James Culbertson
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[Herb Sevush] “Here’s the enlightening part – name another computer that’s actively being compared to it’s 6 year old EOl’d predecessor and it’s not clear cut which one a user should buy.”
Well, you are doing the comparison. I’m not sure many others are, who actually own a nMP. Maybe you should try to get your hands on one so that you are talking from actual experience. I’d sure take you more seriously if you were to do so.
I’ve worked on the 8 core 2010 (but not owned). I wouldn’t place it (or any other couple year old Mac) anywhere in the same ballpark in its stock configuration… does not make sense from an empirical viewpoint.
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[Mitch Ives] “This post would have been lot more useful if people who actually HAVE the nMP commented, especially those that have both the new and the old… while those who don’t have a nMP refrained from positing an unqualified opinion… but then that’s just me I’m sure…”
Herb, could you tell us about the nMP you own, and specifically how that nMP in practice limits your current workflows?
I’m just not seeing it here with my nMP. I can see abstractly how one could imagine a nMP would be limiting, but in practice I am as empowered as I was with any of my old towers. I can certainly see how for certain small niche workflows the nMP would be limiting, but not for the vast majority of today’s workflows. But I wait to be enlightened by you.
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[Bob Zelin] “Go out and buy a new Mac Pro for $4500. If this is not a good investment to you, then you are in the wrong industry.”
As usual there is not much to add to what Bob has said. The new Mac Pro is the best computer I have ever owned (well, except maybe for my new Mac Book Pro). Very stable, I barely notice render times anymore, and I can pay for it with under two weeks of work. This is the best time to be in our industry. What the heck are we arguing about anyway?
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “PPRO CC works as well or better, with more formats, than FCPX, on older hardware. I think most people on here who use both would agree on that.”
FCPX or Premiere appear to cut 4K subjectively better based upon each commenters biases. I have not needed to cut much on Premiere in the last year or two, but FCPX cuts 4K like butter too. So I guess we need discuss the relative merits of butter to get to the bottom of this conundrum.
I’d also question whether the industry as a whole is moving towards 4K; It’s way overkill for most projects so I hope not.
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[Walter Soyka] “I do care quite a bit about interactive render speed. Artist time is valuable, and every… little… delay… while… you’re… iterating… a… design… is… maddening… and… kills… creativity.”
I was talking about both; though primarily in 2D space. If I did more 3D work I’d probably feel differently.
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I’ve been using AE for 20 years and at this point I rarely pay attention to speed enhancements. Everything renders so fast I don’t really care. I do have a MacCylinder though.
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Editors will continue to tell stories just as they always have… some better than others. Which editing app they use isn’t entirely irrelevant, but is 99% personal preference at this point. Everything else is just sound and fury. How about “FCPX sound and fury” as a name for this forum?
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What if the debate were actually over, and we had nothing left to do but edit? I have not checked in for a couple of months, but I see I have not missed anything.
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“Working in Premiere is like visiting your grandparents…” So true.
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[Bret Williams] “Sometimes I forget to lock both doors. Am I right?”
Editing in X is more like dancing outside on the patio.