Scott Witthaus
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Hey kevin –
can I ask you about what you paid for that drive? Just upped my Ram to 2 gig anyway, so….
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just be aware of that 41 gig of space needed if you want to load EVERYTHING from Studio on your PB….wow.
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I am just trying to change the image in the current background layer. How is this done?
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No. Why should Apple repeat the cross-platform mistakes of Avid?
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[Adam Duplay] “This discussion would not be complete without mentioning the 650+ post thread on avid.com about the release of FCP 5. Check out the Avid Xpress Pro Mac Forum. “
yeah, that thread is a pretty good barometer on how some avid folk (myself included) felt about the announcements at NAB.
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[wild man goose] “The thing that is killing Avid is that their products are more expensive. They have editing systems that you have to spend alot of money on and I think people are tired of it.”
Besides price, what is really hurting avid right now is a lack of focus on a integrated product line. What used to be the main competitor with FCP, Avid Express Pro, has its potential cut off because Avid can’t let it get so good as to compete with its own Avid Adrenaline, which costs $15,000 or so more. Adrenaline can’t get too robust as a product, because it will compete with Avid Symphony Nitris at $90,000. Same for Symphony to DS, although I would say DS is a dead product within 24 months.
So while Avid has to play competitive games in its OWN product line, Apple happily focuses on one product or bundle of products that just plain work, and now compete with all levels of Avid offerings….at $1299.00. Ouch.
Avid still has a HUGE installed user base, but it would not be too far a stretch to say that Apple is way ahead in new product deliveries and is eroding the traditional Avid markets. Good for us!
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[Jerry Hofmann] “Simply put, from what I saw at NAB this year, there’s not an Avid editor whose not contemplating a switch to FCP…”
This is SO true. I think Avid was totally blindsided by what happened at NAB this year. FCP5 Studio competes in some way with every product Avid has to offer. I went to both preview shows on the Sunday before the show, and it was like night and day.
I am an Avid editor who learned FCP in the last three years. I now have one of each and the FCP suite will be upgraded to 5 ASAP. Not sure what to do with the old Meridien. If I were starting right now, Avid would not even get a look, pc or mac. Go for the FCP.
my humble opine.
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[Shane Ross] “I assume you have a Powerbook? that allows for an additional monitor that will “span” and not just mirror what you have on the laptop monitor. Get the Dell 2500 Wide Aspect 20″ Flat Panel monitor. $500. Sharp.”
yes on the Powerbook. Anything with a smaller footprint that you would advise. My desk is mall enough as it is!
thanks for the quick reponse…
sw
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
http://www.greybox.cc