Franz Bieberkopf
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[Walter Soyka] “I think a lot of people are still holding on to FCP7 and are just starting to evaluate their options now.”
[Chris Kenny] “What I see is that FCP 7 and Avid projects are coming through in about the same ratios they did before FCP X.”
I concur with these statements.
For all the rhetoric in this forum and elsewhere about anxiety and emotion, what I’ve seen is that most have just continued using FCP7 and their systems from last year (including some FCP6 systems). I suspect the next 12 months will see many more decisions and system changes now that all of the cards are on the table (or soon to be).
Franz.
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[Herb Sevush] “… I’m no longer interested in the Mac version of any product.”
Well, I’m still hovering about. I’m currently on what may be my last Mac, though an upgrade would not be out of the question. My plan is to transition to platform agnostic software so that when it comes time for a new machine I have more options on the table.
A trial of Lightworks would be good to compare with PPro CS6.
Franz.
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Herb,
Thanks for catching this – I was going to chime in about waiting on Lightworks yet, but I had missed this announcement.
It’s a bit thin on details for the Mac version though; I suppose it will be clearer at the end of May.
Franz.
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Interesting (and not entirely off-topic) discussion of google’s automated translation:
https://thenextweb.com/google/2012/04/15/whistling-pigs-german-adventures-with-google-translate/
Franz.
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Craig,
I’ll be honest, I don’t follow this stuff as closely as you seem to, but Q4 2011 was remarkable for profit (the first in 5 years), not relative comparisons of any sort.
From the Forbes link:
Avid posted a GAAP profit of $1.2 million or 3 cents a share – the company’s first GAAP profit since 2007. The company noted that gross margin reached the highest level since 2005.
Franz.
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Craig,
I have to say that the sources you focus on seem pretty vague and speculative. [Andrew Richards] seems to have found much more revealing information. https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/335/30956
Also, I am surprised this was never posted, two months back (though it is mentioned in your linked articles):
I would think that those profits were the result of all that activity you were referring to last fall – fallout from X. That isn’t to gloss over the recent numbers, but I don’t really see any insight in the “analysts” you’ve quoted. (ie why things looked good then and don’t look good just two months later).
[Craig Seeman] FCPX is having a negative impact on Avid’s consumer products (please let’s not get into pro v consumer).
Don’t your 3 lengthy quotes rest entirely on such a distinction?
Franz.
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Hi Dennis,
Many questions. Most would probably be answered if I had my hands on a 30 day demo – so I’ll make that the question to answer.
Franz.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Right now, you can’t get it OUT of there as the XML doesn’t carry most of that information.”
Jeremy,
Is it still true that FCPX doesn’t take in camera meta-data? or has this changed? Would this function be beholden to the same changes that meta-data out will require?
It seems there are walls that keep the meta-data isolated on both sides (in and out).
Franz.
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Craig,
He seems to be impressed with the speed of X, background processes, the fact that raylight works, and auto white balance. He also outlines issues with audio and plug-ins. Was there something else you thought was interesting or insightful?
Franz.
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Steve,
I’m looking forward to hearing about it.
Franz.