Neil Goodman
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[Joseph W. Bourke] “Neil –
You have to understand that the people here who are calling others stupid or behind the times have a dog in the race. Anyone who earns money on the back of an NLE (not as an editor, mind you) has something to gain monetarily by getting the most people who need training, or third party stuff, etc. on the FCX bandwagon. You won’t find the people who man the Koolaid stand bad-mouthing the Kool-aid…”
For sure, just frustrating when those people chime into an otherwise constructive and informative discussion with their very narrow point of view.
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[Steve Connor] “It’s a simple matter of ignoring them, blocking them or just marvelling at how ridiculous some of the comments are :)”
For sure but I feel like they have some valuable things to say, if only they could ever see the other side of the coin and get off the defense pedal.
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[Dominic Deacon] “FCX has no grading tools? Great, our program is unencumbered by specialist addons! FCX gets some basic curves tools etc? Great, just goes to show FCX is up to date with everything all the other programs have! Those new tools are broken? Apple is taking a bold new stance on these tools, reimaging the whole field! Apple fixes the broken tools? Look how quickly they fix their errors! “
this is spot on for at least two of our forum members.
Most people on here can have a subjective conversation about any piece of kit – there are a couple that cannot which makes this “debate” forum rather frustrating at times, and one of these people will downright call you stupid for wanting more out of a piece of software you paid money for. Its crazy.
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Clearly you didn’t even read the post.
On top of that – everyone in this forum is an X editor to some degree, so the whole NON X people feeling threatened doesnt work anymore.
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p.s. this should be a good one ????
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One of the things that irks me alot in this forum and other FCPX forums – is when people say – X inst designed to work that way ie; your holding it wrong.
I’m positive I use Media Composer and Premiere in ways that weren’t part of its initial workflows and technique. Part of that came from experimenting, part I picked up from other users.
I still use stringouts in X, some would call me a heathen – it still works for me and helps me create the way I want to – not the way some dude selling tutorials wants me to because he says thats the fastest way.
I’ve said it before – I dont want to go faster – Speed is not something I advertise in my skill set although I’ve proven to be fast enough to compete in broadcast and theatrical marketing which is has blazingly fast turnarounds. I just want to create and be creative and have tools that help me facilitate that – lucky for us – no matter what road you head down, there’s plenty of tools available.
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Cant stand pancakeing because it takes up too much real estate – and gets confusing in PPRO whats getting cut in and from where.
I know its a shocker ☺ but I still prefer the source side timeline in Avid and thats how I use Premiere too. When I need to see the source timeline I just flip it with the toggle. I wish X had a similar option.
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[Steve Connor] “Yep, only 2 million or so people seem to have heard of it, shameful!”
Wheres the all the jobs though?
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[Mike Fernanandes] “I’m in LA now. Had to come out to universal studios to build up some post facilities but I manage both coasts now. When ever want to come to the lot the doors open.”
What kind of facilities are you setting up on the lot?
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[greg janza] “If FCPX is truly the greatest thing since sliced bread it’s sure taking a long time to get the word out.”
Greatest thing or no – still up for debate.
I think one thing that isn’t up for debate is that unless you are your own boss and running your own facility –
its bloody hard to make a career using X at this point at this point. Good, lucrative jobs seem few and afar between.