Herb Sevush
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Matt –
Nothing to apologize for, the confusion wasn’t yours.
Herb Sevush
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“And why not taxi drivers? They are professional.”
Actually read my post Craig and you’ll see I specifically kept Taxi Drivers in the “set” of professional drivers.
I’ve never said that the FCPX target audience wasn’t “professional,” but rather they were not broadcast, film or technically demanding professionals. And if you see yourself as a taxi driver sort of editor then an automatic shift will suit you fine. But if your trying to pull a 16 wheeler across country, then I want to be driving a stick.
And finally, if you know how to drive a stick, you will understand how to get the most out of an automatic if your stuck with it. If you never learned to drive a stick and someone throws you into a big truck, well, be prepared for a bumpy ride.
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“So in this stretch of the analogy I guess we’re deeming Taxi drivers as Non-Professional Drivers?”
No, I specifically included them in the set of “pro” drivers, but not in the set of “higher end, technically demanding pro drivers.”
Or, to reverse our analogy, as one-man-shop video pros who don’t have to deal with broadcast or films. In other words, the FCPX target audience. We can now call it taXiPro, this way they can keep the X, and get the i they’ve always wanted.
Herb Sevush
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But we are all amateur drivers here.
To keep the analogy going the question isn’t what do “most” drivers do, but rather what do most “pro” drivers do, and even here we want to talk about race car drivers and long distance truckers, not taxi drivers.
Herb Sevush
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“Oh you mean Auditions and you can have a whole bunch of them to try and you don’t need any tracks for them at all.”
That’s right Craig. Auditions, which sound like an IMPROVEMENT over the messy way of stacking up multiple clips in FCP.
See, I don’t have a problem with noticing an actual improvement, as opposed to the marketing BS of magnetic timelines.
You should try it sometime, actually seeing what’s out there and responding with your mind as opposed to your ego. But, wait, that’s not the FCPX way, that way you would actually have to think BEFORE you spoke.
Herb Sevush
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David –
You’ve created a new genre, the page turning cow post. Can’t wait for the next installment.
Thanks.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions -
What’s most hilarious about this exchange is that the “magnetic timeline” is one of the features Apple is touting as a major break-through. It was featured at the NAB sneak, it’s in all their marketing brochures, and the best thing that Craig can come up with is that it allows you to think later.
First of all, for audio it’s totally useless because you can’t hear anything but cacophony.
For video it’s sometimes handy to have 2 choices stacked on top of each other to play around with – oh, let’s see, hold down the option key, drag to an unused upper track (you remember what those are don’t you Craig) and then either drag where you want or cut and paste. Yes, it’s nice that you can do this in one keystroke instead of two, but really is this the best you’ve got for all we lost? If not, then why is Apple pushing it so hard? Ask any 100 editors whether this is worth losing the source viewer over, or the lack of source timecode in the timeline, and let’s bet on how many say yes.
Herb Sevush
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“Think in the order you like, not dictated by the NLE.”
Or not at all.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions -
“It would seem FCPX provides you with more choices, not less.”
No, it just allows you to change the time when you make the choice. In FCP7 you have to think, then act. IN FCPX you have the option to Act, then think, then act. Wow, a major improvement.
A new slogan – “FCPX – you don’t have to think first anymore.”
Herb Sevush
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“I mean why would I ever use an automatic shift in a car when the stick shift works just fine? After all I know how to switch gears.”
Craig, your talking to a person who always buys a manual. the automatic shift is a perfect analogy for FCPX, it costs more to buy, more to fix, gives you less performance, but makes it easier for novice drivers.
“Every single thing that makes editing faster or adds another option to handle something is a step forward for a faster edit.”
This is a TRIVIAL improvement, the cost of which are significant losses, like a source viewer and fixed audio tracks. A tiny step forward against some huge steps backward.
“And now it’s easier since you don’t need to select anything.”You mean you didn’t have to select anything when you created the compound clip in the first place, it just read your mind?
“This allows for very complex vertical stack movements.”Describe one I can’t do easily in FCP7.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions