Scott Sheriff
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[Steve Connor] “I’d imagine, like me, most of the Professionals who use FCPX on here don’t use most of the “auto” functions.”
Apple spent time developing that, when they should have been working on features that were actually useful, that we weren’t turning off. Opening legacy FCP projects, roundtrip to exiting apps, and interchange are a few things that come to mind.
[Steve Connor] “How so? lack of fixed tracks? no source viewer?”
To start with, see the above comment but, yes how the tracks work sucks, plus there are not enough tracks. No source viewer, hate that too. Who is that for? Doesn’t remember in/out on clips, fail. No FX Scripts so you can’t easily build, or modify existing plugins inside the editing app, or at all. Speaking of plugins, expensive plugins I already own like EMA, don’t work in X and if there was a X version available, I’m sure I’d have to buy them again, fail. How about not being able to get a hard copy of the software? I can’t say I like that either. Plus the clip organization is for people that don’t log and screen their footage. I could go on…
[Steve Connor] “It’s not just .h264 that FCPX is fast with, it’s also quick with ProRes, XDcam (once unwrapped!) and AVCHD”
I have an octo, running SL with 16 gigs. I didn’t think it was faster, or even as fast on PR or HDV, which is what I had handy at the time, and mostly work with.
[Steve Connor] “Apart from the lack of roundtripping, the latest version of Motion is the best yet”
Well to the lack of roundtripping, you can add not being able to open multiple projects at the same time. Two very handy things that I use all the time, that I suspect many others do too.
Despite being cheap, I hadn’t seen anything it did, that you couldn’t do with the current Motion. But there are things new Motion can’t do. Those things plus the risk to my system stability, make the new Motion a no go.
Thinking about the handling of the X roll out/unannounced EOL of FCS, makes giving apple any of my cash in the future a very unlikely scenario.Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Mike Stevenson] “Or are you just scared that X is making 15 year old skateboarders edit circles around you on their macbook airs while popping kick flips.”
LOL
So you freely admit that X is the playground of 15 year old skateboarders, and use it to pursue your argument.[Mike Stevenson] “edit circles around you on their macbook airs”
I doubt anyone will be doing that on a machine that doesn’t have any I/O, much less a 15 year old skateboarder.
[Mike Stevenson] “wall of text…stuck in a dingy basement with 10 of your avid buddies cutting the next episode of the real world – who’s the real winner.”
That would be 10 of my Avid buddies cutting the next episode of the Real World. How much do you think they make a year doing that? How much does your mythical skateboarder make on his ‘documentary’?
I noticed in this scenario your 15 year old skateboarder can’t get hired to do any paid editing. I wonder why?BTW
If you think the same tired old handheld, low angle, slomo, rail grinding shots with a ton of meaningless free plugins and light leaks on every shot, that looks like every other of the millions of copycat skateboarder/snowboarder videos posted to YT is somehow edgy, fresh or in any way “editing circles” around any of us, you are sadly misinformed.Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Richard Herd] “But what did you think when you actually used the Software (FCP X)?”
I loathed it and eventually drug it to the trash can.
I hated the UI organization (like the dark color though), how it behaved and don’t shoot with an h.264 based camera so there is no advantage for me at all. I’m also not a fan of ‘auto-everything’, or things that are ‘dumbed-down’ be it software or hardware, and IMO, X is dumbed-down.
For quick turn around, entry level, paparazzi and other similar uses it might be just fine.
I didn’t even bother to try the new Motion, based on how crappy X was, and what others have said about it.Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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Jamie,
Thanks!Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Herb Sevush] “While I agree with some of your post there were/are a few things to be angry about. The sudden EOL of Legacy with no warning is unprecedented for a product that was the market leader. It was an incredibly shabby way to treat their customers, and that was proven by their eventual near invisible re-release. The refusal to communicate about their short term MacPro plans is very annoying, to say the least. Other than that Apple owes me nothing. That doesn’t mean I won’t criticize their decisions, but then I’m critical of a lot of decisions made by a lot of companies.”
Can I get an Amen for my brother?
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Jeremy Garchow] “And my dog is sleeping on the floor next to me.”
Best part of the home based office!
Although I have been lucky enough to work at several places that dogs were welcome.Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Chris Harlan] “The official boutique uniform is jeans, black tee-shirt, and running shoes. No berets. I bet you guys fit right in.”
Baseball cap, Levi 501’s, T-shirt! Shorts in the summer, it’s hot in the desert. I suppose the most ‘arty’ I get is substituting boat shoes for runners.
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Chris Harlan] “X is what it is and making the demand that it be something else seems fruitless.”
I agree with you. I wasn’t saying (or wishing) X should be something else.* I was speaking more to the idea of either thanking apple for their actions surrounding X, or just being so bat-sh!t naive and unaware how apple had screwed a huge portion of their biggest fans in the process. Many of which helped get FCS accepted in the market in the first place.
[Chris Harlan] “X is this interesting $300-400 program that I’m intrigued by, but not particularly crazy about. Some of its thinking is kind of cool, but a lot of it seems muddled by its own glitzy training wheels. It is unsuitable for my professional use, and there is nothing to lead me to believe that it ever will be.”
Agreed. There are bits and pieces that are OK, but overall not an app for professional use.**
[Chris Harlan] “When people call X revolutionary, I think that’s a bit delusional, but I’ve also been trying to recognize that it has its uses for many people.”
Agreed.
* I have said, since we no longer have the choice of FCP, that X should have a ‘classic’ mode for both the UI and operation. Still, X wouldn’t be my first choice.
**There are professionals that will find a use for X. By professional, I mean those that work in a collaborative process, or on complex projects where X is a total fail.
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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[Carsten Orlt] “Calling me an 80 year old short of getting to the point of being at room temperature is a little overboard?”
You are misquoting me (by omission) to make your point. A sure sign of a lost argument.
Here is what I said in reference to your assertion that X is all you will ever need in an editing app:
“From that couple of paragraphs, I can only imagine you are either 80 years old, and with so few years left you don’t think your career will advance beyond your current needs before you assume room temp…
Or
Your career path is pretty much YT, or Vimeo art/hobby pieces, and you don’t see a future where anything other than the basics, or any type of collaborative effort will be required. ”Here, let me use a still from ‘The Big Bang Theory’ to explain my first paragraph:
The second paragraph is not sarcasm, I’m just paraphrasing what you said in your first five paragraphs of your OP. In essence, I agree that based on your remarks X is all you will ever need. This is the anchor to the rest of my entire post. In your OP, you use the very common straw man of ‘I don’t need/want/use (insert your topic here) and don’t see why others are so worked up.
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
Where were you on 6/21?
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I have to agree with Todd.
If I read your post correctly, you want to give away 30% for just the talent? Is that for an ‘A’ list celeb, or is there nudity? Because it seems a bit pricey. If it’s for the local freelancing news anchor, or typical local actor picked out of a headshot catalog, I think you are way overpaying. If this is all to avoid paying a flat day rate up front, due to lack of cash, I’d rethink that. If your trying to hedge your bet because you don’t know how well this will sell, I still think your better off paying a flat rate. No matter how you look at it, your talking about giving away 30% of the profit. If it’s only a small profit, or a huge one, it’s still 30%!
Maybe if the talent has some unique insight on the subject that no one else has, or special background knowledge and are using that to contributing in other ways such as writing, and perhaps securing unobtainable locations. And probably not even then.
The world is full of people that want to be in front of the lens. Unless the entire concept hinges on this one person as the talent, I’d keep shopping.Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
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