Craig Wall
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I’ve played with posterization/painterly filters over the years (just a little) and I doubt that any filter will give you as nice a look as those commercials, no matter how much one tweaks.
I gotta believe those commercials were done via rotoscoping, with painstaking tracing.
If I’m wrong I’d love to know…because I’d buy such a plugin in a heartbeat if it can do such a thing at such a high level.
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I think we will see another expensive disruption…similar to the migration to 64 bit.
Quicktime will get pushed off the cliff in a few years. Adobe, Avid, etc. will be forced to change their underlying architecture, as will the plugin makers.
For end-users it will be a costly headache. I hope it’s worth it in the end.
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When one considers how hostile Apple has been towards Adobe (in particular the Flash war) and how Apple has been unhesitant to use a draconian cattle prod (pushing users of the FCP7 off the cliff towards an uncertain FCPX)…
Maybe it’s wise to be a little afraid here.
It’s a brave new world…and Apple seems increasingly unafraid to play bully.
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Premiere’s interoperability for me is one of it’s greatest strengths. But then I use Maxon’s c4d and Vue for 3d and After Effects for compositing. Maxon and Adobe have got it going on for together. C4d and After Effects work together magically. I grade with 3rd party plugin tools that work both in Premiere and AE.
Interoperability with Photoshop and Illustrator are also huge factors. Roundtrip!
I also do Flash work, so obviously it’s nice to have the full Adobe ecosystem. I have the complete CS5.5 Master Suite. Audio round trips via Soundbooth.
I recognize the OP has a different set of apps and specs to marry up with. Perhaps I should have withheld my thoughts.
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I was a big Premiere user in the early days and then switched to FCP. The latest versions of Premiere are much better…and I switched back this past year.
It is flat ignorant to say PP “screams prosumer.” There is a new elephant in the room shouting prosumer and we all know what that app is: iMovie Pro…er FCPX.
Meanwhile FCP7 is becoming very dated technology. It doesn’t even properly tap multiple core or GPUs.
We all tend to hold onto the old and familiar. But I don’t see why invest in additional seats of a dated tool like FCP7? A transition will never be easy, but when the writing is on the wall, in bold red spray paint…why wait?
Premiere has well over 1 million users…and it plays very well with others, considering its deep interoperability. Premiere is not vulnerable to a recession or market vagaries.
As for the reputation or cachet of using a particular tool? Word will quickly spread that Apple has decided to swim in shallower waters.
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David Pogue has sold more than a few books promoting and educating people about low-end Macintosh applications (like iLife).
So consider the source and his motivations.
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Simon, if you think Apple’s stock is taking a dive over this you are utterly mistaken.
Apple knows its business. They calculated the collateral damage of losing the high end video market and decided to roll with it anyway.
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Russel Lasson:
“Speak Apple! Speak up! Say you love us! Say you care or this thing is over!”
I’d say Apple has spoken quite loudly and clearly. We just don’t like what Apple is saying!
Look at the feature set and philosophy of this application. Consider both the features present and the features absent and regard that as a state of the union address. Apple is giving us one more manifesto regarding their corporate direction. They are conceding the high end video market in favor of reaching a wider audience. And while I don’t like it I have to concede that it’s a good business decision for them.
We are more likely to see Apple start selling televisions than we are to see them transform FCP X into a tool for industrial video production. Jobs doesn’t believe in trying to be all things to all markets. He believes in narrowing the company’s focus. And Apple’s focus is mainstream consumers.
As someone posted in another thread: I can’t help but wonder if the Mac Pro will be the next product to vanish or be redefined away from the high-end market.
John Gruber at DaringFireball.com almost seems to be Steve Job’s kin, and the man says ultimately there are only two macs: the MacBook Air and the iMac. Think about it.
Forget the name of the software, it only clouds the real issue. iMovie Pro was just birthed. Final Cut Pro has died. And all the stages of grieving are apparent in this forum.
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Apple has had tons and tons of time to think about this. They didn’t merely “forget” to include features. They didn’t lack time to include things they found important.
The new product reflects Apple’s objectives and philosophies. And that won’t change in version 2 or version 3. Apple wants to sell lots of copies and they built the app accordingly. It’s a consumer tool now.
I have zero doubt that they factored in attrition in the pro market–they knew they would lose market share among high-end users. But for Apple that’s not where the money is.
I had allocated money for an upgrade, but I no longer plan to upgrade.
I’ve been using Premiere more and more and will make that my everyday editing app.
It doesn’t make any sense to get mad at Apple. They made a decision in their best interest. And I’ll make my decisions in my best interest.
Go Adobe!
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OK…A tease comment like that…interesting….
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