[Kim Krause]

i have to agree with you…when it comes to ease of use and just pure and simple logic color is still the winner. i have been playing with resolve and its nice to see it copying so many of the features that color has always had. however i still think its way to complicated just to open a project and actually get going. you have to set the media directory ( why can’t you just select it when you open a new project) and you have to tell it where to render and what to render as. color was so simple…pro res in-pro res out…every project links back to the original fcp job…bloody simple. i really hope davinci bets it together in this regard because the actually grading tools aren’t bad at all…even though i would make some of the windows either sizable or moveable so you could have a more logical workspace…..that tiny 2 way controller down in the lower left hand of the screen is a joke. it’s one of the main tools i use and it should be more prominent…and some short cuts to the frame store and easier tracking would be nice…..not complaining, just comparing!

[Kim Krause]

apple handed black magic their stake in color correction in exchange for davinci support in fcpx….this was determined long ago and that’s why the latest update for resolve took a few extra weeks…..now apple doesn’t have to spend money on development of a product that another company is already offering. and davinci will become the defacto standard for grading as almost anyone with fcpx downloads the lite version of davinci resolve. i am still gonna miss the simplicity of color and the transparent interaction between editing and grading but black magic is doing everything right and i am looking forward to putting my eggs in their basket as soon as the last few wrinkles have been ironed out. and now i can still do work for all those clients that walked away from apple because davinci will work with avid and premiere. thanks to apple i have just increased my potential client base by a factor of 3…..hows that for a positive spin?

[Kim Krause]

exactly…the fact that davinci is now supported in fcpx means that black magic sees the benefits of the new final cut way of working….would love to hear what the haters think of this…hahahahahahahah

[Kim Krause]

you mean the air guitar hero! was a very funny thing on the davinci….plus each user had a different start position….

[Kim Krause]

my iPhone has the best reception of any cellphone i’ve owned. in south africa and the most i can get from my legend is 60% and it always reverts to the bloody stupid slow edge network. the iPhone on the other hand has never dropped a call and has consistently clear sound and never drops below 80% (4 out of 5 bars) everyone seems to forget that signal strength alone doesn’t determine the quality of the calls. network speeds play a large part in dropped calls. but what does all this have to do with the fcpx forum ?

[Kim Krause]

hey gerald ..get ready to have your head chewed off by a bunch of old farts who only see fcpx as a toy. awhile ago i was looking into my crystal ball and imagining where things might be a year or so from now. i totally agree with you that the new iPhone is cool and when they stick the guts of that thing into the new iPad with retina display we are gonna see something truly amazing. imagine all your media stored in the cloud using just and iPad to access it…i’m seldom wrong about my future predictions but i sure have a way of pissing off the so called pros in our industry! hahahaha

[Kim Krause]

what is the format of the media? and i thought davinci was going to eliminate the need for rendering……i still prefer color when it comes to all the technical problems you can have with resolve! like rub gamut errors and wrong scale export…sheesh…i hope they take another look at color and steal a few more ideas form it!

[Kim Krause]

i had the same problem after 3 days of grading…rgb gamut errors all over the place. i never had this problem in color….i just sent the whole davinci project into color and applied the legalizer to everything and it passed QC.

[Kim Krause]

who’s the arrogant one….i hear you talking but i think it’s all ego….you can’t seem to take criticism yet you find joy in pointing out my flaws…and it does bother me that someone (your friend mr weiss to be exact) has the attitude that females are all emotional..only a sexist pig would say something like that. what makes you think you are so damn superior anyway and that you have all the answers…talk about cocky and full of himself .and one more thing.. learn to respect your elders you little brat!

[Kim Krause]

thanks gary…i’ll take that as a compliment…after all a tool is useful…and as for my typing mistake earlier, i think you got the drift. all i’m saying is i have a strong feeling we are in for a lot of change. every time i bring it up i get shot down by so called professionals who think they know better..and i have been insulted a few times but i could care less. one idiot on this forum even went so far as to tell me that because i was a female i was reacting way too emotionally….he didn’t even bother to ask if i was male or female (not that it matters but i’m a guy) i am merely trying to get people to see that change is coming and it’s gonna be alright. instead i get attacked by arrogant people telling me that what do i know! guess i shouldn’t care so much and just leave them alone to find out for themselves and quit trying to be like noah herding all the animals on the boat before the rains hit. and stop insulting me with your life lessons. i learn from life and after 55+ years i doubt there is much you could tell me!