Franz Bieberkopf
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[Bret Williams] “Isn’t it pretty easy to manually take events offline?”
[Tom Wolsky] “Get Event Manager X.”
[Oliver Peters] “You can manage projects through Event Manager or manually …”
[Jeremy Garchow] “I have been trying to pair down the amount of projects as much as possible …”
[Oliver Peters] “I believe it’s a RAM or resources issue, …”
Etc. Etc. Etc.
So, Apple have designed an NLE that will auto-manage tracks, but that requires manual management of memory and the archive on disk.
Franz.
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Craig,
Thanks for this. Good info.
Franz.
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I don’t know Aindreas, I think the value of this forum is beyond the aye and nay show of hands …
Franz.
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[Craig Seeman] “… Avid, a company that’s been losing money for 5 years …”
Craig, I’ve seen you (and others) refer to this before. Do you have a reference? (Obviously, I’ve read about the recent layoffs.)
[Craig Seeman] “On the hardware side we’ve seen HP hem and haw on desktops (including workstations) …”
That does raise an eyebrow. On the other hand I think it has to be balanced with figures like this:
https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/13/microsoft-sold-450-million-copies-of-windows-7/
Numbers like that point to a healthy PC market (workstations, as a subset, notwithstanding).
450 Million Potential Editors?
Franz.
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Craig,
I suppose this line of reasoned speculation is as plausible as any other:
Apple have been making money with FCP, just not the right kind of money.
Anyway, it really doesn’t paint a pretty picture as a company I want to rely on as an editor or active creative person.
The dismal greed that was apparent in Avid as company (slightly tempered of late) was what largely drove me away from them.
Are options dwindling or proliferating? Hard to tell sometimes. The next year should be interesting …
Franz.
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[Craig Seeman] “Apple sells hardware. The R&D in FCPX just to move iMovie users doesn’t match a hardware company’s business model. Apple is fundamentally NOT a software company.”
Craig,
I agree fundamentally they’ve modeled themselves as a gadget company after Sony.
I also agree that itunes is service not software model; this seems like a growing direction for Apple.
On the other hand, I always keep in mind their boast of 2 million licenses for FCP. If we assume some paid 1500.00, others less, and some around 300.00 for Xpress, we could get an average somewhere around 1000.00 per license times 2 million.
Either I have wildly low estimates of what they spend on software design and acquisition, or FCP was wildly profitable for Apple.
Franz.
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[Bill Davis] “Good question.”
Bill,
You haven’t answered the question.
Even taking “the kind of content in the “Videos” section right here on the Cow” as a model of the future (which I’ll just pass by for the sake of argument), I don’t see why FCPX is unique in it’s ability to handle those edits. How is it differentiated even against FCExpress (to say nothing of Premiere Elements, iMovie, and other contenders)?
Franz.
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[Bill Davis] “I suspect he would agree that his choice of FCP way back then was a huge driver in his subsequent success.
Bill,
Did we read the same article?
What I read was a survey of many solutions over years – all of which add up to a strategy that seems hardware and software agnostic whenever possible. You need to expand on why you would pick out one of those decisions (though your subsequent statements seem to backpedal a bit).
[Bill Davis] … I suspect that there’s a new kid out there just like young Rami, who sees precisely the same potential in FCP-X.”
There’s all kinds of kids with all kinds of ideas; I suspect that those that get caught up with one brand won’t get far. I haven’t seen or heard anything persuasive about FCPX as a superior or even particularly special tool – Apple is claiming a “revolution” but so far all I see is an interface change and some undercooked software. Frankly, the idea that the revolution will come from something like Lightworks or some other underestimated corner is more compelling.
Franz.
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Rafael,
The original back-of-napkin calculation:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/335/19507#19520
Craig,
These numbers would be helped by info for the number 3 slot.
Franz.
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[Craig Seeman] “It seems that FCPX may have around 1/4 quarter the market share …”
… of which market?
I think you mean it has around a quarter the sales.
Franz.