[Gary Huff]

So I know my system is 64bit based, and I’ve just found out the installed version of CS5 (5.03) is an educational or ‘Academic’ version for windows 32bit. Does that matter?

That’s not possible. Premiere CS5 is only 64bit. There is no 32bit version.

[Gary Huff]

[Franz Barr]I would not recommend any optical reader burners firstly they are unreliable and hard disks are cheaper for storage

I have lost two hard disks, but so far never lost anything backed up to an optical disc.

[Gary Huff]

[Scott Carnegie]I am going to disagree with the folks that say “don’t”. Screw that, take a risk, jump out there, don’t let fear of failure hold you back.

Would you be willing to invest any money into their fledgling company?

[Gary Huff]

[Bill Davis]If your output target is movie screens and network TV, you’ll want to stay with something like the model FCP-7 represents. Full features for long form work, and support for huge corporate or production house integrated workflows.

My output is, by and large, the web, and yet I find myself needing to do what the other Gary was talking about, and even in more simplified productions, I have to make cuts that, so far, seem very complicated from the FCPX workflow point of view.

Nor does your database driven CMS really excite me. With very few exceptions, all of my projects are self-contained and I have no reason to access media from each other (nor does that really work for me considering the space that would be needed in one large clump to make that actually work). The only way this is at all interesting, would be to have a significant B-roll library, but again, you run into problems with space to keep all of that in one location that is accessible by FCPX for all time.

Tomorrows production WILL NOT be the same as yesterdays. Sorry, but as with all massive industrial change – we adapt or die.

I don’t agree. Only the tools have changed, the fundamental aspects of production have remained the same since their inception, with a few tweaks here and there. I really don’t see FCPX being as “revolutionary” as people claim it is. It’s a Vegas timeline with a lot of automation. That’s it.

[Gary Huff]

Summer, 2012

[Gary Huff]

Who knows? They may implement that very feature by FCP X3 or FCP X4…but who will be around to appreciate it?

[Gary Huff]

Just because you keep repeating that mantra doesn’t mean you are correct.

you are way too aggressive in your tone. I understand that you’re angry about FCP X but take it down a notch or three.

reads as “you don’t agree with what I say so you must be taking it personally.”

These kinds of remarks don’t help anything, Jim.

[Gary Huff]

[Jim Giberti]Definitely a better creative approach than making it an enemy.

And who is making it an enemy, exactly? I agree with Mike here and this loyalty that borders on an almost religious awe for a software company is quite puzzling. I don’t think anyone is actually angry at FCPX, but angry at Apple for so gleefully playing with people’s livelihoods and making them make a choice between editing platforms by EOLing FCP7.

Both you and Bill need to stop with the ridiculous hyperbole.

[Gary Huff]

Stalin or Ghandi would be more appropriate.

[Gary Huff]

The Napoleon Corporal theory is b.s. How would that help anything? Plenty of just dense people out in the world who can’t wrap their head around a concept even after it has been explained to them a half-a-dozen ways. Have you never been in a group of people where everyone gets and idea except one person? What if your “Napoleon Corporal” is that one person who cannot grasp simple concepts?

Besides, I hope you don’t actually think that theory is based in historical fact.