Neil Goodman
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[Charlie Austin] “[Neil Goodman] “Unfortuneatly that division doesnt exist any longer tho. ”
Huh? Sony Worldwide Creative Content division definitely still exists. ☺
“Huh, my bad – Friends I had working there told me the whole team was layed off.
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I agree in that I dont think it matters to Apple at all, but I think thats what it needs to get the validation from the people that balk at it now.
I work in one of the bigger trailer houses in LA and out of our 30+ editors when FCP X comes up in convo its like your speaking another language. People simply dont really know about it and dont care to know. All they heard was that in 2011 it wasnt up to snuff and thats all the majority needs to ignore it for ever. Keep in mind most editors arent online in discussion boards about editing.
I was at NBC before this gig. Same thing, no one wanted to know. What they use works fine. Why switch?UNTIL – the place you work at suddenly adopts it, then you have no choice which is what I heard happened at a very small division at Sony who does mostly content pieces for features. The guys hated it at first and then came around eventually. Unfortuneatly that division doesnt exist any longer tho.
For me now the obvious gaps for a place like I work at are multi user workflows. I think on the surface a timeline stuck in ripple mode is scary for people, especially when things have to be to specific time. Of course this is easily overridden but on the surface its not as obvious. Other than that I think its pretty much ready for most workflows.
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[Steve Connor] “Or is this place a lot less fun that it used to be? Seems to be dominated by people that don’t actually use or particularly like FCPX and those that do are increasingly not posting.
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I think the debate has run its course. You either like it or don’t, and your going to use it or not.
It can do everything the other nle’s can do now, theres still some things missing like a mixer but thats all i can think of.
I think since we’re 6 years into the 10 year development cycle it will intersting to see what happens in the next 4 years. Will apple start from scratch again at year 10? Doubt it. Will the next 4 years see it finally start to be used in major markets, who knows? Adaptation is still very slow in this neck of the woods. Whats going to be the thing that makes all the major networks and post houses switch over if ever?
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[Bill Davis] “What makes you think the documentary is about “defending” anyone’s use of anything? Maybe it’s actually about what the director has always publicly said it’s about…an examination of how people confront and manage technological change.
“Well thats what the trailer is selling. A bunch of people justifying their use of a piece of software. Championing it like they couldnt edit before or be creative without it. They found the holy grail! My life will never be the same! Come off it, its just software. Does it really a need a documentary to rehash what this forum has been talking about for 6 years? I’d feel the same exact way if there was a PPRO or Avid, or Davinci documentary, its just dumb. It also doesnt help that alot of the people who are featured in that trailer sell training for FCPX. Bias? Nah couldnt be.
Not to mention a kickstarter?, like i thought that was the whole point of the software, you can make videos now for cheaper than ever…but we still need your money to make this documentary afterall.
What are you going to get out of this documentary personally Bill, that you dont know already? really?
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Its crazy to me that people still feel the need to defend and justify the use of it. Its been 6 years. Just use it or dont and stfu already!
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Sure you can achieve that timeline view in any NLE, to get in and do editorial work on such a condensed timeline tho seems counterintuitive to me. It’s not even about waveforms which would be useless at that size. It’s about haveing a bigger canvas to paint with and being able to see everything clearly and accurately.
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I simply could not do my job on one screen especially a 15′ one at that.
I need to be able to see all my audio tracks, sometimes in the excess of 24 or more, and need to have bins, audio mixer, and whatever finder windows, and external 3rd party apps like soundminer open as well. Just isnt possible on a laptop – even in FCPX.
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[Craig Seeman] “True. Why would one want to use a crippled version of MediaComposer when they can get a fully functional Resolve for free. At best a free Media Composer becomes nothing more than a trial for someone who may have a motivation to move up to paid/subscription. This may well be another ill timed Avid move. Consider that by the time Free MC is out Resolve may have yet another update further improving its editing tools.”
Because If someone wants to get into TV, Film, Trailers, and High End commercials they can practice on the system that they’ll most likely end up editing on if they work in major markets (LA,NY,London).
And its a much better NLE than resolve is in its current state.
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[Oliver Peters] “In addition, I would also argue that the origin of the modern proxy concept goes to Avid Media Composer with its offline/online edit workflow. This included the ability to work with low-res and high-res linked media as the same time. Certainly not as elegant was the forked media system FCPX has today, but definitely there earlier as a concept and with a practical application. Also quite possibly Montage even before that.
“Not to mention Avid’s new way implemented in v7 i believe is a one click proxy system and you have a choice of resolutions to choose from, so while FCPX might have gotten there first with the one click – I think Avid took it a step further. Sure it still doesn’t have hover scrub but they’ve been updating the program like mad lately and adding super useful features that Editors have been asking for, and lately it seems like there listening. The program is running smoother than ever on all types of hardware and us DIVAS who have used the program since the jump are stoked.
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[Brian Seegmiller] “In a high pressure business editing commercials with deadlines you need to be fast. Yes he took the time to organize his footage and FCP X helps you work faster. Time is money. Try making a shorter cut with traditional tracks. What a mess that would be. Same with a feature. The way FCP X organizes media makes way for you to have more time to be creative and edit with a Blink of an Eye. No pun intended.
“High end commercials are pretty lax as far as deadlines with what Ive seen at least compared to tv/trailer deadlines.
A very high end commercial editor I know gets about two weeks to come up his V1 for a :30 spot. Then the notes and revisions begin.
In contrast – Alot of movie trailers V1’s happen in just a few days – and thats 2:30 in length. Hell, Ive seen some come together in a day total hail mary style.