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[Andrew Kimery] “I’m going to add to this and say that many of the FCP Legend users I personally knew did not know any other NLE so they reacted to the EOL by Apple as a direct attack on their ability to make a living (many of them were also die hard Apple fans which made the ‘betrayal’ all that more upsetting)”

That wasn’t my case at all. EMC to *edit to FCP (with a quick trial of PPro version 1) – And this after years of both film and linear video editing. My resentment was based on EOL’g a workflow that suited me for a workflow that didn’t without nearly enough transition time built in. Anyone who had based his business around Legacy and who found the X paradigm not in-line with their needs was going to be resentful. How pervasive this became was the fault of incredibly bad management and marketing decisions, at least in my opinion.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

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[Charlie Austin] “At this point though, it seems kind of irrational to me.”

If humanity were rational would weekends only last 2 days?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

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[Bill Davis] “Yet here in the US, the “hurt” over Apple’s behavior nearly 4 years ago is inescapable. EVERY single post I read in any US thread about FCP X this past week – including the ones talking about how much it’s improved post 10.1 – has felt compelled to ALSO revisit the “botched launch meme” again, To mention some form of Apple “screwing over” all the planets editors.”

And yet you have insisted that the release was handled perfectly. So how perfect was it being handled when it has caused “irrational” resentment that has dragged on for almost 4 years. Even I think the anti-X phenomena has dragged on too long – yet here it still is. Must be the fault of all them dumb LA/NY editors.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

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[Charlie Austin] ” If you’re proficient in any NLE, you’re gonna be fast. Your preference is your preference. I actually think the people who are most resistant to FCP X are current and former FCP 7 users. It’s really odd.”

Agree to the former. As for the latter, human nature being what it is, resentment against the EOLing of Legacy by many of it’s practitioners has a long half-life. Not saying it’s smart, not saying it’s right, just saying it’s very human.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

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[Bill Davis] ” when an X editor highlights a role in the timeline index (which, granted, as a nonX editor is a concept that won’t mean anything to you) all the assets assigned that role literally highlight in the storyline. It presents the editor with an instantaneous way to visually separate the clips in that role.”

of course if you have 4 different “roles” and you highlight one of them you are still left with a timeline that is 75% unintelligible. And you have to constantly keep hitting that index feature whenever you need a refresher on what is what, audio wise. With tracks you hit nothing and have 100% intelligibility. As has been stated repeatedly, color coded roles would address this issue, but since people have been asking for it to no avail for almost 3 years I don’t see why anyone expects to see it anytime soon.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

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[Richard Herd] “Not exactly, and we are talking about audio. The tracks do not tell us bussing and sending, or other DAW type stuff like compression, EQ, reverb. The track is basically an in and out point.”

I’m working in Ppro and I always have the track mixer open next to the timeline. At one glance I see not only the placement of clips within each track, along with the name of the track, but also each tracks bussing assignment, EFX, levels – not sure what you are talking about.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

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[Bret Williams] ” Go with Avid, Premiere or FCP X.”

He’s looking for experienced doc editors. He’s already stated that he was unable to find those with FCPX experience. My guess is it will be equally hard to find those with Ppro experience. FCP7 is dead, but it’s zombie half life seems to be that of Strontium 90 and there are many experienced FCP Legacy Doc editors to choose from. Avid would be the safest bet, but Legacy would meet more of his criteria than either Ppro or X.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

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[james henson] “.I would like to know out of the three platforms, FCPX / AVID / adobe, which one would be the easiest to get a professional documentary editor in london to work with.”

I would think London would be comparable to NY, and here the answer would be Avid or FCP7. That’s Final Cut Pro with a 7 at the end of it, not an X. Not saying these are the best solutions, just the easiest to find editors for.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

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[Oliver Peters] “A second function is what happens when you need to revisit media 5 or more years later?”

But this is FCPX he’s talking about and Apple has decreed that no one needs to worry about 5 year old projects or backwards compatibility. In Appleland the future is now and the past is never. Plus he can always boot up the latest iteration of X, because one thing we also know is that Apple never kills off applications.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

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Robb –

I’m using CC 2014 so I’m not quite clear on the differences, however you should be able to move the cut points of the different angles exactly the same as you move any other cut point on a timeline and you should be able to switch angles by keystroke command. What happens when you try to move the cut points with the rolling edit tool (or the selection tool with the command key modifier)?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf