Mitch Ives
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[Bill Davis] “I’m finally seeing a growing chorus of people who are diving more deeply to try to see the “what and why” of the decisions that this team of high-level professional video editing interface designers elected to do in the re-build.”
I’m all for the let’s see what this thing can do… and not to put too fine a point on things, but how can they see anything? The damn thing can’t output video to a properly calibrated HD monitor. Unless you’re in the $400 web video market, where apparently we don’t care if the color is wrong, the fields could be inverted, or the video blown out and illegal… this is a… yeah a serious problem.
I’ve gotten over the not importing old projects, though I don’t really like it. I’ve gotten over the no multicam, because they “claim” it’s coming (although with no timeframe). I’ve gotten over the interface paradigm shift, as I don’t have a problem with change. What I haven’t gotten over is this concept of “building a boat in my basement”. What’s the point, if I can’t get it out and look at it?
Personally, I think my client’s $400 web videos (or whatever price) should have proper color correction, proper exposure, and no tearing (if it has fields), but maybe I’m being unreasonable. Maybe I’m a Luddite for thinking that paying clients deserve some competence for their money. If being paid is the only definition for being “a professional”, then I guess from now on, I’ll refer to “prostitutes” as “professional women” since they meet the definition of getting paid.
Personally, I’m in the “balanced” camp. We’re at the beginning of a journey, and I get that. Lion is probably going to complicate things further, so I think 6 months is a good time frame to reevaluate things. However, this “let’s not say anything negative” crap reminds me of the “let’s check into the denial suite” approach of progressive liberals. It’s counter-productive.
How about we meet in the middle? Let’s talk about all the great potential, as well as some of the glaring omissions that Apple has made. Holding their feet to the fire is an integral part of making the app better IMO…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
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[Chris Jacek] “I certainly would not want to start too many projects in a system that will never have an update, that I will never be able to open in future versions of the software.”
I thought I’ve also had…
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[Mark Dobson] “The biggest fault for me, as you pointed out, is the lack of external monitoring.”
I agree. Multicam will come, but the lack of external monitoring is keeping more people away than anything. I really wish Apple could “get” the importance of that…
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[Craig Seeman] “Yet despite that iDVD has been EOL, even though it’s not available in the App Store, it’s still available in the Apple Online store and Apple just release another maintenance update for it. This while DVDStudioPro is no longer available at all.”
I totally forgot about that… I remember being surprised at the iDVD update.
Mitch Ives
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[Bill Davis] “Maybe I’m not looking in the same places….but I’ve noticed a rapid drop off of the flood of posts scared about the death of DVD-Studio Pro.”
Two reasons I think.
(1) because Steve Jobs has been bludgeoning DVDSP to death for a long time now, and people are finally accepting it…
(2) The release of FCPX has so overshadowed everything that people have stopped thinking about the smaller issue of losing DVDSP. Kinda like not worrying about not being able to swim once you realize that the fall is going to kill you…
Mitch Ives
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You’re not alone. It would be nice if there was a chart that listed each model (by System Profiler code) and then told whether the base and/or optional video cards did or did not work. If one of the (typically two choices) didn’t work, then what card would actually work would be helpful.
As an example, I have the early 8-core… 2008 model I believe. It’s the Mac Pro 3,1 2.8Ghz 8-core. There you could choose between the ATI 2600 (base option), or the optional nVidia GeForce 8800 GT. I went with the nVidia. Will either of those cards support Open CL?
To be really helpful, it would be nice if there was info to the effect of “yes, your nVidia GeForce 8800 GT card will work, but if you had the newer “Mega9000”, then FCPX would really run a lot faster.
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
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It’s the iPad2 that’s driving the increase in revenues. Oh, hell now I’ve done it… that’ll resurrect the whole “FCPX was made for the iPad” thread again…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
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[Bill Davis] “I would dismiss anyones opinion of the quality of, say, a movie’s editing, if that person knew nothing about the craft of editing. It’s easy to be a critic in a world where no standards for criticism are followed – a pretty fair description of the modern blogosphere, IMO.”
Bill, don’t forget the entire population has a PhD in television watching. That’s why everyone thinks they can edit. When was the last time someone told the plumber how to do something, or a surgeon to move the incision point… but everybody has an opinion on how something should be editied… which I believe plays in to your original point…
Mitch Ives
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Bill, FWIW, I had this same conversation and made the same points with Scott Anderson last week…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
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Yes, I had five of them. Compared to how Apple has handled the FCPX release and the killing off of the other pro apps, I’d say that Apple handled the bungling and killing off of the Lisa quite well by comparison…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.com
http://www.insightproductions.com