Liam Hall
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[Gary Huff] “arrogant”
Don’t worry Gary, I’m not arrogant, and I know all the words and phrases. Though, I can’t work out why people are getting so hot and bothered over what Apple has called certain functions in FCPX. Language evolves. So do editing systems.
Liam Hall
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[John Christie] “I don’t think it’s arrogance and elitism. Every industry has a language born out of necessity that’s required so you can get things done and explain what you’re doing. I don’t want to say a “list of edit decisions in a machine readable format” when I can just say EDL. Mechanics don’t say “a mechanism to vary engine torque to the wheels” when they can say transmission.
Cheers
John”
EDL is an acronym. Nothing wrong with that. And I can never understand anything my mechanic says – which kind of proves my point:)
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If you can’t say nothin’ nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.
-Bambi.Liam Hall
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Yes, it’s true, but that doesn’t make it right.
One man’s rushes is another man’s dailies…
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[Glen Hurd] “Language is tied to culture, and culture is borne by sharing a common philosophy and language to describe it. A culture’s vernacular also becomes the secret handshake of that culture, allowing us to quckly identify whether we’re dealing with someone who is familiar with our world and our methodologies – or not.
It’s true, in the film and television industry there is a widespread use of slang and technical terminology that is lost on many. I think this a bad thing. It’s borne out of arrogance and elitism. It’s designed to exclude, not encourage.
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Didn’t anyone else think the Avid interface looked old-fashioned? I guess that is Apple’s point…
And you’ve got to agree that is good marketing…
…Finally!
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I think Larry Jordan speaks a lot of sense. In his latest blog he writes:
“I would also suggest that many of us would benefit by taking a deep breath and giving Apple a chance to live up to their promises for the program.
Final Cut Studio (3) still works.
It took Avid, Adobe, and Apple many years to evolve their programs to their current feature set. I’m willing to give Apple a few months to get their act together and fix what’s broken with FCP X.
I’m going to stay with Final Cut Pro for a while. Work at learning the new version. Give feedback to Apple on what they need to do to improve things. And share what I learn with you.
Final Cut Pro X has a lot of exciting potential – but, for many of us, that potential is not yet realized.”
That is exactly where I’m at with FCPX. I wont judge the software based on the shambolic product launch, but the clock is ticking and judgement day is fast approaching…
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Free beer. Nothing more, nothing less:)
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The only opinion that matters to me is my own. More people should make their own mind up about FCPX rather than forming an opinion based on the musings of others…
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First thing will be the grading tools followed by trying to find if all the other apps have been rewritten as well…