Claude Lyneis
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The video card in my 2011 27 inch mac died some months back and when I took it in to the Apple Store they said there was a recall and they replaced it for free. It has been running fine since.
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Any good rumors that Apple will be coming out with new iMacs and or new MacPro? I wouldn’t want to buy an iMac now if the new ones will have all USB-c ports and thunderbolt ports. From the displays in the stores, Apple must be selling way more portables than desktops, but for editing it seems to me that desk tops are the way to go.
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The iMovie editing model is what it is because it is aimed at “editors” doing a specific type of “editing”. This involves (after sifting material in the Event) butting shots up against each other, shortening some and lengthening others, shuffling the order, maybe adding a music track and possibly some cutaways. The iMovie/FCP X magnetic timeline with its default ripple mode and connected clips is the perfect solution to this type of editing, which is essentially shot assembly with a few refinements. ”I think this captures much of the FCPX philosophy and may also explain why some film directors like it for fast assembly. Also, the data base approach with keywords and browser definitely is a plus for early organization. This fits what I do, I have been learning AVID Protools and that is a mind bending process after using X for 5 years, although in shuffle mode it works a little like the magnetic time line.
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Slightly off topic. As much as I enjoy this thread, I am unable to quote a post. I have read all the instructions –Select text and then hit Q or q. It has worked about twice in 100 tries. Safari or Firefox no different. OS X El Capitan. How are you guys making it work? Is there some magic Java code?
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Oliver: To quote a popular Youtube channel, everything is a remix. This applies to many of Apple’s best products including their mouse driven interface and the ipod. In this view, FCPX is hardly revolutionary, but it was certainly a step in a different direction, which continues to be an issue in editing circles years later.
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In spite of all the negative and learned responses to this video, it makes some sense to me. Maybe it is because my projects are not generally at the complexity of a feature film. When I was using FCP7 and had to do a lot of locking and unlocking of tracks, I found that to be very time consuming and even irritating. With X the ability to slide clips around during the assembly stage in a very transparent way is a big positive. Also I hated the clip collision issue in FCP7.
Also his analogy between cutting film on a flat bed and FCPX that treat time differently than the tape approach for early video editing and PPro made a lot of sense.
As always, though I enjoyed the impassioned arguments that followed. Perhaps that is something that just flows from the contributors being an editors and interested in the smallest nuances.
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Herb, tell us how you really feel.
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That was interesting to see and to hear that they felt it enabled very fast editing. Also, that the final audio went through Pro Tools. I am guessing that was so they could mix it, not so much construct or edit the audio.
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A quick look on the web showed that an external 2 TB G-tech drive with FW800 is about $200. (There are probably more choices) If you transfer your video onto that, it should give you a big boost in editing speed since FW800 is much faster than USB2.
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Bob:
The answer to most of your questions is no I don’t expect that. I was at the nearby Cineplex and just cruised through the Apple Store, something that used to be fun. Still it left me wondering if I was going to have to learn to edit on an iPhone or go to the dark side and use a Windows machine.
Hopefully, they will bring out an upgraded iMac, a new MacPro and a super duper version of FCPX. Then all my fear and loathing can return to worrying about the presidential election.
Claude