Gary Pollard
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The more I look at some functions of FCP X, the more I like Sony Vegas, which immediately offers you a bunch of different transition curves and doesn’t make decisions for you.
For my personal projects (as well as editing my own work for TV) I am currently working with both Vegas and Premiere Pro (I even completed two documentaries on Elements) but practising on FCP X whenever I get the chance.
At the station I work with the editors are using either FCP 7 or non-linear. It’s good to be software agnostic.
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Hi Dennis, while you’re here, can you explain why Premiere has limited functionality in terms of importing from Elements, and in terms of transitions and effects on the Mac compared to Windows?
Is it an Apple issue or Adobe thumbing its nose at Steve Jobs?
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The station I’m working with introduced its editors to non-linear by using Avid. Then it went to FCP for the savings and dumped the Avid.
Some of the editors haven’t caught up with either yet. The ones near retirement can’t be bothered (I know, I know). Some just aren’t computer savvy.
Soon they will have to learn another software program. And as you said, it’s as easy to learn a completely new program (maybe easier) as it is to learn FCP X. I actually really enjoy learning new software, but many people either don’t, or don’t have the time.
Some in the broadcast industry are ALWAYS behind the curve simply because financial resource units are so slow-moving (with tenders, committees, and all that crap) that by the time they approve a purchase it’s out of date anyway.
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You think many companies can persuade bean counters to buy End of Line software on eBay?
It’s tough enough to get ours to make SOUND financial decisions, let alone decisions with no future.
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Evolving? No? More like moving horrendously slowly. The station is replacing linear Beta to Beta editing desks.
It seems strange to me that you would be expecting the market not to be expanding. Educational establishments, as just one example, are having more and more people join up for often time-wasting “media” courses all the time.
Suggesting stasis in the market in order to support bad decisions by Apple is one of the strangest strategies I’ve seen.
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Sure, but the TV station I work with is in the process of hiring a half dozen new editors, and setting up half a dozen new non-linear desks.
They have trained all their editors on Final Cut Pro.
Where do they get their new software for the new editors and editing streams?
I’m not as anti FCP X as some here. But this is an immediate issue. Not a theoretical one. And as we need defined track outputs FCP X is a non-starter.
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[Chris Jacek] “Adobe has done an amazing job of harnessing processing power with their Mercury Playback Engine, allowing some impressive hardware acceleration.”
I just edited two high-definition documentaries on my Macbook Pro without a skipped frame, and with completely smooth playback. More is always better, but I don’t miss a dedicated video card.
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[Chris Jacek] “Also, there is nothing “futile” about conjecture in this field. Conjecture is often what helps someone make a decision to stay ahead of the market trend.”
Only accurate conjecture.
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Maybe every second of your time is packed with productivity.
If not, to me this question is always a no-brainer. It’s fun too.
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On a similar note, I also notice problems if you open an Adobe Premiere Elements file in Premiere Pro. It seems to create a different sidecar file, which means all the sidecar files have to be rewritten again next time you open it in the original program.
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