Kevin Patrick
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[Andy Field] “having something at saves just 15 minutes ago and erases all other versions”
Just to clarify, there is only one backup file? It constantly gets over written every 15 minutes? That’s what I found. I checked out a project and I only found 1 backup file for all the projects (sequences).
Why? Why go to the trouble of having a backup feature, but only one backup? As you say, what if you wind up with a backup of your corrupted project?
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Ian,
Will the new FCPX plugin work with Memory Stick Pro cards?
I downloaded both the new Browser and the FCPX plugin, from the Sony Canada site. Browser works, but the plugin does not.
Kevin
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I can’t seem to import either.
I have FCPX 10.0.4, which is required. I downloaded and installed both the new XDCAM Browser and the FCPX plugin on Sony’s CA site. The US site still does not have links for this SW.
The plugin states that it only works with SxS cards. I am using Sony’s approved MS Pro cards with their MS Pro adapter, not an actual SxS card/reader. I wonder if this is the issue. When I talked with the Sony rep at NAB he did mention it would not work with XDCAM discs, so maybe it also does not work with MS? In there demo they were using SxS cards.
In the new XDCAM Browser, I selected a clip off the MS Pro card and was able to send it to FCPX. Which I don’t think I could do before. Right?
I didn’t see any release notes on the CA site for the plugin. Did I miss them?
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I was talking to the Adobe person demoing Speedgrade at NAB.
He said that for now, Speedgrade is not as integrated as AE, in terms of Dynamic Link. He told me that for now it’s kind of a stand along app. Soft of a one way path. In the future it should work more like AE, in terms of Dynamic Link.
I tried to get him to clarify what he was saying. But there were too many other people jumping in with other questions. Either I was the only one there at the time who thought what he was telling me was odd, or I heard incorrectly.
Perhaps one of the Adobe people will jump in here and clarify.
Either way, there was a lot of interest in Speedgrade.
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Why did you choose Chronosync over some of the other drive copy options?
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How do you know Lightroom will (or soon to be) included?
I hadn’t seen that.
Lightroom was one of the few apps that was never in a suite. I thought.
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Jim,
Have you ever put all your FCPX audio workflow methods together in one post?
Kevin
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I think there are several reasons Apple acts (or acted) the way it does.
After reading Walter Isaacson’s book, it appears that Jobs would frequently dismiss an idea only to do a complete 180 on the concept. Even to the point of believing it was his idea.
It also appears that Apple works on concepts that don’t always make it to market, at least not right away. I thought that the iPhone grew out of a tablet concept that wasn’t moving forward. So, at that time, you could probably say Apple wasn’t interested in tablets, which may have been due to the fact they didn’t care for the initial concept.
Apple is also what I believe to be the most secretive company when it comes to what it’s doing. Not only do they not want anyone knowing what their doing, they don’t want their employees to know what their doing. They have no tailgating (or did) rules in their facility. If you aren’t authorized to enter an area, you can’t get into that area.
When Apple talks to anyone outside of Apple, I’m sure they take the view they are talking to their competitors.
So I’m not surprised when Apple says one thing and does another. Whether it was the original plan or not.
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The largest mobile phone companies (such as Nokia and Motorola) were the first to manufacture in Asia. They were doing it to save money. Many things were lower cost. The labor was was a lot lower. Measured in cents, not dollars. Buildings and space was lower. Distribution was lower, which was a big part of selling the same phone to many different customers. Tooling costs were lower. Materials costs were lower in Asia. It wasn’t just labor.
At first, they could make phones cheaper, but not necessarily better. The companies that brought this manufacturing to Asia spent years working with the manufacturers and all the sub assembly suppliers to bring the quality level of the products up to where they needed to be. This was a huge effort. It involves the entire process. From tooling, to production of the part, to sub-assembly and testing by a variety of suppliers, to final assembly and test. Many people from many companies touch all the parts in many different ways.
Eventually, China wound up with world class sourcing and manufacturing capability. Motorola and Nokia shut down almost all their manufacturing and moved to China.
Along comes Apple and decides to enter the phone business. They could build a phone here in the US, except there are no manufacturers in the US. All the components they need are made in China, thanks to the other manufacturers. They could have final assembly here, but you would still have all the parts and sub assemblies made in China. Which is quite a lot of labor and manufacturing. Plus, you have a logistic nightmare. Instead of suppliers and sub assembly manufacturers located near final assembly, you got them on the other side of the world, some 10 hours different in time and about a day in travel.
When a company is in the process of prototyping a phone, they go through months of pre-production. During that time many engineers work along side the various manufacturers, ensuring things are done right. Each and every time a new product comes out. I believe even Jonathan Ives has said he himself has spent time in China for some of their products. If part of the phone was built in China and part in the US it would be a lot more inefficient and you’d have more issues to deal with.
Apple could try to move most or all of this manufacturing to the US. But that would be a huge effort. Because of companies like Nokia and Motorola, almost everything Apple needs is already being made in China. Batteries, displays (some might be from Korea or Japan), circuit boards, all of the components on the boards, flex assemblies, all the tooling for every single part that needs tooling. It’s all in China, or nearby Asia. It’s all a lot cheaper too. For more reasons than just labor.
Its a shame that all of this was once done here in the US. But, I wouldn’t blame Apple. If you wanted to blame someone, blame Motorola. At least for loosing US jobs. When Motorola moved to Asia, thousands of Motorola people lost jobs. Plus, all the companies that supplied to Motorola went out of business.
The press doesn’t seem to understand the cause of the loss of these jobs. It appears to be easier, or perhaps more extravagant to write about Apple. I guess people will read a story about Apple, but probably not about Motorola, or Nokia.
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Your right, I forgot to mention the server with the media was not on the show flow. Three machines, three different cities/states. As well as the fact that all the effects were rendered on the server side.
All the media and all the heavy lifting was being done on the server. So the machine you are connected to the server with doesn’t need a great deal of power. In fact, since it’s Adobe, you can use some big iron PC hardware for the server and an iMac or Macbook to edit with.
I walked away from the demo thinking it was a great concept. But I didn’t get the same impression from the people around me. Nor have I seen anyone talking about this concept since the show, on any site.
It seemed to work fairly well. Although it was a pretty simple demo. I’d like to see how a more complex project would hold up to this architecture. I wonder if Adobe has anyone on their beta test team (outside Adobe) playing around with it yet.