[Marvin Holdman]

And so journalism takes one more step towards the bottom. What was once a noble profession, generally regarded as the ‘Fourth Branch”, now declining into babbling chaos and confusion with every opinionated amateur shooting video for no other reason than to forward their personal agenda. Yes, the technical wonder of it is amazing. Yes, it’s great to always have a camera. Yes, it opens possibilities, but in the end putting news media in the hands of the untrained is poor idea socially. Sorry, I realize this is more of a tech board, but when the original poster states, “Imagine the possibilities” that’s the first thing that comes to mind.

Rant off.

Marvin Holdman
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[Marvin Holdman]

[Craig Seeman] – “And wider availability of tools allows that.”

But don’t inherently foster it. You assume that because FCPX has more features than iMovie that more people will now be drawn to creating videos. For most new users, the difference is marginal. Most experienced users have grown beyond both. Who is left that will be “allowed”?

Marvin Holdman
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Tourist Network
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[Marvin Holdman]

[Jim Gilberti] – “”Nicely said” if you think there’s any relevance to Marvin’s guessing. And I mean no slight by that. Marvin seems both intelligent and thoughtful.”

I think the main relevance is that many of us are left with that feeling. It was a humorous statement, but by virtue of that fact required a grain of truth to make it funny. I’m certain marketing didn’t make ALL of the design decisions for this software, but you must admit they had at least SOME influence on them. Of course, that can be said of most any product. In this case the ridiculous nature of FCPX will bring some equally ridiculous speculation. In this case, the speculation makes me smile at the thought of some of those board meetings.

I do agree with you Jim, the middle way is the best. I guess some of us are trying to find our way back there after the events of the last few months. Perhaps that’s yet another function of this forum?

Here is one of my favorite shorts relating to our business. Would love to see this re-done with the FCPX development team…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_VtqtxCHY

Marvin Holdman
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[Marvin Holdman]

[Andrew Richards] – “How much more communication do you need? Does Randy Ubillos need to host a weekly call-in show? The FAQ said everything they needed to say about the immediate future of FCPX, and then they walked the walk.”

I just find it lacking when I get more information from their products, and a clearer idea of where it might be headed, from you than from Apple. Yes, I think Randy DOES need to host a weekly call-in show. I realize that will probably never happen, but it would certainly be better than broad spin statements from Mr. Townhill.

I have been with Apple a long, long time. I very much understand their “way”, but in this case, I think it would have been a good time to depart from their “way”. You have to admit, Apple shines best when it launches new technology. However, in this case the new technology they are proposing does more than just change the tools, it suggest that we change our work habits to conform to their tools. Not bad, if it were a REAL 1.0 release, but that is part of the problem. They would like their current customers to accept their idea that everything that has been done since FCP1 be thrown out of the window (years of experience and jobs) to make way for this program. Don’t you think that might warrant more than just a FAQ, a splash page and some vague marketing statement?

I appreciate you willingness to provide feedback on this. While I don’t agree with your perspective on all of this, it’s really great to have an intelligent counter-point.

Marvin Holdman
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Tourist Network
8317 Front Beach Rd, Suite 23
Panama City Beach, Fl
phone 850-234-2773 ext. 128
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[Marvin Holdman]

[Stu Maschwitz of RedGiant } – “I mean sure, dream up a better way—but it has to actually be better”

Nailed it.

Marvin Holdman
Production Manager
Tourist Network
8317 Front Beach Rd, Suite 23
Panama City Beach, Fl
phone 850-234-2773 ext. 128
cell 850-585-9667
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[Marvin Holdman]

The most disturbing part of that link is the fact that it made me laugh.

Marvin Holdman
Production Manager
Tourist Network
8317 Front Beach Rd, Suite 23
Panama City Beach, Fl
phone 850-234-2773 ext. 128
cell 850-585-9667
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[Marvin Holdman]

Hmmm, that sounds a lot like this forum for the last 3 months. Go figure!

Marvin Holdman
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Tourist Network
8317 Front Beach Rd, Suite 23
Panama City Beach, Fl
phone 850-234-2773 ext. 128
cell 850-585-9667
skype username – vidmarv

[Marvin Holdman]

[Craig Seeman] – “Tools will continue to drop in price and they’ll even be more people with decent skills as a result. ”

Tell me one other industry where that is the case? Writing? Photography? Design? In all my years, I’ve not seen a significant rise in people with decent skills in any of these disciplines. Tools don’t create skills. Practice, perseverance and hard work create skills.

Marvin Holdman
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Tourist Network
8317 Front Beach Rd, Suite 23
Panama City Beach, Fl
phone 850-234-2773 ext. 128
cell 850-585-9667
skype username – vidmarv

[Marvin Holdman]

Joe, take it a step farther…

Now you have all of these folks with iPhones stringing news. Their primary concern is NOT any objective reporting of what is happening, it is finding the one clip that will “get them air”. That trend amongst professionals over the last 10 years or so has given us the current level of infotainment that has all but replaced news. Now, we an even larger erosion of journalistic ethics, we’re not going to be able to believe much of anything we see. Most who have used video for any length of time realize just what a powerful medium it can be. Depending on who, how, what is shot, you can tell a story that can be interpreted with a wide variety of slants. While I think “eyewitness” video certainly has a place in a story, replacing a trained journalist just seems like a bad idea. Sadly, we’ve become a society that prefers sensationalism over truth. Perhaps this trend will swing the pendulum to such an extreme that we will once again crave REAL honest objective reporting from professionals. I’m afraid we might not have reached that apex yet.

Marvin Holdman
Production Manager
Tourist Network
8317 Front Beach Rd, Suite 23
Panama City Beach, Fl
phone 850-234-2773 ext. 128
cell 850-585-9667
skype username – vidmarv

[Marvin Holdman]

I guess the first stage of grief really is denial!

Marvin Holdman
Production Manager
Tourist Network
8317 Front Beach Rd, Suite 23
Panama City Beach, Fl
phone 850-234-2773 ext. 128
cell 850-585-9667
skype username – vidmarv