[Jim Giberti]

I wish you the best too Timothy.

[Jim Giberti]

Timothy,
You wrote a post directly to me (I wasn’t addressing you in particular in my post) and you, in fact, ended that post with statement that you noticed that I had just joined the forum.

I notice that you didn’t apologize or explain why you would take that attitude with another forum member.

Was there a point to that closing statement?
How about we address that if we’re going to talk with respect to each other?

Then I’d be glad to share my thoughts and reasoning directly with you.

[Jim Giberti]

Timothy I think my response is reasonable and I’m comfortable with the points I made.

I am, however uncomfortable with your last statement.

Is there something that I’m not aware of regarding when someone chooses to join a forum?
I’ve seen these, frankly, cheesey quasi-indictments about a few others who joined the forum this week.

If you’d like to compare credentials or something I’d be happy to do that with you in an email.

If it makes you more comfortable that I’m not a spy or something I’m owner and creative director of a pretty accomplished creative firm.

I’ve been invited as a guest speaker in a number of arenas from marketing and branding to technology.
We pioneered the use of still lenses with the Mini 35 systems before there was DSLR shooting and we were first adopters of FC V.1 and have run it for over a decade on dozens of systems.

A lot of the pros here are familiar with me and my work.
I just never took the time to join this forum but have regularly enjoyed the information and discussion from the intelligent members and contributors.

Would you prefer I not post my thoughts?
Am I not qualified in your opinion?

[Jim Giberti]

Hey Jamie, you’re last sentence is kind of what I mean I guess.
I was careful not to characterize anyone in that way in my opinion.

I think it comes down to two things.

If you’ve been there before, and I certainly have owning several multimedia studios and a creative firm, then you might look at this with a little more perspective (whether that’s good or bad).
I do think the major omissions will be addressed in short order as they usually are with 1st releases.

I think after that you’re either going to like the new convention as one of your creative tools or your not.
I think we will and I plan on doing several new spots and a couple of short films in X and Motion 5 this summer and I’m not stupid.

And I feel the pain of big editing houses if this means they ultimately do have to move on from Apple

peace.

[Jim Giberti]

Sarcasm is hard enough to ascertain in the real world so I just take people’s words as they type them online.

And I have a real aversion to emoticons 😉

[Jim Giberti]

Didn’t hurt my sensibilities at all Tom, I don’t know why you’d think that.
I thought my point was clear and reasonable.
And I appreciate your ability to state your opinion and back it up with returning the app.

[Jim Giberti]

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Adam, I don’t read the writing on the wall the same way as some people have.
I’d give it a little time to see how this really looks in a few months.
Right now, running 7 and X concurrently is nice.

FWIW I literally used a couple of old $30k Media 100 systems as doorstops when we were moving into our new facilities,

[Jim Giberti]

So you can’t resist the urge to rain on his parade?
You made your decision Tom, what benefit is there to making other people feel bad about theirs?
I’m happy for you Borko and hope you achieve great things with X.

[Jim Giberti]

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No it’s not, just like countless other first releases weren’t on the dozens of systems we’ve run.

The key words are “not yet”.

I’m quite sure that’s why you’re able to run 7 and X concurrently.

Major transitions and paradigm shifts are never seamless or acceptable to everyone.
I do think this will all be a lot more good than bad for most of us in the near future.

The pro features will be brought on line, the rest is whether you like Apple’s vision going forward.

[Jim Giberti]

What I can’t fathom is how so many people are so filled with outrage that they can’t see see the obvious good in this article.

First he acknowledges the obvious – he’s not qualified to discuss pro editing with many of the pros that reside here.

Then he makes a few very important disclosures about Apple’s priorities that should, in fact, be comforting to the pros currently feeling disenfranchised by X.

As I’ve said and I’ll bet again here, the key shortcomings will be addressed in a not far off upgrade. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few small patches roll out in the coming months.

And regarding schill talk and all the rest. It’s just getting old, obsessive even.

This isn’t a conspiracy, it’s new piece of software. It definitely changes some conventions and if you don’t like the change then it’s time to move on, but Apple simply isn’t abandoning the market.

I don’t think there’s any question that they know which major issues need to be addressed first and they’re simply not stupid people. Give them a little credit and time to evolve this.

Again I’ve got 7 and X running on my systems. It’s all good here.
They allowed for that intentionally you know?

And if you don’t think that David P has been in direct communication with Apple over these issues, then you don’t know much about how this stuff works. He just gave you some important info.

One last thing, he was absolutely right in pointing out that some first responses (from a few of the respected members here as well) are proven untrue with a little more knowledge of the software and paradigm.

It’s why it’s always better to drink less coffee and have a little more bud.

Please, I know it’s hard but try and refrain from “fanboy” responses.