[Mitch Ives]

[Phil Hoppes] “Not a reason at all to not use Adobe or any other software but a reminder that using only a single, easy password is like playing with fire.”

I disagree. This incident clarifies yet another reason why the subscription model is not a good thing. As Bill pointed out, having to have a constantly current card on file for reoccurring monthly charges exposes you to a much higher level of potential fraud. Bill might be right about using prepaid cards for things like this. Sounds like a good strategy.

On another note, Adobe called me the other day about why I haven’t gone to CC. He was practically begging me to join. I’ve never seen a company so desperate. They got an earful from me. I went from A-Z on why I won’t use CC. I could tell he’s heard this many times. He insisted that ALL companies would be going to a subscription model. I said “based on what evidence”? I contended that the whole industry was watching Adobe “go out on point”, and that I was convinced that anybody who might have been considering it, has wisely backed away from it.

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]

[Bill Davis] “We’re looking to be a useful FCP-X ONLY resource of information.

There are other users groups out there, but the trend was to make them cross-platform and/or cross-software. I think there’s a space for one that’s X onlyl (So much to learn and so little time to do so, after all!)”

I think you’re on the right track there.

[Bill Davis] “I’m a rookie and totally unschooled host, but if anyone is interestested in watching our live webcasts, we’re doing our 3rd show on Sept 25 – I’ll post a link in a few days when the website updates and post a notice here. Everyone feel free to stop by and gawk.
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Hey Bill, you’re always entertaining, so I think you’re being a little hard on yourself. I also think you’re good at staying on task, so that’s a good thing.

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]

[Daniel Frome] “Instead of talking about how great this update is… I will further say that it still won’t make me rent the software without an exit strategy to keep it.”

well said…

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] “I, for one, look forward to these types of developments even if they aren’t perfect. It is much more capability than is currently available in Final Cut Pro 7. At a very basic level, that’s all I really want.”

Exactly, and this is the true brilliance of Apple. These plugins are more affordable than ever and add to FCPX in ways that Apple couldn’t have thought of by themselves…

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] “There is more connectivity to Motion than ever before while simultaneously having less connection than ever before.”

Okay, this gets added to the “classic quotes” series…

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]

At the annual “FCPX plugins Awards” I nominate AutoGrade as the best $20 FCPX plugin in the known solar system…

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]

[Mark Dobson] “Thanks to Simon I have been a beta tester with the Hawaiki Auto Adjust plugin which has just been launched and this is brilliant for correcting white balance. “

Is that one possibly called Hawaiki AutoGrade?

[Mark Dobson] “But as others have said I think that the plugin developers have been both aided and shackled by the motion template architecture.”

Yes, it does seem to be an anchor that FCP X is dragging. The irony is that there is no round-tripping between FCPX and Motion, which we had in the old versions…

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]

[Craig Seeman] “While the Color Board is fairly deep for a grading feature built in to an NLE, the UI seems contrived and awkward. While it might seem “elegant” that Apple utilizes everything within a small portion of the interface, it’s ultimately more space efficient than grading UI efficient.”

I agree with your entire post, but the above statement may be the most succinct comment I’ve read about the Color Board…

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]

[Marcus Moore] “What’s lacking is depth to the controls (keyframes, curves, alternate 3-way interface, tracking or at least key framing for masks). But just like with audio- there is very likely a ceiling to the complexity to the controls Apple is interested in integrating. Knowing that anyone in certain workflows will always end up punting that part of the process to another person working with specialized software.”

As unpopular as this may be, I do not like Apple’s Color Board, and yes, I’ve worked with it. I don’t hate it, I just don’t find it an improvement. Perhaps grandma and grandpa like it better than that scary color wheel thing, but Apple’s re-design was at the very minimum, unnecessary.

Fix things that are broke, don’t re-design things that aren’t. For those that feel like arguing with me, I have one single question… why can’t we keyframe color correction in the color board! It’s damned embarrassing and undermines the notion that this is a serious editing tool…

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]

[Marcus Moore] “Any clip or clip selection you tag as a “Favourite” automatically goes into that “folder”. If you need to be more specific, name the favourites as “Global” or “Amazing”, and add that text as an additional condition in the Smart Collection settings.

Is there something I’m missing here?”

I wasn’t referring to clips or clip sections, I was referring to transitions, effects, etc. In short I want what we had way back in FCP Studio…

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