Shawn Miller
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[Jerry Hofmann] ” X is the fastest NLE in the world, period.”
What if most of your work involves bouncing to and from After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator? Would FCPX still be faster than every other NLE on the planet? Perhaps workflow and function should be taken into consideration here. 🙂
Shawn
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[Gary Huff] “I find it amusing the way you phrased this. My first thought was, “I’ve been doing the impossible since 1999 and I didn’t even realize it?!?!””
lol – I had the same thought. I’ve also been doing creative work on Windows since the WinNT days.
[Walter Soyka] “I am only suggesting that Danny consider the strengths and weaknesses of all his options as he makes his choice, so I’m presenting the strengths and weaknesses of the PC platform (and trying to debunk some of what are falsely considered weaknesses) for consideration.”
I think Walter hits the nail on the head here (as usual). Windows isn’t perfect by any stretch, but the PC universe offers some great rewards for those who are willing to do some reseach and keep an open mind. Best of all, you can still run as many Macs as you want, it doesn’t have to be an all or nothing proposition.
Shawn
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[alban egger] “Sorry, Walter, but he talks 5 years, not several months.
I have both in my environment with different tasks (complete live-streaming setup and digital signage via Windows, Production via OSX) and there is no doubt Apple machines and OSX are better for professional work. There is practically no downtime, there are no driver-issues, there is no servicing. They just work. And whatever machine you build for your Windows….there will be the day when some software doesn´t support your graphics-card driver….you upgrade and mess with another program which needs the old one…..it just happens much more often Windows than in Mac (due to the fact that Mac hardware is indeed only limited in terms of new cards/main boards etc)”Sorry to disagree with your disagreement here, Alban. But this is not my experience with Windows PCs at all. I currently have two 7 year old Dell workstations in my care. Each still performing well, and each only going down for OS/software updates. I also have an 8 year old Windows Server 2003 machine in my care, it also goes down for system maintenance from time to time, but nothing like you’re describing. I have had problem PCs to be sure, but in those cases cheap/bad components and crappy drivers were to blame.
Shawn
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I think another thing to consider about AE, is its scalability. People are doing everything from simple motion graphics to complex, high end visual effects in AE. Not to denigrate Motion at all, I wish it were available on the PC. But you may want to think beyond what you’re being asked to do today, and consider how far you want to go in the future. Maybe Motion gets you as far as you care to go, maybe not. Either way, it probably deserves some thought.
Shawn
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[alban egger] “This was edited in FCPX, tracking and titles in After Effects, Grading on a real DaVinci, Sound in ProTools.
https://vimeo.com/45690368“Good work, this was done very well.
Shawn
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[alban egger] “Condition: FCPX, Motion, After Effects.”
Just curios, why the requirement for both Motion and AE, and how are you using them together? Also, how are you getting work in and out of FCPX to AE?
Shawn
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[Chris Harlan] “I should mention, though, that a few promo folks like our own John Davidson are keen to move forward with FCP X. I’m looking forward to going and seeing their X setup later this summer. I’m quite interested to see what they’ve got going.”
That is interesting, I would like to see if Motion starts to come more into play as well, as FCPX gains more uptake. I hope you and John will report back and let us know how X shakes out in the world of Promos.
Shawn
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[Chris Harlan] “So, in the promo world, I see Pr6 making a few waves.”
That’s interesting, I guess I just assumed that everyone in broadcast would just go Avid or Smoke. I’m really curious to see what the post landscape will look like in a few years… personally, I’m hoping to see a lot more diversity across tools, platforms and software providers. 🙂
Shawn
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[David Powell] ” …(there aren’t many jobs on Premiere either) its takes time, but is well worth it.”
It depends on what you do. You probably won’t find many PPro listings for broadcast work, but if you do corporate, motion graphics or or event work, you’re much more likely to encounter Premiere.
Shawn
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[Mark Dobson] “For someone working with file based formats, doing everything ‘in-house’ and delivering a file based end product what possible advantage is there in returning to FCP7 or Premier Pro?.“
I’m not sure if your question is rhetorical, but I’ll answer it simply by saying that you can do a lot more with the Creative Suite than you can with FCPX… even if you add Compressor and Motion.
“FCPX does everything I need to a really high, broadcast quality, standard with a minimum of fuss and complication.”
Fair enough… does this mean that others can’t do what they need to do using software other than FCPX?
Shawn