Chris Harlan
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Bingo!
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[Craig Seeman] “So they spent money and time doing R&D for what purpose?
If it had no value they’d kill it and move on.
“I specifically did not say it had no value. They undoubtedly hope that it will help them sell laptops and tablets, and they are most likely right. But it is of far less interest to them as a part of their business then it was even four years ago.
[Craig Seeman] “That they even put up a FAQ page means they care otherwise they’d just let it die. That they are quietly speaking to/meeting with certain people means they care. They’re trying to solve a problem and right now, until they resolve it one way or another, they’re holding off on marketing it.”
Sorry. I just do not see the few meager things they have done, and the few rumored conversations that they have had as anything approaching caring. To me, what they are is silent. I think that is a growing consensus. And, I think their silence speaks loud and clear.
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It hasn’t been marketed to much of anyone. I suppose you could count that weird, impromptu NAB pre-screening, but that event is up to interpretation. To me, it looked more like the result of internal debate, and not a reach out to Pros.
As to the Splash Screen, that’s true. But consider what that means. Every other version of FCP was released with fanfare and splash screen. Why not X? You say it is because it is not ready. Maybe. But maybe they just don’t care about it any more. Maybe it is so small a part of their future, that their real concern is not giving editors the tools that they want, but getting a NLE on the hardware they want to sell. Form over functionality.
Who’s right? I have no idea. Apple certainly won’t tell you.
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That would be automated metadata at work. All hail metadata. You will be assimilated.
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[Gareth Randall] “The articles and other comments I’ve read have implied very strongly that the writers have made up their minds and are making the move right now, not at some undefined point in the future.
“Gareth, I don’t think we are quite clicking here. I’d say I’ve moved. I’ve purchased a new copy of Media Composer, I’ve returned my copy of FCP X. I’m slowly taking tutorials on Media Composer. I’ve started rough cutting with MC, producing EDLs and bringing it in to FCP 7 to work on. BUT, I will continue to work on FCP 7, as well. Eventually, as clients and co-workers change, I won’t be on FCP 7 any more. Every once in a while, dissolves really do work better than cuts, and just because I’m in the middle of a dissolve doesn’t mean I haven’t already made up my mind that I need to end up on a different shot.
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I’d have been thrilled with a 64 bit version of 7.
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Gareth, when people say they are going to jump, it doesn’t generally mean right this second. What it means is they are going to transition. Since FCP X is essentially a new piece of software, with its own learning curve attached, and not an evolutionary development, many FCP editors find themselves at a junction. FCS 3 has been EOLed, and they are aware that any direction they turn for future development will require a learning curve. It takes a while to build up muscle memory (i.e., not consciously thinking about processes or keyboard short cuts), so a change like the introduction of FCP X becomes a time of critical evaluation, and all of the arguments going on on this site are part of that evaluation. It is also, where I work in Los Angeles, a community discussion because we are not islands here, but very interdependent. Everyone in the FCP community here in LA is trying to figure out where everyone else is going to be in 2 years.
Right now it is pretty clear to me that here we will all be on Avid with Premiere as a chaser, meaning that we will build up our muscle memory on Avid but know how to use Premiere. That doesn’t mean that I’m not using FCS 3 to cut today, or that I won’t continue to do so for the rest of the year and into the next. Or that I won’t keep an eye on X. It is a time for decisions, though, and I have already begun re-uping my Avid skills (something I should have been doing for the last few years, anyway, but have been too lazy.)
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[Chris Jacek] “Assume that Apple WAS looking to greatly expand the prosumer market, without little or no regard for industry pros. Wouldn’t the employ a strategy similar or exactly like they are currently doing? Label it as pro, and keep shouting about how awesome and revolutionary it is. If you want to attract the hobbyist/student who aspires to do it like the pros do, this is the exact marketing strategy you would want. You leverage the fact that the FCP name is the industry standard, and them co-opt the name for your new prosumer-targeted product.”
True? I have no idea. BUT, I certainly FEEL this is what has happened. I mean, it is what it has looked like to me since release. I try for other scenarios, but none of them fit as snugly.
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I’m only speculating. I haven’t tried it, and won’t have the opportunity since I’ve already determined that X is relatively useless for me, and have returned it. But it seems to me that metadata/tagging functions in combination with the Audition function when used in the Event Viewer to fill in a predetermined slot in the timeline might be quite a bit faster than normal replace. Let’s say you are working on a portion of your cruise video that is :20 or so of after-dinner dancing, and you have in your preplanned timeline 5 clips of couples dancing. You take eight to ten shots of dancers, each about the same length, and tagged as, say “26” which is the number you use for dancing couples clips. You combine the eight shots as an Audition in the Event Viewer (along with the template shot you use as your default pick) and then you have all eight shots available as Audition choices in each of the 5 “26” slots of your pre-planned timeline. Then, you quickly choose which of the eight shots you want to use in the 5 spaces and move on.
I certainly might be missing something about the way X works, but from what I’ve read, this seems like it is its strong point. If I were doing this kind of cookie-cutter work I’d certainly explore it, because it does seem to me to be potentially quite a bit faster.
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I think Gopher was the Purser, which might put him a bit higher up the chain. I don’t know when the last time you were on a cruise was, but they do have dedicated video staff now. I’ve just been trying to think of situations where FCP X would actually offer a clear advantage as a tool. I doubt it ever will for me, but in the spirit of understanding, I’ve been trying to come up with things that this puppy might be good at. It might also develop into a a good ENG tool for a mid-sized news market, as well. There can be a lot of fast-paced cookie cutter stuff, there as well.