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Maybe you should upgrade to FCPX or Premiere Pro CC.
Personally I’d recommend exporting a ProRes Master file and using that in Compressor.
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[Steve Connor] “Perhaps we should merge both the “or not” forums! Lively discussion on here, tumbleweeds over at the CC or Not forum,”
It’s important to consider why (I suspect) this is happening here under BBC adopts FCPX. It’s possible, over time, one may want to switch… and even switch again to yet another down the road. It’s not too difficult to do that on any NLE or Suite except Adobe. You can maintain the legacy apps for as long as you need. Adobe always requires a payment to revisit something. That price may go up. The terms may change. The app availability can be pulled.
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[Steve Connor] “In reality I rarely re-visit projects themselves it’s mostly masters that get pulled back up, perhaps that’s why I’m more comfortable with subscription.”
But this is actually a key to the problem. If your work fits, it’s viable. It used to be if the software fits, it’s viable (for now).
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[Ronny Courtens] “As one of our facilities is located in Paris I have known this for some time but apparently they have made it official now: besides the BBC, the French national television group TF1 also has decided to go with FCP X for their news editing:
https://translate.google.com/translate?“
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[Bret Williams] “I’ve already had to rent a single software license for one month just to open and convert some files. And guess what? I forgot to cancel that 1mo subscription before 30 days and of course, they tagged me for another un-needed month. And they’re kind of counting on that. Of course, nobody sent me a reminder they’re about to charge me. Just a notification that they HAD charged me.”
And the longer you’re in, the more projects you accumulatively, the longer that can keep happening after you leave.
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[Steve Connor] “They’ve promised “
Untile they don’t. They’re in control and ultimately their business decision will prevail.
Any reasonable exit strategy would allow you to have a functional copy on your computer for as long as you need if you terminate the subscription or… if they terminate the availability of an application.[Steve Connor] “If I choose to exit the Adobe subscription then If I need to access old projects I would bill the months subscription cost to the client.”
And if this happens three years down the road because Resolve or Lightworks or even FCPX and fellow apps becomes the Suite of your dreams…. you’ll be dragging the subscription on month after month until all the revisits to the old jobs go away. The more years in, the more years they bite you on the tail going out.
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To put it another way… if you decide CC is no longer the best tool but still need to open old projects at some future date… you have to subscribe. There’s also the risk that if you need a legacy version for some reason at that future point, it may not be there. That’s entirely at Adobe’s discretion.
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No longer have access to the apps, no longer can open project files.
One might save xml files I believe so one can reconsstruct elsewhere.
One might subscribe for a month to access the projects on a case by case basis.Adobe has made the business decision to make it difficult to leave. It’s not the only way to manage subscriptions but it’s what Adobe chose.
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Hopefully this English translation of the above link works.
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I’ve heard it’s been used on “Focus” with Will Smith coming out early next year I believe. I suspect by the end of 2015 there be more Hollywood features cut on FCPX. It’ll be a small number but it’ll gain acceptance as a viable long form narrative solution.