[Shawn Miller]

“And do you think that PC makers are going to make PCs forever?”

Some just might, you’re talking about an industry, not a single company. Obviously, some if not most PC intergrators will continue to cater to consumers. But not all of them.

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

“PC users lost out on that one.”

Yup, along with Shake and Logic. I almost bought the former six months before the aqusition.
It was interesting to watch the recations… for the most part, Mac users loved it and thought it was a great opportunity for Wndows users to “switch”. I think most PC users switched to Sonar or Cubase out of protest.

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

Hey Michael,

Not much to disagree with there. Then again, I started my career on the audio side of post-production. Hopefully, rubadub gets integrated into Audition as well as Premiere Pro. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

[Michael Gissing] “Why put this software in an edit tool? It needs to be in the software that is being used to record the ADR sessions so that sync and performance can be checked before sending the fixed files back to the edit. Hands up how many times editors have been sent un synced ADR to fit.”

Hi Michael,

I think it depends on the kind of work you do. This year, I’ve done a fair number of projects in which I cut animations and still images to scratch dialog tracks, and then replaced the audio with a final voice over (a workflow I don’t approve of, but can’t change). In those cases, rubadub would be perfect. I think it would be great in any workflow in which final dialog has to match rough audio… much better than having to tweak the edit IMO.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

“I am cautious, however, that that’s going to be the bulk of the “day to day” editing done over the next few decades. A few hundred feature films make a whole lot of money, but for every one of them, there are likely tens of thousands of “everyday” business videos created to drive financial results. I suspect that FCP-X is targeting this larger, more diverse group of productions with X.”

Maybe Dennis can correct me if I’m wrong, but this is where (I believe) a large portion of Premiere Pro users already are. I’ve been in corporate media production for about 15 years, and for the most part, this is what I’ve seen in this space; small to medium sized shops (internal and external) using the Production Suite for day to day work… mostly on Windows. Can Apple lure Premiere Pro/After Effects/Photoshop users away with FCPX and Motion? Maybe… but I would be very surprised if they could. I think I’ve said this before, but an updated 64bit FCP Studio with updated Shake might have been compelling enough to make me SERIOUSLY consider buying a Mac (heck, even just an updated Shake)… FCPX and Motion don’t seem to show as much promise to me. Maybe other Adobe CSx.x users can chime in here, but from where I sit, Adobe’s respect and commitment to its user base and its integration story seem really hard to match… Apple would have to show me a lot more to even make FCPX an option.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

I would criticize you for this, if I was any good at spelling. 🙂

[Shawn Miller]

“When I say network, I don’t mean connecting to the Internet, I mean our shared storage network which is a mixture of fibre and Ethernet that has Macs, Windows, and a Linux box attached to it, all for video reasons.”

I think you’re describing what most of us (probably) think of as IT functions and responsibilities. What I’m getting at (and I think this may have been Herb’s point as well), is that OS choice is much less of an issue for folks with more narrowly defined jobs/roles (editor, motion graphics artist, VFX artist, etc.). If I’m spending more time working in Windows (for example) than After Effects or Premiere, then yes, there is something wrong with my workflow. I think this is probably true for anyone doing creative work in post-production.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

“And I spend more time doing windows OS stuff more than all of our macs combined, which part of my educated decision to stick with MacOS. There’s nothing wrong with my “workflow” it’s all necessary stuff as we ask a decent amount of our network.”

What I was responding to was Herb’s statement “..using Windows as a platform for a NLE is a lot less daunting then you make it.” In that context, I believe my friend’s thoughts are right on. IMO, most creative professionals have moved on from these silly platform debates… admittedly there are devotees of every OS, but I think most of us care more about tools, techniques and workflows. If you want to approach the discussion from an IT standpoint, then I suppose there are arguments to be made… but it seems like those things might be better discussed with other IT professionals.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

“ON the other hand, using Windows as a platform for a NLE is a lot less daunting then you make it. You don’t need to open the command line prompt to open PPro on a windows box.”

This reminds me of something a friend of mine used to say (he writes 3D software tools)… “If you’re spending more time in your OS than in your applications, there’s probably something wrong with your workflow”. 🙂

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

I would guess that this is Trapcode’s Particular… no way to tell what the host application is.

Shawn