Franz Bieberkopf
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[Herb Sevush] “… no keyframing at all if I want.”
Herb,
Strictly speaking this is called “ultra-keyframing” (others refer to it as “hover-keyframing”) and just feels as if no keyframing takes place.
Franz.
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[Atilio Menéndez] “But what about what’s probably THE other most common operation when audio editing: changing the volume of part of an audio clip using keyframes?”
Atilio,
You should really try using automated keyframing.
1. Hit play.
2. Listen and adjust fader.[Atilio Menéndez] “So in legacy this most common operation involves more than TWICE as many clicks/steps!”
… only if you’re trying to operate it like X.
[Atilio Menéndez] “This all becomes VERY tedious once you have experienced a better way.”
Indeed.
Franz.
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[Herb Sevush] “… the pace of upgrades have slowed considerably.”
Herb,
Previously:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/335/68712
Franz.
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[Richard Herd] “I’m not sure what you’re skeptical of.”
[Richard Herd] “Regarding the 100 monkey, methinks it’s onstensive and not too fancy.”
Richard,
Well, the theory is precisely that it isn’t ostensive:
“… but the habit seems to have jumped natural barriers and to have appeared spontaneously, … in colonies on other islands and on the mainland in a troop at Takasakiyama.”ie. what started as behaviour that was taught from one monkey to the next, then suddenly was witnessed in monkeys who had no physical contact and in fact were separated by oceans.
(Note that site pretty much undercuts any claim that the cited example actually occurred. I’m interested in it more as a concept or model.)
I’m generally skeptical of mystical concepts such as this, but I don’t reject this outright. So it might be mystical. Or it might be something else – perhaps certain behaviours are inevitable given the right conditions. I think Noam Chomsky’s theory of language might be shoe-horned into such an understanding – that language is inherent in the human make-up and therefor it evolves in similar ways even if populations are isolated. (ie. behaviour that is “intuited” or otherwise not learned through demonstration in some instance.) I think there are similar concepts in Buddhism.
But to retrace, I also think X actually borrows all it’s concepts from other examples and much like the iphone the only thing new is how it’s been packaged and presented.
Prior art for both magnetism and the trackless paradigm have been discussed here before (I think). But as I said, the forum just seems to be retreading ground here …
Franz.
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[Charlie Austin]
“A-not as good
B-more complicated
C-everything is a workaround
D-unsuitable for “complex” projects
E-only used by … fanatics”Charlie,
If you’re making a comprehensive list, add “slower”, “not as much fun” and “old”; and additional category for various flavours of “you don’t really know how to use it”.
Franz.
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[Richard Herd] “There are only two ways to acquire a new concept, …”
Richard,
Well, there is the hundredth monkey phenomenon.
https://www.skepdic.com/monkey.html
(I’m skeptical, but it at least brings intuition of concepts into the discussion.)And there’s genetically transmitted behaviour, which one can speculate has at least some sort of impact on concepts. There are theories of horizontal transmission as well as generational, which would have interesting implications for behaviour.
I am conflating behaviour and concepts here, but that’s because I think there’s likely some sort of relationship. That probably puts me in some philosophical camp that I don’t know the name of.
Franz.
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[Oliver Peters] “t strikes me that FCP X will probably get the flattening treatment to be more in line visually with the other Apple apps, …”
Oliver,
Well, if history is any indication, Apple doesn’t really put much effort into keeping its Pro Apps “current” in terms of interface design.
Franz.
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[Mathieu Ghekiere] “And I really think it’s the way of the future.”
If this forum is any indication, the future looks exactly like the past.
Maybe with additional sarcasm.
Franz.
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[Charlie Austin] “… Olivers somewhat tongue in cheek premise that the FCP X team had been pulled off to other tasks”
While I find the recent penchant for unfounded rumour odd, these are alluding to past reports on the way Apple has shifted engineering teams around.
ie.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/923421
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1023184
https://www.cnet.com/news/rumor-apple-to-release-new-final-cut-studio-this-spring/
https://www.512pixels.net/blog/2013/11/progress-regression
(note: original Hardmac link seems to be non-existent)Franz.
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[Brian Mulligan] “With all of the GPU acceleration and import/export workflow in modern NLE’s – is FCP7 really the best tool?”
Brian,
There are many workflows where import and export hasn’t improved (in any NLE) since FCP 7. (eg. projects entirely in ProRes).
As for GPU acceleration, there are many workflows that don’t rely so much on this – where the disadvantage in GPU optimization would be outweighed by other advantages of FCP7.
There will always be those who think an editor doesn’t know her own needs – for classic examples you can reach back to Mac/PC, Avid/FCP, digital/analog oppositions. If an editor feels X* best meets her needs and the post team is good with that, who’s going to argue?
Franz.
[* for unknown values of X]