Gary Pollard
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Agree.
Besides,an amateur is someone who does something for love. It’s always been strange when people use it as an insult.
Anyone who doesn’t love it should get the **** out.
As for “Pros”, there are a myriad kinds of pro, and this program works for some and not others.
To define only “me, me, me” as a pro is something I’ve seen since the “pros” were never going to use DV, never going to use the EOS 5D for serious photography, never going to use DSLRs for filmmaking, oh, and never going to use the early Final Cut Pro for “Pro” use.
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Hmm. How are you a “courageous dissenter” when your view has been the MAJORITY one here for at least the past two weeks?
We really are seeing a whole new world of definitions here.
How long will it take for those who hate everything about Final Cut Pro X to realize the Final Cut Pro X forum is possibly not the most suitable place to be?
I’ve long said that Apple (or Jobs) are essentially autocratic Fascists who will drop a hardware, software, or product line – or try to destroy one, like Flash – any time they want. They’ll also overcharge you for it. The only thing that has ever protected its users is they have had minority market share, and have needed to capitulate so often.
Apple fans have argued with me, because that’s been okay as long as they are THEIR autocratic Fascists.
This isn’t new behaviour for Apple at all (and it may yet pay off if this turns out to be a genuine step forward), yet I am still open on the possibilities for FCP X, when – ironically enough – it’s the LONGTIME apologists who have begun to see the light.
Think I’ll go over to the Macromedia forum now, to try to dominate it with talk about how lousy Macromedia is and call the users “apologists”.
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It’s an incredible bargain even if you buy FCP X for no other reason than to get the upgrade.
I already have Photoshop and Premiere, but it’s still worth considering for the rest. And like you said, they are most likely not going to stop your FCP from working.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogyawF_8h8Y
Not the most scintillating video but helpful.
Actually the first way will be fairly familiar to people who know Vegas.
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I said exactly what I meant.
Of those actually trying out the new working methods, many are liking them and seeing their function. If you don’t that’s fine. That really doesn’t justify the personal nastiness seen here over the past two weeks.
It “may” become a new paradigm.
But then, heck, I’ve been known to edit programmes for broadcast on Vegas.
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I really don’t understand the depth of antagonism and hostility towards some of those who have the temerity to see some merit in FCP X.
“May” is a word with very clear meaning in the English language.
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[Chris Kenny] ” they’ve always been obsessive over inventory management and small product lines.”
Not judging by the fact they never get enough new products in the stores in time to meet demand at rollout. I’ve seen companies with greater demands manage it. (Oh, did someone say “hype” and “marketing ploy”?) 😉
No disagreement with most of your other points though.
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And there’s more than one pro market.
For the MANY people cutting for daily or weekly broadcast on single workstations, with one producer or reporter sitting next to one editor, FCP X has few, if any, drawbacks.
What happened to all those people who used to say “Don’t buy the first generation of anything” who are now so thoroughly furious that this one doesn’t do everything they want in the first week? (Apple’s one huge mistake here is signalling lack of support for older versions).
For MANY pro users, as well as a huge mass market, FCP X is a step forward. Let’s face it: track based editing is basically a literal porting of the physical process of editing film, mag tape, etc etc, into an electronic environment. I’m in my fifties, and it’s familiar to me too. But I would hate to see the new paradigm of FCP X get sunk rather than find its place, wherever that may be. It may even turn out that the magnetic timeline proves itself and AVID and Premiere will end up going to it too. What a ruckus that would cause.
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And you were planning to use a brand new piece of software to do it?
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Well said Ben. It’s getting so it’s hardly worth the effort to click most of the posts here open.
When people talk about some of the features lacking I have sympathy, but I have a lot less for “this isn’t the way I’m used to doing it”. It’s new to me too. And I’m in my fifties, but fascinated to start learning it.
The FCPX Techniques forum is more valuable at the moment.
In my first post here after a many year break, I said I liked a modular design which is good for prosumers and indies (there I said it) but where those who need other specialised features can pay extra, is a sensible business model. And increases the democratisation of production, which I also know some people HATE.
I think a lot of people here are going to be feeling pretty foolish in five years.