision’ to switch?
“Like Oliver, I’m partially dependent on client equipment, and many of my clients are heavily into FCS. As, for that matter, am I. On studio work that I cut on my own bench–when no pressing deadline looms–I’ve started to integrate Avid by cutting select reels and rough cuts and then transferring them over to FCS for tightening and finishing. I will probably be comfortable finishing on Avid by next Spring. I will be editing on FCS for as long as there are seats to do so, which I expect will be the next several years. I believe fairly firmly that Avid will retain its dominance here in Los Angeles, and that FCS attrition seats will mostly go back to them. I would be very happy to explore PPro more deeply, if I thought anyone here would take it seriously, and I do not discount that a heavy campaign by Adobe could change my disposition.
Finally, I would be absolutely delighted to be wrong about my assessment of FCP X’s future, though I think the writing is pretty firmly on the wall, and was written with a Sharpie.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “if this was a discussion about such an unimaginable change to any other industry standard application outside of the apple shell, the conversation, I think, would be different and simpler.
“No question.