[Mitch Ives]

[Bill Davis] “However, the longer an editor has been active at a high level with traditional NLE software – the longer it often takes for them to stop fighting the software so that the “click moment” can arrive. “

I think that’s kind of a dubious claim Bill. One of those “I can’t prove it, but I feel strongly about it” kind of positions. I’m sure there are instances where this is true, but to make it a blanket statement?

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Mitch Ives]

[Oliver Peters] “For me it’s a pro and con. I object to the fact that removing a dissolve at the head of a timeline causes a shift in timing by half the length of the dissolve.

I’d love to see a way to lock storylines or clips in a position relative to time, not each other. Like turning on track locks in other NLEs.

In general I like the magnetic timeline for roughing in an assembly, but really cumbersome when polishing the edit.”

I agree with all of that. I think you can pros and cons about the timeline without being a hater…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Mitch Ives]

[Steve Connor] “Your right is unassailable, weight, however is an infinitely variable factor for everyone when discussing opinions :)”

Well said Steve… I was hoping for something witty from you. Well done…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Mitch Ives]

Of course it goes without saying, that I am not only accorded the same right, but the same weight as well… or do you disagree on that?

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Mitch Ives]

[Steve Connor] “The glory of the free market is that if you’re not happy with the products that a Company is making you can always go elsewhere.

The suggestions that Tim Cook’s social focus and charitable activities are somehow harming the quality of Apple products are frankly ludicrous.”

The Glory of free speech is that you are allowed your opinion…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Mitch Ives]

[Jeremy Garchow] “Oh boy.

Let’s keep this on topic. I am deleting my original “PS” line.”

You don’t see the two as related? I do…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Mitch Ives]

[Helmut Kobler] “I can’t help notice that as soon as Jobs died, Cook began creating a “kinder, gentler” Apple — one with longer vacations for employees, with matching contributions to charities, with $20,000 subsidies for egg freezing and with mea culpas to scoundrels and shake down artists like Jesse Jackson during his ridiculous crusade over minority hiring in Silicon Valley.

This has been Tim’s unique mark, and it’s all been done in tandem with a noticeable drop in product quality. I don’t think Tim is strong enough to ride herd over the sprawl that Apple has become due to its growth. Jobs could but Cook can’t. And Tim seems too interested in creating a culture that embodies his “progressive” values, instead of having a laser focus on the products themselves and attracting people who have that same focus (as opposed to those seeking a cushy, perk-laden job at a rich company).”

I’ve been lamenting the same thing for some time now. If he would put as much effort into product perfection as he does with social issues, the company would look like the old Apple.

Last year when I was over the 3 month mark and still waiting for my BTO new mac pro I wrote him an email and asked him if he could stop writing letters to sovereign states with social policies he didn’t approve of and instead fly to Austin, rent an apartment and stay there until he could figure out how to fix the problem delivering their product.

When my iPhone 5 power button stopped working, Apple was no help. They claimed they had not seen this before, only to issue a free replacement recall one month after forcing me to buy an expensive replacement. When I brought this to their attention, they assured me that they would make this right. I gave up after 7 months of being passed around. Every time someone was making progress they were suddenly no longer with the company. In the end, AT&T, understanding customer service far better than Apple, stepped in and offered to make it right. I declined. Why should AT&T suffer financial loss when they had nothing to do with the piss poor customer service policies at Apple?

As a customer, these days dealing with Apple feels a lot like dealing with Microsoft. But, hey it’s okay, as long as Tim has time to march in parades and jam his views of social policies down our throats. I mean it’s not like he’s supposed to be focused on better products or a satisfying customer service experience, right?

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Mitch Ives]

[Oliver Peters] “Most of the time Xto7 and/or 7toX are more accurate than Resolve.”

+1

Just purchased 7toX to migrate an old project over. Worked very well… better than I expected actually,,,

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Mitch Ives]

Have used them all over time. Had a Wacom tablet for years.

Now I use the Apple keyboard… the new Magic mouse, because having trackpad functionality on the top of the mouse really speeds up timeline operations in FCP X. As a result the trackpad is now in the cabinet.

Then I use the iPad mini with CTRL+Console Final Cut Pro Editor…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Mitch Ives]

[Oliver Peters] “The reason is that none of the options completely fill the needs as well as FCP 4-7/FC Studio for many customers. Apple really ended up in a nice sweet spot with this product and replacing it is still hard.”

True enough. I use X, but I’m still pining for some things I had before. This week I have to go back to 7 so I can get some deck control and bring in some corrupted clips from tape again.

Message to Apple: I have to keep this old Mac Pro around with an old OS so I can run FCP 7… otherwise I could buy another new machine… just saying…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill