Chris Harlan
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And to be fair, I mostly cut promos, BTS and sizzles on Premiere, so everything is pretty short–yes, lots and lots of time manipulation, odd screen ratios, filters and GFX–but still short. I did cut a show on it back in September, but I broke it into acts, the longest of which was eight minutes. I could feel the strain, but I was also cutting on my Macbook Pro.
For me, the buggiest issue currently is the disappearing timecode overlay. Granted, all you have to do is click on another timeline, then click back, but its annoying.
One of the things I’m enjoying about it, right now, is its ability to work well at non traditional screen ratios. In January, I cut a fast-paced :90 Snapchat sizzle for an Amazon show at 1080X1920 (phone vertical). It was a lot of fun rethinking how to tell a fast, visual story at that ratio. Premiere held up fine! (though I was cutting this on a 12 core with 64G, and NOT on my laptop.)
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Dude! You’re just a permanent hater, and there’s no getting around it. I’m guessing you have a “Death to Adobe” tat. Location, of course, has nothing to do with it. Its just where I am, and where I see a lot of Premiere. You may read where actual users are, but I work where actual users are. Avid’s still the winner, here. But that’s changing. X is nudging in too, here and there.
If you can’t remember X having some “show stopping bugs” from time to time, than you’re just not trying hard enough. After all, it began with show-stopping issues! And, really, you don’t remember some of the buggier iterations from time to time? Very selective memory, man! I’m not knocking X, I’m just saying its had some of the same growing pains everything else has.
I have to say this latest FCPX is pretty exciting, too. With the audio sorted in a way that’s usable for me, I’m looking forward to trying it out again.
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Don’t know what to tell you. Its working here in Hollywood pretty well. My machines are fine. The machines in the last two companies I sat in at are fine. The place I’m going to work for the next month–all it seats are fine. Everyone else I know in the promo world who is using it is having fun, and thinks its fine. Do bugs crop up now and then? Sure. But, when don’t they?
Hey! Here’s the last thing I cut on it that isn’t NDAed:
https://www.facebook.com/InfernoTheMovie/videos/720176311479402/
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Dude! Got to say–NOT my experience at all! Sorry you are going through that. Maybe you have setup issues or some plugin conflict.
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Thanks! That was useful. I was contemplating that very thing.
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A very useful feature!
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No, its not buggy as shit. At least when I’m using it.
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That was fun! Fonda does still look good.
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Yes. I’d pretty much given up on it having any actual utility for me. Now, given some free time, I’ll learn it. I also have to figure out how to buy it. Since I returned the original years ago, the Apple store doesn’t have a purchase option for me. Probably just have to call or email someone.
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Looks good to me! The stuff I’ve always felt was missing seems to be there. I can’t wait to play with it.