Gary Pollard
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I’ve never believed a high barrier of entry is good for an industry or any creative field. And have always been in disagreement with those that do. Few would be allowed to write if some technicians could find a way to make it impossible without $100,000 worth of equipment.
And I’ll judge work on merit, thanks very much. I know too many jaded hacks who have the equipment, but turn out bilge with it.
“It’s cr*p but it’s well-cooked cr*p” as an old film school lecturer of mine used to say.
For an industry that considers “America’s Home Videos” and “Dancing with the Stars” and “America’s Next Top- Model” to be broadcast quality I am sure there are young talented people out there who deserve to come in.
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A fair bit of that “cool stuff” has already been copied from Vegas, a fact which considerably amuses folks over on the Vegas forum.
Still, it makes sense to add good interface ideas wherever they come from.
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Sony Vegas has only been doing this for at least five years with its velocity envelope.
I’m not knocking FCP X, but I certainly see its developers have taken a long hard look at an editing program most editors haven’t looked at once.
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Unfortunately, it reminds me of the argument I heard years ago that:
“I like my processor working slowly. It gives me more time to think”
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[Craig Seeman] “See Autodesk.”
Most people here right now aren’t trying to make a decision about Autodesk. However, they are trying to make a decision about Apple.
I suspect “Someone else did it” isn’t likely to factor much.
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[Craig Seeman] “The relationship Apple has with Adobe over Flash plays out as hostile and yet Adobe hasn’t abandoned the Mac over it.”
I’m still curious as to why some Adobe products have less functionality on the Mac. Fewer transitions in Premiere Pro, and the inability to import from Elements (when you can on Windows) being two examples.
Adobe and Apple clearly still have a pretty touchy relationship. People are going to have to decide, particularly in the light of recent developments, who has their best interests at heart.
I’ve defended FCP X here, but I simply can’t bring myself to throw all my eggs into the Apple basket.
For example, now I have the choice of getting Adobe Production Suite for Apple or Windows. Although I have Premiere alone on the Mac, it still plays nicer with Windows, and my long term views of how Apple regards me as a user is also going to have to be a factor. I think it’s the same for many here.
As I said, your idea of where Apple is going may be wrong or right, but if right, it’s as much a reason to leave as to stay.
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[Craig Seeman] “Apple is a business and as they’ve grown they actually been playing “harder” hard ball then they ever have before.
Hardball with competitors is fine. But hardball with customers who have built their working life on your product is a different issue. And I think Apple have ALWAYS played hardball whenever they felt they could. As I said, only the dip in market share modified that behaviour for a while. But only for a while.
[Craig Seeman] On the other hand I don’t hate my iPhone or iPad because of it.
Me neither. But while they are nice to have, they are not central to my experience of my computing or my career. I can change my phone, or drop my iPad tomorrow (I’d miss two apps on my iPad but that’s about it).
[Craig Seeman] Move to Windows, trust Microsoft?
I don’t trust anyone 100%. That’s why I use two systems. That’s why I save my docs in RTF format in case I decide to wave goodbye to Office. (I held on to Word Perfect a long time before throwing in the towel).
But, Microsoft and PCs are not one. And because it’s a more open framework, and despite having had dominant market share for so long, I don’t think they have ever been as ruthless about killing the competition, or controlling users, or simply saying “fudge you” to users. Even if they wanted to be, it’s tougher for them to do so.
You buy into the benefits of a closed system at a price. As many are now discovering.
The fact that my Apple products don’t play nice with Flash, suits Steve Jobs’ ego, but it does nothing for me as a web user. I have to find third party workarounds. I don’t believe one software provider should be in the business of trying to destroy another.
[Craig Seeman] Adobe ending Mac support for a time when they rewrote Premiere? Autodesk ending Edit*, Combustion, Cleaner?”
Unfortunately, it seems that as a software developer you are always in a weak bargaining position with Apple unless you do it this way.
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[Craig Seeman] “Not if Apple has leverage. Apple’s a business. They probably don’t care who is aghast if they have leverage over decisions that might be made to their benefit.”
We’ve seen how Apple behave when they feel they dominate. I’ve always felt the one thing that has protected users is they do not have majority market share.
Apart from short term questions of usability, many users should also consider the long view, and ask themselves: “Should I buy into their plans for world domination”?
If your suggestions of their long term strategy are correct, you would be entrusting your future to people who make good business decisions but poor ethical ones, or at least ones that do not consider your interests.
Your theory may not be wrong, but it gives me more reasons to question my Apple usage. Not fewer.
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I just suspect that for many this is a question of “Your husband may be abusing you now, but he’ll bring you flowers in the future”, or ‘…he’ll find a way to make your future spouse impotent”.
For those who have made the decision to be half way out the door, neither of these is likely to make them feel better about that person.
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I’m listening to the pros AND cons.
David has good points. So does Chris Kenny, although I have more reservations about Apple itself than does Chris. I’m in a “waiting to see where the chips fall” stage at the moment.
I like the magnetic timeline, with caveats, but on other issues I need to be convinced.
Meanwhile, I’m editing a project on Premiere.
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