[David Lawrence]

[Chris Harlan] “The GUI’s just fine. And its much more flexible than X in terms of being able to arrange it. Of course its not as entertaining, no animation to enjoy, but in terms of an editing tool it’s far more serviceable and useful.”

If you wanna see a GUI that’s really stuck in the last century, take a look at Sony Vegas. The Avid GUI is perfectly fine. I honestly don’t understand people who think it’s backwards. It’s visually clean, flexible, and works well if you know what you’re doing.

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[Aindreas Gallagher] “Also, and I just watched this today, but: hello to you, my true ProRes timeline export friend, one minute spot exported in under 10 seconds”

WIN!!!

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[David Lawrence]

[Steve Connor] “You’re right, it does seem strange that it wasn’t highlighted in large flashing lights as it’s a MAJOR feature that almost everyone has been asking for.”

Yes, that and improved media management are HUGE. If those two things live up to the hype, it seems like the biggest concerns about the platform will essentially be gone. Next week is gonna be very interesting…

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[Aindreas Gallagher] “mezzanine codec behaviour looks to hold true – 60 second prores timeline goes out in under 10 seconds as a pro res master – the output rendering hit looks to be effectively gone. biggie of you’re long form I guess.”

It’s a biggie for long form, short form and everything in-between. If this really works, expect the floodgates to open.

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[David Lawrence]

[Tom Daigon] “David I really like Walters suggestion of a middle ground solution. Where I can outright purchase CS Next and subscribe to a maintenance program to get the updates. Read his entry if you havent. And please email Adobe with your concern. I know a lot of other small business owners are concerned about being forced into the Cloud where they dont have ownership of the software .”

Agreed. I think Walter’s suggestion of an maintenance program is outstanding. I’d be 100% onboard with something like that. Is there a suggestion page for licensing feature requests like this?

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[David Lawrence]

[Tom Daigon] “If I stop paying rent on the Cloud, I can no longer edit at all.”

Tom, it’s actually worse than that. If you stop paying, you lose the ability to open your files. Sorry Adobe, this is unacceptable to me.

There are two situations where I see Creative cloud making sense:

1) Shops that need to temporarily ramp up for production. And then

[Jeff Pulera] “…if an editor leaves, business slows down, whatever, quit “renting” that seat then. You don’t have the investment in software sitting on the shelf if you are not using it.”

Creative Cloud is perfect for this.

2) Students or anyone on a tight budget who needs or wants to try the software now, with minimal investment.

I’m less concerned about physical media. When I initially purchased the CS 5.5 Production Bundle, I did buy physical media, but when I upgraded to CS6, I downloaded the .dmg installer and archived it on my server. I feel an archived .dmg is just as good as physical media going forward.

Regarding updates, there’s no technical reason why Adobe (or any software vendor) can’t digitally deliver feature updates anytime they they want. I believe development, marketing and accounting cycles are much more important in driving feature upgrade release timing than physical media manufacturing.

The question each person has decide for them self is whether they’re OK with the idea of losing access to their files if they stop paying or go offline. For me, any upfront savings are far outweighed by the risks. I need to own the software my business depends on. It’s just that simple.

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[David Lawrence]

[Steve Connor] “However discussion that is purely about FCPX does get easily sidetracked here and perhaps some of it might be better placed in the Techniques forum.”

Agreed. I always feel a bit bad when someone new wanders into this forum with a purely technical question that would be better suited in the “techniques” forum.

I notice there’s a new link at the bottom of all posts (beneath the social buttons) for ” Move to Apple FCPX Techniques Forum”. Perhaps we should be using that more often?

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[David Lawrence]

[Lance Moody] “That stuff is done by what appears to be a dedicated small group of posters who hate what they think FCPX is. It’s fascinating to see their need to stick around in this forum.”

This is the *debate* forum. Perhaps you’re confusing it for the FCPX Technique Forum over here.

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[David Lawrence]

[David McGavran] “Looking forward to hear from you guys after you play with this.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQCP85FngzE
Can’t wait! 😉

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[David Lawrence]

[Chris Harlan] “I will certainly miss him.”

Me too. 🙁

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