[Gary Adcock]

[David Roth Weiss] “th you saying you’ve changed your mind, that FCP X is professional,”

I have not say that at all not anywhere.

All I did was agree with some postings that commented on my view of what was professional was a bit narrow. It is my view, so why not admit that I understand that it is narrow.

“you wonder how people can question your expert point of view when it essentially appears you and Tim are speaking in concert and possibly even kissing ass with Apple.”

I would expect people to question any view points with their own knowledge, my comments here are my opinions and the facts as I see them, I portray them as nothing other than that. My comments and opinions are mine and mine alone.

As for kissing Apple’s ass, I have been on the out with Apple for more than 6 years, there is no one at Apple that thinks I am kissing anything they have and I have been an outspoken critic of the failures of every version of FCP and the limitations of every software package out there.

What part of No 3rd Party hardware support makes me happy? Or now that I am doing mostly 3D work, there is no support for Cineform’s 3D codec means that I cannot do WORK with this right now?
Lack of support for GlueTools means I cannot handle DPX. ARRIRAW or Phantom work with this?

Yet I see something behind it, Called Metadata, something that I have worked tirelessly for years talking about and trying to get people to understand, and here it is. It’s frakin’ powerful too.

So it means I need to learn how to work a new way, its not the first time, it will not be the last.

I have been working in file based workflows for years now, so this was not a huge leap for me, certianly not as big a leap as people are talking about here.

lastly for the record:
I brought this to Tim, it is my understanding that he has had no contact with Apple regarding this release, and from the “emergancy” phone call I had this am from someone very high up at Apple- they are not very pleased with me either.

So I guess that what we have is a good compromise- when no one is happy with the decision.

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[Gary Adcock]

[Paul Nordin] “I’m having a hard time understanding your perspective. I admire your leadership of this forum and think your articles and tutorials rock. However, the holes in this release are horrendous for most of the serious post community.
“

I thought was really clear about the perspective Paul, and my “knee jerk reaction” to my first 24hrs with the App.

This is not in any way shape or form and upgrade to an exsiting product, so the reviews and commentary are treated with that in mind and in that manner – everyone here respects what I say because I try to be as honest about stuff as I can be.

I called out all the things it did not do for me and my workflows, I have said it was not a release for what I consider to be a professional editor. That being said, it does what apple says it supposed to do.

This is without a doubt an absolutely different application than any thing that has come before- I regret that apple did not call it something else.

I am going to keep my FCP 7 on my machines, but I am not going to set idlly by and not keep testing and looking at what is in store for FCPX.

I already have Avid and PPro on my systems, doesn’t mean I am going stop using them either.

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[Gary Adcock]

[Steve Connor] “Gary, can you confirm that files that have been “unwrapped” by XDcam Transfer do work OK in FCPX”

YES They DO.

Files processed via the Transfer tool ( like with FCP7) work without issue on FCPX.

I am just now getting to the Release version, there are some minor differences.

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[Gary Adcock]

[David Roth Weiss] “As of this moment in time, I see no reason to rush into anything X related.”

That would not be the DRW I met in San Jose….

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[Gary Adcock]

[Stephan Walfridsson] “But isn’t the big question where Apple is heading with this new product?”

did you read what I wrote??

Why is working with Metadata so difficult for people to understand, we are talking about quantum leap in the underlying technolgy for handling media.

I have been working on these kinds of projects for 5 + years, and I have never seen any application ( not just an NLE) that is as fundimentialy different from the ground up that anything else on the market.

I had the same reactions that everyone else had, I just looked deeper, its about building for the future.

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[Gary Adcock]

[Chi-Ho Lee] “And Gary Adcock is not a fanboy and neither am I. But I am respectful enough to not crap on other people’s jobs and careers.”

Great comment, I even corrected my stance on my blog posting to reflect that very concept.

EVERYONE of us sees life from their own point of view, \

I live as a professional, someone tied to hardware, but that is not the case for a variety of other working pros, and I did not take those alternative points of view into account when I wrote that phrase.

Chi-Ho wisely see that beyond that phrase, I see things in FCPX that without a doubt will change the industry.

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[Gary Adcock]

I have to admit

I too had the same knee jerk reaction when I first used the app.

Then, I set my attitude aside and just went about learning the app, and it changed my attitude.

Is this ready today for users, no,but mainly most users are not ready to change.
This is a really powerful, forward looking application, and like many 1.0 releases there are pieces that are not fully enabled.

geez the app has been shipping for what like 7 hours at this point and everyone is already an expert.

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[Gary Adcock]

[Matt Callac] “Lets use the car analogy. Yes it doesn’t have wheels yet. It’s a simulator. They gave you a simulator to learn to drive the car, and you’re complaining that it doesn’t have wheels. “

excellent comment…

I am going to use this.

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[Gary Adcock]

[Steve Connor] “, Gary mentioned his beta version didn’t but they do seem to be part of the codec downloads.”

its a semantic issue for me.

Sony support in FCPX requires that you use the Sony XDCam Transfer Tool, just like you did in FCP7

I just cannot call that “native” file handling, because it is not.

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[Gary Adcock]

[Terry Mikkelsen] “Just read your article on MacWorld and was thinking I know that Gary guy. So I cruise over to the Cow and sure enough, one and the same.”

same guy

much more viseral responses here, I do not have 2 editiors calming me down, just Tim trying to keep up today..

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