Marcus Moore
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Yup. Range based favourites are still there.
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Somewhat similar, yes.
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I don’t think it’s the audio mixer. It looks to me like they’ve changed the “i” icon that brings up the info panel.
If it was an audio mixer, the sliders would be up/down, not left/right.
They also changed the “import” button from a camera to a film-frame.
And also looks the the transform tools have been consolidated with a drop-down.
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I don’t think what you saw there was a mixer icon, Craig, but a new button for the info pane. It was highlighted the same way as the “i” used to be when the pane is slid out. Also, mixer sliders would be up and down, not left/right.
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I wonder if this kind of thing would be best executed with a HUD display, like in Motion or the Keyword overlay?
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I’ve worked at a freelancer since 2006. I have 6-8 regular clients, as well as some occasional sidebars.
My primary client (maybe 1/3 income) is a producer who left another company. Between him, myself, and another editor, we work in a virtual office. So the other editor and I able to drive the technological decisions going forward. So we both pushed for all of the work for the company to be done in X.
One of my other clients, who I used to work for full time before I went freelance, were very skeptical of FCPX, but I have been informing and demoing features for them, and they will likely be moving entirely to X down the road.
Most of the rest are only worried about final masters, so I have complete freedom there.
Only one client do I still work in 7 for, and that’s because they usually version my work once I give it to them, and they haven’t switched over, so they need FPC7 files. They haven’t identified a post-FCP7 course yet, but they have already been talking with me about demoing X next spring to see if that’s they way they want to go. Which is what I will be recommending.
So do I seek out ads for FCPX editors? Nope. But I’ve never been in that scenario, looking for work. I’ve never advertised, and all my work comes thru referral of existing clients.
From my perspective, most of the resistance to X from clients is all based on negative commentary, rather than any nuts and bots appraisal of the product. As I’ve said before, X demos VERY well in ways that clients respond to. I am careful to point out it’s limitations, but those have so far not been deal-breakers in my business sector, which crosses the spectrum from corporate to broadcast.
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The point is your assertion is simply wrong. I get paid using software you say noone gets paid to use. And I’m not the only one, as many, MANY people on this board have attested in the past.
We can agree it doesn’t have wide-spread support in the industry. But that entirely another thing from saying no one gets paid to use it. You’re flat wrong. And if that’s what you’re telling people, then that’s a misrepresentation I don’t appreciate.
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Holy shit! You DON’T like FCPX…? Has the world turned upside down? My mind is blown by this brand new information!
* PS I’m hired at least 40hrs every week to do exactly what you say no one does.
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I don’t think Graig is implying that Apple wants the shorten the useable life of the MacPro (or whatever it’s replacement will be called). Only that they might be motivated to have people start their next 5 years with the NEW 2013 product, rather than having a large chunk of the MacPro user base buy now on a CPU upgrade with the existing form factor and technologies.
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Heh. Only on Tuesdays, sir…. only Tuesdays…