[David Mathis]

[Tim Wilson] “Kremlinology is fun, but Kremlinologists are by definition looking for shadows that may not be there. They all eventually go insane to”

I hope I did not go off the deep end. Just a sudden and minor panic attack perhaps? 🙂

[David Mathis]

Say what? Ya mean no more brick and mortar store?

[David Mathis]

[Shawn Miller] “I have to be honest, I really have mixed feelings about this. It’s great to have an inexpensive, deep color pipeline from capture to output. But it kills me to see high-end software at fire sale prices. Are we starting to see the end of pure software companies that can offer perpetual licenses? Is the future of post production software, buy an Nvidia product to get Maxwell, or subscribe to NextLimit Cloud to get Realflow?”

Mixed feelings here as well. I feel for that studios that invested large sums of money only to find out that there has been a significant price drop putting the high end tools into the hands of the masses. Two prime examples include what Apple did with Final Cut Studio (before switching to a totally different way of approaching how one goes about editing) and Resolve after being acquired by Blackmagic Design, followed by others making a budget friendly “alternative” to Photoshop and Illustrator.

This does benefit a small post house but now there are those that have no real skill set. All of which is why I chose to say “disruptive to the pro market”. All of which begs the question, “Do we win or do we lose?”

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[David Mathis]

That would be something!

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[David Mathis]

[Marcus Moore] ”
* EDITED TO ADD- MOTION which has been my go-to motion graphics application for going on 3 years now, holds A LOT of untapped potential. I think many editors who feel they NEED AE could probably get along just fine with Motion even with only it’s existing feature set. In much the same way that programs like Acorn or Pixelmator are capitalizing on the umbrella under CC subscriptions to build marketshare.”

Curious to know why Motion has not been developed further. This program has a great potential but other than change in the color scheme of the interface with a slightly different location of tools, there has been a few things that could add to the value of the software, just not implemented as of yet.

It would be nice to have expressions for the power user base. Would love to see scopes and waveforms when doing color correction and have custom curves available. A three way color corrector would be nice as well. I do love Motion and the ability to create custom stuff for use in FCP X, just want to see it developed more. I will say that the UI is much more approachable then After Effects, and groups are much more fun to work with then the pre-comp way of doing things.

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[David Mathis]

[Shawn Miller] “Ha ha, I don’t think Apple will EOL Motion or FCPX anytime soon either… but I do wish they would sell Shake to someone who’s interested in reviving it for Windows, Linux and OSX. If BMD wants to be the new Autodesk, they’ll need more than one compositing application, just sayin’. :-)”

I been wishing that Blackmagic Design would acquire Shake or some other node based compositor and they have!

I think what could be potentially disruptive to the pro market is if Blackmagic bundles Fusion with their cinema cameras and URSA cameras much like they do with Resolve and Ultrascope. Could a Lite version be in the works with free updates? That could change the landscape. What if they have a Lite version as well? Very interested in what others think.

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[David Mathis]

Oh boy! There goes the neighborhood out with the bath water. 🙂

If they– Apple, decides to deep six Motion and FCP X as we know it I will move over to Linux and keep a close watch on what BMD does with Fusion and Resolve. I doubt though that this will happen.

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[David Mathis]

Maybe there will be a “Send To Fusion” function in Resolve, still waiting on the one for Motion.

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[David Mathis]

I hope this does not mean I need to purchase a new Mac Pro. Better check to make sure my psychiatrist has an appointment available just in case. That and the Happy Hills Funny Farm for editors with severe nervous disorder. 🙂

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[David Mathis]

I do like lens flare plug-in and some of the transitions. The carousel plug-in is interesting as well. They do have a free membership with a trial period for premium products.

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