[Franz Bieberkopf]

[Chris Kenny] “The fact that we don’t know the exact ranking algorithm doesn’t mean we can’t establish some things about it (like what sort of time period it reflects) with a fair degree of accuracy.”

[Chris Kenny] “Mountain Lion has brought in more revenue than FCP X over the last couple of days …”

Chris,

I think you mean “speculate” when you say “establish”, and “broad claim” when you say “degree of accuracy”.

Franz.

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[Chris Kenny] “The exact methodology of App Store rankings isn’t known …”

[Chris Kenny] “So all we know is …”

Chris,

I think you have to choose one of those statements or the other.

I’d go with the first – as I’ve stated above (and before): we really don’t know what the rankings of the App Store mean. As far as I have been able to determine, Apple makes no claims about them anywhere.

Frankly, I think 134K is an unlikely, low number. But the exercise is useful as a negative proof. It suggests that absent a known methodology, App Store rankings are not a viable source on which to base sales numbers.

It would follow that Craig Seeman‘s original speculation about 600K (from 9 months ago) is equally meaningless:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/335/19507#19507

Until we have an announcement from Apple or a more fact-based estimate, the numbers are a mystery.

Franz.

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Craig,

Was it an announcement – or just someone else’s napkin numbers?

I mean, Tim Wilson thinks it’s 10 million units, but that doesn’t make it so.
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/335/36498

It also doesn’t explain the rankings.

Franz.

Also Craig – I knew you’d be first in on this one …

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Brooks,

I’d encourage you to post your experiences with PPro when you’ve done a project or two – I’d be interested in hearing more.

Franz.

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Charlie,

No doubt X satisfies your needs, and I won’t question that but I will point out that you have missed some functionality in FCP7 (and earlier).

You can enable and disable any clip in the timeline, individually.

I pretty much never patch tracks while I’m working in FCP (but then I work largely with sequences, not clips).

I do spend time on track management while cutting, but from what I’ve read you trade track management in 7 for connection management in X.

Franz.

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[Charlie Austin] “As I said elsewhere, If you could group Roles, and maybe set the vertical (layer) position of a role or individual clip relative to others in the same space, why do you need fixed tracks?”

Charlie,

I think you missed part of Walter’s point, which can be made by inverting your question: why would you want to get rid of tracks?

Franz.

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[Herb Sevush] “… deciding the spine is the process of editing”

… sure, but flattering citations aside, I lied.

Deciding the spine is only part of editing. 😉

Franz.

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[Herb Sevush] “I think compositional editing works, the problem is …”

Agreed. In a way it resists labels – where A/B editing is sort of a specific conception on how to compose, the other begs the problem of composition itself.

Franz.

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Craig,

Thanks. I understand slightly better your meaning (though I still see that as vertical organization).

But to my mind, you’ve described the difference between tracks and layers – which in an ideal world would have distinct implementations in a timeline.

Franz.

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[Herb Sevush] “free jazz”

That’s not a bad direction. Maybe “compositional editing”.

Franz.