David Cherniack
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[Chris Simpson] “So does adobe have multiclip sequencing now? I only ask as I only came over from PC/adobe, for 2 reasons, my PC could never be made stable or reliable enough and multiclip sequencing”
FYI since you asked:
CS5.5 supports multi-clips and is rock solid stable even for huge projects. It does want a lot of ram 8GB+ and if you want the terrific dynamic linking with AE, Audition 24GB is a good amount.
David
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[Ben Holmes] “It does seem to me that there is a mass of FCP-bashing going on here from current Adobe and Avid users”
Really? It seems to me that it’s all from dissappointed FCP users. We Adobe users have been very quiet here today. There’s no point in rubbing another’s wounds with salt.
The initial disappointment in missing features was bound to happen. They’re pretty important to a lot of people. Eventually people will settle in, explore what is there, and determine how to live with the present reality.
David
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[Stephen Bakopanos] “A show like this, perhaps: https://supermeet.com/ ??”
That would constitute a ‘quiet’ release tomorrow. I still think it will be a real dog and pony show with Apple core folks demo-ing the software, making claims about its performance and revolutionary nature, answering all the unanswered questions, and the obligatory high profile editors lending their experience with the beta and/or anticipatory salivations about using the software.
Of course if they just do an announcemnt and presser they can count on their legion of users in the media to push the news out well past the frontiers of the NLE community. But that would surprise me because low key is not their style…unless they’re truly worried about backlash because smoke and mirrors can only distract so much.
The long and the short is we’ll see soon enough.
David
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I agree. FCP is just too prestigious an item for Apple to do a quiet release. I think you’ll see a big dog and pony show before or after the end of the month…smoke and mirrors and magic…of the former, the usual ARDF, and some of the latter, too, if only to make the smoke and mirrors more believable. It’s the way all magicians would like to operate, especially the marketing ones.
David
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Based on the experience of the Mercury Playback Engine in Premiere it shouldn’t be a problem…if Apple can match Adobe programming chops.
For those who may be unaware (not unknown in the FCP universe 🙂 Premiere CS5+ plays multiple layers of HD 264 smoothly…and adds RT CUDA effects.
David
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“when radically new technology becomes available it can profoundly re-stabilize the architecture around new ways of doing things.
Is this true of FCP-X? ”
[Paul Dickin] “What’s with the ‘no timeline in FCP X’ notion?”
Paul, where does the paragraph above produce a ‘no timeline in FCP-X” interpretation? Try reading a little more slowly. It connects the dots better.
We’ll see how the AV Frameworks implementation plays out in actuality for pro use. But it’s not what I’m talking about. There’s a big difference between a Ferrari engine and a Model T. But both are engines with steering wheels, gas pedals and brakes. Back to the original question: Will FCP -X profoundly change the GUI architecture of the NLE to be worthy of the appellation ‘paradigm shift’? We’ll see, but not from what I’ve seen so far.
David
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[Paul Dickin] “The medieval monks sorted out books – binding, pages to be turned with their written word on, inset illustrations etc. Along came Gutenberg and Caxton and made no changes to the human>book paradigm.”
You’re confusing reading a book with using a tool.
The architectural stabilization of any human-tool interface is a process that happens in the early development of any new tool. The car is a good example. The first cars did not have foot brakes, steering wheels, rubber tires. They soon became standards because they did the job better than the hand brake, steering stick, and metal rims. Can you imagine NLE’s without timelines? There were a few. Lucas’s Edit Droid introduced timelines and bins in the mid-late 80’s.
I’m not saying that the interface, once it stabilizes is static. Incremental changes are constant and when radically new technology becomes available it can profoundly re-stabilize the architecture around new ways of doing things.
Is this true of FCP-X? Possibly but it remains to be seen how much it’s designed for a future of tablet editing. On your normal keyboard and mouse interface I see what may be incremental improvements but it also remains to be seen how applicable they are to high level, as opposed to consumer, editing.
David
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To echo Bob:
CS5.5 is quite brilliant; stable, plays just about everything natively with real time effects and should be considered by anyone who doesn’t want to wait if it’s going to take Apple some time to get FCP-X up to speed. Just saying.
David
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FWD and monocoque contruction are incremental improvements. They didn’t change how humans interact with the automobile the way steering wheels and foot pedal brakes did. If Apple integrates some functions of the NLE into the core OS it may yield performance improvements (that remains to be seen unless you happen to be a beta tester or psychic) but that doesn’t fundamentally change the architecture of how humans interact with the NLE.
David
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All I would say in response is that there does seem to be a lot of Cool-aid in this house.
While I truly hope Apple has come up with a new editing paradigm I’m more than doubtful. The timeline based NLE has been around for 20+ years and its architecture has been stable for more than half that time. The automobile achieved architectural stabilization by its first two decades and improvements ever since have been incremental, not counting fins which were a temporary quantum insanity. Not that FCP-X will be the fins of NLE history but whatever improvements in work flow it brings, I expect will be incremental. But that’s a mighty good thing and should be welcomed by the rest of us who are using other software. Designers tend to fall into ruts and need to be inspire by seeing the usefulness in what someone else is doing.
As for those who want to drink the Cool-Aid, that’s fine. Let them if it makes them happy. I really don’t care if someone’s religion has elements of strange beliefs if they’re a good person and don’t try to foist it on me. I have my hands full with my own.
David
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