James Ewart
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I am struggling to get my head round that. Instant? No buffering or delay like on Sky Movies or planes?
The editors can all rename these clips in their “bins” without affecting the names of the original files?
(FCP 7) was really annoying with this. X does not seem to care what you call the clips in your bins/events.
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“ISIS 7500 is designed by media professionals for media professionals to address their unique storage needs. Not only does it enable collaboration, it encourages it, allowing more than 300 Avid and non-Avid editors to connect concurrently and simultaneously share the same SD, HD, and high-res media in real time”.
Does this really mean that 200 editors can be accessing the same file for their edits concurrently? And all play back a timeline with a clip from that file in their timelines at the same time?
I am beginning get the point here. We are talking good old fashioned broadcast engineering are we not.
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I agree if you want new terminology that’s fine but nobody would have the gall to come up with a new Word Processing App and to call “Paragraphs” “Sentences”.
Calling “Timelines or Sequences” “Projects” is confusing UNLESS in the future we will be open to open a number of different timelines (or sub projects, or versions) within one Project.
Is that a possibility?
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For what it’s worth I do not know of any facilities house (not even small ones) in the UK offing FCPX support. (I do know of one boutique facility where they are taking a serous look).
Not something with which I am pleased (I like to have somewhere to go for finishing) and I have said many times before the Uk were not wary adopters of Legacy.
Does anybody know if The Mill are using FCPX at all for pulling all their stuff together?
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And then two editors can access the same “library” (for want of a better word) and also access the sae individual files?
Does that mean this step with 10.1 from Apple will not satisfy the Avid users?
So what systems do most of the large broadcasters (news sports etc) use? Is Avid their only solution?
Thanks
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How about we keep the Library and call an Event a Project and a Project a Timeline?
But as Jeremy points out Apple are defining their own language for their own territory and as Mike Most says there’s not much point quibbling now.
At least the structure appears the same now.
Merry Winter Solstice all of you in the Northern hemisphere.
And enjoy the beach all you lucky people in the antipodes.
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I suppose the new language is a way of “staking out their territory”.
It took me some getting used to. A longer time than I care to admit if I’m honest.
But at least they have moved Projects into Events.
So if it’s not a “retreat” I am still thankful they did it.
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Have you found yourself in an environment where there are a number of not super well-disciplined camera people with SLR’s ‘boshing’ all over the place without really sparing even half a second’s thought for the person (editor) who is left (or lumbered even) with the responsibility of syncing it all up and putting it all together?
If so I empathise and fear you are not alone. Trying perhaps to find the least painful workflow to get everything joined up so you can actually start doing your job.
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I would rather it is like it is now then how it was in the first iteration.
I like my clips and timelines in the same project/library. I like that way of organising it. It’s logical.
Having projects as separate entities is something I got used to but never really liked. And now that I’ve tidied up I found that sure enough I had quite a few projects that were not in the Event I had thought they were in.
Default Event – now that’s pretty helpful I think. Not sure if have got my head round it yet but it means those mistakes are easier to spot.
Don’t get me wrong I am very happy. If it sounds like I’m moaning I’m not. I’m just curious about stuff and why people do stuff like they do.
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Hey Jeremy,
I also have FCP 7, Avid (don’t use it) and Premiere (don’t like it).
They all use the tried and tested Projects, Clips, Bins, Sequences model… Sorry I mean Libraries, Events, Projects and Keyword collections.
I am not convinced they have been looking at Aperture for inspiration. I think they have reverted to what was a lot more sensible in FCP7 and their competitors at least at UI level.
You could argue that all the that has now changed are the names of these things. Of course even I get the whole metadata things is a game changer.
But they could have used the old names for these things could they not? And i think it has made the software less approachable, and the Avid and Premiere users less inclined to have a look because of the new vocabulary.
Maybe I am missing a point but I think it’s change for change sake and it’s silly.
Why not call them “Keyword Bins” and “Smart Bins”. They are Bins!
Why not call Libraries “Projects” and Projects “Sequences”? Why bother to rename these things? It’s just a head f@™k especially at the beginning of the journey.
It just seems like it’s taken two years for a bit of common sense to prevail.
Obviously I am aware that they have greater minds than mine but as for Common Sense? I’m not sure.
I think now people moving across will be able to make the mental leap a lot more easily.
What am I missing here? I must be missing something.
cheers
James