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[Oliver Peters] “A fraction of the amount of X users will ever come close to a CION.”
…and Media Composer, Premiere, Vegas…
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
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[Richard Herd] “Just sayin’. X gotta compete.”
I say “no”. Just gotta go to an audio house! If I had to spend time to set that up, it would be more efficient for me to send it out and keep working on something else. Impressive, but not for me. I’m a video editor. YMMV.
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[Marcus Moore] “FCPX will continue to shed some higher-end marketshare and build a bigger base in the bottom half of the market for another couple of years.”
Agreed. I think that already has happened. And I think the “high-end” market-share is probably growing slowly now as so many ditched X when it first was release.
[Marcus Moore] “The only way FCP goes away is if Apple decides to walk away.”
Agreed again. Just another good reminder to know as many of these NLE’s as possible.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
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[David Cherniack] “Seriously, if it was optional, would you turn your nose up? “
If I want tracks and slow my workflow down, I would go back to Avid or worse, Premiere. If you want tracks that look like X, Resolve 11 is right around the corner. Tracks are good when charging by the hour. 😉
In my humble opinion, tracks are not coming back to FCP. Why would Apple do that? They just put time and effort into this totally new product and workflow. It works and it’s silly-fast. It’s like asking for a physical keyboard for an iPhone. Ain’t gonna happen. We just need to accept that this is the new Final Cut product and use it, or move on (or back to) to another product.
It’s like that old southern joke (I live in Virginia, btw): How many southerners does it take to change a lightbulb? Six. One to change it and the other five to talk about how great the old lightbulb was!
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Marcus Moore] ” Are the same people who fix code bugs and improve performance the same people who design new UI and features?”
I would think there is a UX team and a coding team that work closely together to be sure the UI is coded and works as planned. Bug fixes and stability I would think would be on the code side.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
I guess I am trying to figure out what BMD is and what would be the priority?
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Also, does it worry anyone else that BMD is stretching thin and getting into everything?? I mean, it’s dizzying to look at their product pages.
As Avid found out, the money is in the hardware. You make no profit giving away software products. Software needs to sell hardware. Or at least that’s what it looks like from where I sit…
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
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[Mitch Ives] “Really no comparison, so unless you’ve spent time with R11, I’m not sure spending any time with R10 would allow you to reach any meaningful conclusions.”
We can be sure R11 will be track based, so in my opinion (only) that will make it slower than FCPX. Tracks will be great for some and unwelcome to others. I am personally much faster on X giving me more time to “tweak” creatively. Those looking for FCP8 will be happy. Premiere editors will be curious, to say the least.
Most color that I do can be accomplished in X so there would be no need for R11 on most jobs. Why force the issue if you can just quickly get it done it X (or any other software that is not R11 for that matter)?
However I will enjoy the ability to send those jobs that do need color over to R11 when locked and then back to X for audio, titles and delivery. And I will be learning R11 as it feels like a good place to go for future freelance opportunities.
Those are my “meaningful” conclusions (and only mine) at this point. I reserve the right to change any and all at any point! 🙂
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Agreed Marcus. Been doing a lot of testing with Resolve 10 and looking forward to 11. R10 has a long way to go, and no matter what they put into R11, I think X will be the superior editor. But, I am excited about the combination. Summer project will be to get very proficient on R11.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
I just use the hand tool to move around the timeline during playback. That way I can go back and and adjust audio on a clip or go forward and adjust color, etc., during playback.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter