Gary Pollard
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[Gary Huff] “B) FCPX will be the standard.
While it is true that no one has directly said this … “
What was it you said about hyperbole?
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Ah well, I assume you don’t think “Luddites” is name-calling either then.
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No, I find it a direct question. I do not use Nikon cameras and doubt I ever will. I do not go to a Nikon forum to show Nikon users the error of their ways, or tell Nikon users they are amateurs.
The fact is that I have recently pointed out ALL the limitations of FCP X for broadcast to the TV station with which I work, and as a result I do not think they will be moving to it any time soon.
However, I do not feel compelled to trash EVERY positive or engaged comment on the software that appears here, or its users. And that is what people have been complaining about.
And let’s not pretend that doing so is a “public service”. Venting is venting.
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[Rafael Amador] “I prefer to see it the other way: I’ve been encouraging people to what I honestly think are the best practices and solution. “
Interesting. So do you also go to all the other forums for software and equipment you don’t use and don’t like, and encourage people out of their misguidedness there?
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[Tim Wilson] “A friendly reminder – we do indeed have a forum for people who have gotten over it, right next door: the FCPX Techniques forum.”
And the necessity for that is itself a sign of what this forum descended into. How sad that the helpful forum became a subset of the negative one.
But your post still really does not address the criticism that opened this thread. Why, even in a forum like this, do some feel static must be interjected into virtually every thread? When someone raises a problem about FCP X, I’ve seen them get a reply that says: “Save your money and don’t use the cr*p.” Helpful huh?
Just LOOK at the hostility to the FCP X adopters here. And yes, the insults ARE worse than in the other direction. Some can’t see it simply because they share the view that the software sucks.
And where’s the helpfulness or debate in the repeated: “I’ve found a video where someone says something is cr*p” so I’ll stick it up as if they are talking about FCP X”? The first week, sure. But ANOTHER one?
(If someone went to the Premiere or Vegas forum and did EXACTLY the same thing and called it “humour” it would get called trolling).
Still, one small improvement I might suggest – the banner headline above STILL calls this the “FCP X – Forum”. Helpful to change that to the “debate” title too. Still, not EVERY issue some might want to discuss POSITIVELY about FCP X is “technique”.
As I said, I share the awareness of this program’s limitations, and I can’t use it for my own professional use, even though I’m excited by some possibilities, but I do understand the frustration of those who are encountering the skewed reality of this forum and misguidedly think they’ll get help or advice here.
Maybe things will settle down later. This forum actually WAS starting to get back on track, but for now we are in topsy-turvy land.
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There’s a point where the static obscures the signal. And I agree entirely with those who feel the static does NOT need to be interjected into every single thread.
There’s actually a: “People are actually USING and liking this. How dare they?” mindset from some here.
I have NEVER been in a forum dedicated to a product elsewhere where people feel “This product sucks” should be the view that holds sway and is actually supported by forum leaders, and where those who like it are considered the renegades or the “not pros”. Nor do I feel a name change is a solution. It’s like changing the “Canon 5D MkII” forum to the “I hate Canon 5D MkII” forum and hoping that solves it.
And I’m not talking about justified complaints over limitations. I share many of those views. Just the ENDLESS snarkiness. It’s time to be over it, and once people ARE over it, this forum under its new name is dead.
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At a performance cost though, apart from the cost of another operating system
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[Robert Brown] “I assume there is some moderation here so if anybody goes overboard I guess they’ll deal with it. I” That assumes neutral moderation.
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[Craig Seeman] “Amongst other things FCPX “job” is to sell Macs”
Ironically, I bought into Mac only recently SOLELY to use FCP for professional editing.
And I am now using it to edit Premiere, which is a pity as the Windows version of Premiere is better than the Mac one. More fool me.
FCP X is an interesting experiment, and I find it interesting to edit with, but I can’t use it for broadcast projects.
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Well, it’s as much a Premiere Pro issue as an FCP X issue.
And, ironically, it happens even between Premiere Elements and Premiere Pro.
If you have imported video file into Premiere Elements, it creates an XMP file.
If you open it in Premiere Pro, maybe to use the same shot in another project, the XMP file gets modified, and then it’s not usable in Premiere elements without re-analysing or re-importing.
I half edited one project in Elements, but then thought I’d import the files into Premiere Pro as an experiment. It completely messed up my Elements project.
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