Neil Goodman
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[Bill Davis] “Totally.
See the widely published benchmarks for getting video work turned around on Macs running X
compared to PC hardware running — anything.
(Well, in fairness, maybe Resolve is in the running now?)But apparently only recently.”
Got a link?
If by faster – there talking about importing, exporting, and rendering and stuff like that..that really means nothing to me.
I dont import, export, and haven’t had to render something in a long time.
It takes me about the same time to cut a spot in X as it does in Avid .
In X I use keywords – In Avid I use stringout/ and or subclips with commented markers. IMO pretty much the same thing and takes the same amount to setup. X gets a slight edge because for common things (broll,dialogue,etc) you can map a keyword to a key, where in Avid I type in the comment field what the clip is or what a person is saying but once I get the first one its just as simple as copying and pasting. Then with the searchable bins – i just filter down to broll or whatever I’m looking for. Same as in X.
Once I get down to the timeline – things are virtually the same EXCEPT when I have to move big chunks of clips around, then X gets the nod there.
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[Steve Connor] “I really don’t think this forum is about people making demo videos, generally here on the COW we trust what people say based on their experience ☺
“plus, who’s got the time to make demo videos? we are editors after all.
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[Bill Davis] “But opting to NOT keep up with the revisions and improvements in X – was a bold bet that you’d NEVER need anything it might provide – in the future.
Bold move there. “
Haven’t you essentially done the same thing regarding the other NLE’s?
What if at some point PPRo or dare I say it..Avid or not to far fetched – DaVinci comes out with a hot new feature or workflow that everyone in the industry unanimously agrees is the bees knees and what post people everywhere have been waiting for? Wouldn’t you be a little bummed if you didnt have a little knowledge of said NLE so your transition into it was smoother?
I mean heck, thats why I made it a point to learn FCPX. I didnt want to be left behind if it indeed becomes a standard at places I work, has that payed off yet – not at all but I dont consider it wasted time.
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[Bill Davis] “But hey, if someone wants to slow their work efficiency and be less productive because the folks who make the faster software hurt their feelings – I’m clueless as to how to address that.
“lol. and there it is folks ☺
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i think im the only person who doesnt like ppro. I dont why – i cant quite put my finger on it but it just feels kind of “janky” and that it could break any moment. Couple that with the constant audio dropouts, less than ideal interface (although very customizable), and a few other small naggy things – im not a huge fan. I was never super into FCP 7 either but thats what we had in college so I used it. Never really got payed to use it though once out in the job force.
That said I just took a staff gig using ppro full time so I have to dive in head first and I have and its getting better, and growing on me. Time will tell if it becomes a favorite and I use it on personal stuff but it defiantely seems like a natural progression to what FCP 8 couldve been and Im sure people who were never presented with X wouldnt have missed ti and carried on like normal.
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I think any publicity – even the “…but the big boys used this on xxxx studio feature” is good publicity.
While us full time working editors might not find any assurance in the fact so and so uses the same software as me, alot of people do and as we’ve seen word of mouth can go along way, and unfortunately can be a bad thing too as we’ve seen some people still havent given X a chance simply because of the bad rap it got on launch.
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[Charlie Austin] “There are already a lot of feature requests from high profile editors pouring in – some in L.A. and some not – and they’re getting addressed. Probably not as fast as some would like, but it’s happening. Honestly, even if you don’t use X, but own it, click the feedback link in the Final Cut Pro menu and request away. Seems like things that are most requested do appear.
Unless you want fixed tracks back, that’ll never happen. ☺
“hahah Ive come to terms with the lack of tracks, audio lanes pretty much took care of the organization stuff I was missing. Video lanes I could care less about. It was always about trying to keep the audio beds manageable.
I’ve dropped a few of my feature request to the feedback link. Most have to do with a timecode window and being able to see multiple sources of timecode at once. The others were interface-y things that Im probably alone on, lol.
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Its great that X is gaining more exposure on higher budget gigs. Good news for everyone.
The more high profile gigs, hopefully the more feature requests from high profile editors start pouring in and the software will continue to get better.
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[Steve Connor] “[Scott Witthaus] “My bookmark is now on the FCPX Techniques site, where there are real users with real questions. I link here from there. Maybe this forum should be shut down as (a) there is no longer any debate and (b) not much about FCPX except from the usual suspects and the other NLE discussions can retire to the proper sites.
. ”Clearly not reading the forum much Scott as there is plenty of debate on here, there is always talk of FCPX and this IS the proper site for debating NLEs
As for shutting the forum down it would be a lot simpler if all the people whingeing and moaning about the content here just stayed away and left us all to it.”
Amen!
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You said “there’s hostility here”. I don’t go on other FCPX or editing forums except a FB group here and there And no I don’t feel that way.
Do people that do, yes most of peers. What can yo do?