Franz Bieberkopf
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Neil,
Interesting, thanks. I found this directly related news item for those interested:
Franz.
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Sean,
I’m more interested in large project and long-term stress-tests.
With the project that I finished in November, I first started cutting in September of 2009. It involved well over two hundred hours of footage and well over a hundred sequences, organized into about ten projects in FCP6. Most of the cutting was done on one system, though I did do a few weeks with a drive of selected media on my own system with FCP7.
FCP7 has it’s own bloat issues but I know how to work around them; even setting aside the co-operative workflow issues, with the few things I’ve read about X I can’t imagine anyone starting a larger project on that software.
But I’d be interested to hear about it …
Franz.
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I think it was this thread (or thereabouts) that prompted me to join and contribute:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/335/9629#10030
I can think of no other forum that asks questions, offers answers, and otherwise digresses usefully (and amusingly) on the subject of digital media and editing from both practical and intellectual perspectives, and with the curiosity and experience evident here.
I suppose there’s the attraction of a poorly planned professional wrestling show as well (though it’s hard to say who qualifies as a “professional”).
Further, I’m still undecided as to new directions for software – I finished two large projects in FCP7 last year and it looks like the two larger projects I’ll do this year will also be in FCP7. Avid has shwon their hand and I’m looking forward to see what CS6 and Lightworks have to offer, as well as developments in X, and I’ll have to a decision on software at some point. (In the meantime, I’ve switched almost all other software to platform agnostic options).
So there are a number of things that keep me coming back, but primarily I think this forum is unique in terms of expressing the editor’s perspective (and I’m often taken aback by exhortations here to “think of it from Apple’s perspective” etc., as this seems to miss the point entirely).
Franz.
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Rick,
Lots of qualifiers should be added – not least of which is that they seem to be looking at this primarily from a photo application point of view.
Categories of comparison are as follows: Screen Reflections, Brightness and Contrast, Colors and Intensities, Viewing Angles, Display Backlight Power Consumption, and Running Time on Battery.
Note there is nothing on frame rate issues nor interlacing, and no assessment at all (as far as I can see) about how it displays video signals.
From the “Results Highlights”:
If you are a professional (or serious amateur) photographer the new iPad will show your photographs more accurately than any other display you have (unless it’s a calibrated professional display).The link inside the link goes here:
https://www.displaymate.com/iPad_ShootOut_1.htm
Franz.
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Jamie,
Thanks – of course, that wasn’t the reference I was thinking of but I hadn’t heard Hofstadter talk before. Good stuff – he’s pretty entertaining, as one might expect.
For those who are interested, he defines analogy as “the perception of common essence between two things” and outlines a model where we are constantly testing (at a fundamental level) our experiences for analogous ones. I think he might be arguing that all concepts (and categories) are analogies at a fundamental level, but he doesn’t go into that. Also he seems to focus mostly on language as a reflection of experience.
It’s particularly interesting in light of the way that editing (or writing) can build meaning out of experience.
Favourite line (slightly paraphrased): “Analogies just happen; they serve no purpose.”
Hofstadter on stage at 13mins ish.
Franz.
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[Robert Bracken] “So we shouldn’t worry about the future of FCP X.”
Robert,
I think you’ll find the debate here is not about whether FCPX has a future or how big the user base will be and more about what kind of future that will be and what kind of users – ultimately, what kind of workflows FCPX is capable of handling, and for whom it was designed and to whom it appeals.
Franz.
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Jim,
It’s true – Feynman is addressing problems in language, or problems in the way we use language to convey scientific models and understanding. By focusing on the problems, though, he isn’t discounting those fields where it blooms. In fact, he’s quite adept with the tool.
What I remember most is how he emphasizes the difference between what most people mean by “understanding” and what science means by “understanding”.
There was an article I read recently about a theory that language itself is based on metaphor at a fundamental level; memory is foggy tonight and I can’t find it with searches, though it’s out there in the zeitgeist.
… all this assuming “simile”, “metaphor”, and “analogy” as synonymous.
Franz.
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[Jim Giberti] “Saying that there’s something inherently wrong with analogies is like saying there’s something inherently wrong with Italian food or Impressionism.”
Jim,
Who said there’s anything inherently wrong with analogies? Chris Harlan’s title is “limits, uses, and failings”. You seem to think that the intention is “problems with analogies”, when it’s clearly larger than that.
I first saw this clip over a year ago, and I remember it well. Beautiful stuff.
Franz.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “All we know is that Macs are still selling, as well as iDevices, at least according to Apple.”
Yes. This is precisely my point.
[Jeremy Garchow] ” I know of companies (Three major ones) that have signed up for 4,000+ iPads.”
This is interesting information to me – I’d like to know more. This says more than a lot of bluster and speculation. Why bury it deep in the thread?
Franz.
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Jeremy,
Well, I think we are in a confused discussion now. (No doubt, my fault).
It’s clear that idevices are being sold in astonishing numbers and that some are being used in corporate settings. Further, apple seems to be making some moves to accommodate those who need to set-up multiple devices (as you’ve linked). It’s also clear that mac sales are growing.
Andrew Richards posted this link (which had been discussed before as I pointed out):
https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223318/Apple_enterprise_sales_of_Macs_iPads_to_jump_58_this_yearCraig Seeman says “Apple’s growth in enterprise includes MBP and iMacs.”
Andrew Kimery says “The growth numbers are huge …”
Now, I don’t know – Apple may be doing crazy numbers in enterprise. But they aren’t saying, and we don’t have any good information on that. I’m vaguely interested insofar as it may influence their decisions in my particular area of concern. And so I am interested in evidence. Speculation is interesting too, mind you, as long as it’s acknowledge we’re talking about made-up numbers.
I think people come to these forums for information (I certainly do), so some fact-checking benefits us all.
But lastly – I’m not sure that discussions about iOS devices really argue against “death of the mac” speculation (though I’d be interested to hear that argument) (or maybe I’ve misunderstood your statement above).
Franz.