Christian Schumacher
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Oliver,
I respect your input as it is an enormously experienced one.
But, see where I’m getting at…If only in 2010 you could’ve foreseen what just had “changed in post”?
A rhetorical question, of course.I will grant you that it may take some mileage, but I am convinced that is going to be a very short time.
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Tony,
You’re entitled to find something cumbersome, specially if you didn’t know it existed in the first place.
I guess this is why the debating forum is for, huh?On the other hand, how is that custom window lay-out working for you in X? I find it extremely cumbersome to scroll down to negative space when having stacked clips to work with in a timeline that cannot be expanded.
But that must be only me, perhaps?And Jeremy,
On systems I have been to, no beach-balling or crashing when searching at all. YMMV.
I can drag the resulting bin or some of the clips to a new timeline and have them all in there, nicely.
And they go to the sequence in the order that they are sifted in that resulting bin.
This is very, very helpful.And all of this without breaking any project relationship. Expanding this search on that timeline, the Find command also selects all clips that I further search for, so I can then copy them or drag ’em to a higher position.
I’m taking your word when you said you didn’t used it that much.
I like the former FCP for its flexibility, something the new generation of this software is going to miss. -
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I believe that metadata in FCP X is oriented to work within iOS.
It isn’t better – as others have pointed out – it is just suited for their main ecosystem.
You know, iPads, iPhones, iCloud…And anything around this model.It is significant in the matter that every technology developed by Apple now is aimed at this.
And all softwares from Apple have to run on iOS – or are planned to do so ASAP.Accordingly, Pro Apps were EOL’ed because they didn’t fit that “new” model.
Judging by Apple’s actions, the Mac OS won’t last a longer lifetime here on Earth either. -
[Bill Davis] “But if you think I’ve got something all wrong, then for everyone’s benefit, don’t stop at just saying that my post is a “total failure” without saying WHY you hold that opinion. Tell us WHY you think history isn’t instructive in this case. That’s something that might be useful here.”
First, this article is about a general view of Apple in businesses.Not only “people who want or need to edit video”.
Second, Apple jumped on software production to reiterate its relative fame in creative digital work.
That was print publishing, sound engineering, visual effects and video editing as well.
They happened to be a somewhat successful hardware platform that those softwares were running onto.
So it was natural for them to expand their business right there. And so they did, apparently it worked well for them.That, of course, was another decade, with different aspects and different business prospects than today.
Now, with the iThings and being a mega company they were not back then, I don’t see FCP X as a game changer, at all. It is merely a transitional product that will serve only those who embrace a simpler computing experience.
I’m not sure if it will represent the same as several former software products of them have done since that time. -
Bill,
I don’t see how your comments relate to mine or the OP’s article, for that matter.
This comparison of former FCP 1 and Firewire with FCPX and current Apple tech is a total failure, IMHO. -
Apple can only grow on iPhones and iPads intertwined with the App Store / iCloud business model.
Thus, there’s no economic sense building a future around computers and niche markets anymore.
This article re-enforces that view when they are reaching for a much, much broader set of clients.Pro Apps were a sign of the times indeed, as they didn’t kill them because of licensing, as some have inferred.
They have killed them because they won’t run on iOS, which is going to be their only focus for now on.As long as this transitional period goes on, we’re having MacBooksPros and Imacs “Pros” which are able to run
production software and even other operational systems, all for the creative’s delight, but have fun while it lasts.Once the ipad catches up they will be smoked too.
Say good bye to the Mac brand? Say good bye to the Mac OS?
That is what it looks like, to me anyway mind you.Sure one can argue that an iPad along with a variety of peripheral devices could do a lot of creative work.
But thats only going to isolate its users even more in the future of a controlled ecosystem that Apple is working on.
It remains to be seen if that is going to be successful on the niche markets. But it could, it’s hype after all. -
[Jeremy Garchow] “but it’s not happening quite yet.”
You are talking about its current state while I am speculating on its future state.
[Jeremy Garchow]
As far as gear, Apple has always been selective, that is nothing new.”Well, things can worsen a lot if hardware and software are created to be more closed.
[Jeremy Garchow] ” iOS doesn’t run on computers, just mobile devices.”
I know that. Again, I’m talking about their future hardware consolidation.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Explain, please.”
Speaking of a supposed future’s scenario, my hunch is
-You will only run iOS onto their machines.
-You will only buy Apps at their store.
-You will only use very, very selected gear.It is a claustrophobic ecosystem, isn’t it ?
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[Jeremy Garchow] ” If I can have that in the palm of my hand, why do I need a MacPro?”
Great, I see where you are getting at.
If we can hook everything up to this thing, it will behave as a computer.
Fine for me.The main problem is going to be Apple’s claustrophobic inclination.
And how this will play out with its iOS+AppStore+hardware development.That’s what is actually worrying me.