Steve Connor
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Anything sitting alone in the Browser is a “clip” – lifeless and inert until it is actually joined by another “clip”.
That’s the point I am trying to emphasise.
Skimming across clips doesn’t render them any less lifeless and inert, for the simple reason that no conjunctions exist.
“So what would improve this? Do you feel somehow constrained by the current NLE models?
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[Simon Ubsdell] “The notion that clips themselves are the fundamental building blocks of story-telling is a very unhelpful one”
Is that an actual notion? Clips are just containers, they’re NOT the building blocks. The shots IN the clips are the building blocks surely? Clips are a convenient way of storing shots and in fact in FCPX with the skimmer, my entire library of clips becomes one single “clip” with all my shots within. In other NLE’s a stringout timeline does the same thing.
[Simon Ubsdell] “What I am looking for is an NLE that maximises the ease of creating and manipulating the sub-journeys that are the lifeblood of the edit.”
How would this be achieved apart from using AI to actually perform some or all of the editing for us?
[Simon Ubsdell] “An editing model that sees editing as merely the transfer of clips to the finished timeline (without recognising the essential importance of sub-journeys) is a profoundly misleading one.
But this is the dominant NLE model and it’s one that many editors buy into unthinkingly.”
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[Simon Ubsdell] “We have seen the future and it doesn’t have Apple’s name on it any more.
“Yes we have and in that future Google will harvest every SINGLE bit of your data you happily give them and will sell it to anyone who wants to pay for it. Google’s innovation is astounding, but there’s a price to pay for it and if you’re happy to pay it then great. Me I’d rather buy into Apple’s “vision” of privacy and respect for your personal data.
But I do agree it should be Apple doing this and I can only imagine there’s no real business case for them to spend the money on it if they’re not going to market the data that’s gathered from it
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[Simon Ubsdell] “It is truly one of the miracles of modern commerce that a corporation as clueless, as visionless and with as few actual products to offer and with even fewer ever likely to see the light of day, is still the most profitable ever.”
Utter tosh (I’ve never used the word “tosh” online before)
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[Al Bergstein] “I felt the move to X was extremely poorly handled and showed a lack of respect for the customer.”
Not many people will disagree with the fact that the launch was handled badly!
[Al Bergstein] “I have loved working on Pr (and it’s tight integration with Audition and AE).”
That’s great, despite what some of the more ardent FCPX evangelists say, it is a great NLE with some excellent features and if you love working with then good for you!
[Al Bergstein] “But I’m not convinced any of us have a future on Apple’s platforms”
I was starting to entertain thoughts like that as well a while ago, but I think Apple have moved to reassure Pros in the last few months and I’m a lot more confident now. However if I was editing on PPro only I’d be very tempted to switch back to PC as there definitely seems to be advantage to running it on Nvidia Cards
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[Al Bergstein] “The lack of trust has just recently been shown again as we start to hear that the Macintosh operating system team has been dismantled. “
Not sure that’s actually true?
[Al Bergstein] “This can only point to one thing, that Apple is betting the whole farm on the iOS operating system. The fact that Apple is not discussing this publicly is another example of poor marketing on their point to this piece sector of the market. “
They have, they’ve said they’re not! https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/19/tim-cook-still-opposed-to-merging-mac-ipad/
[Al Bergstein] “The latest products in the laptop market from them are underwhelming from a professional standpoint. “
Products are fine, just need inelegant dongles
[Al Bergstein] “Apple has done little to convince us that they won’t do another FCP switch again.”
Well they’ve just released iMac Pro, also going to release a new Mac Pro as well, would be a bit stupid of them to discontinue FCPX after doing that
[Al Bergstein] “They could dump us all tomorrow, and it would not affect their bottom line at all.”
True, but it also wouldn’t affect mine as I would simply switch to Premiere or Resolve.
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[Dennis Kutchera] “At the end of the day, did you enjoy your work, were you able to meet the client’s expectations and did both the client and you make money from the job? If so, you are on the right track. If you are trying to force Mac or Windows, FCP X or Premiere down everyone’s throat because of some idealogical or illogical reason, you are making a huge mistake. I’ll use the best tool for the job. I’ve recommended all three of the Big A’s to different projects at different times. You don’t use a Lawnboy to trim the grass on a sports field, even though it cuts grass; you find the right machine fitted to the job.”
Brilliant, even gets a lawnmower analogy in, thanks Dennis. I might slightly disagree with some of your conclusions but that last para nails it!
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[Michael Hancock] ”
The hardest part isn’t learning to use software for a job – it’s learning which software to use for a job.”Utterly right, that’s it, pack up the forum we’re all done here. We have the correct answer!
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[Michael Locke] “You guys are all legends, and I’ve yet exist, but the word I don’t think I’ve heard is “disposable” for Apple software.”
Because FCP 7 still works, FCPX is quite a few years old now, Apple are clearly still committed to it – disposable doesn’t really apply!
Perhaps if you compare it Avid, but in that case everything is disposable, personally I like things shaken up every few years. If I wanted glacial change I’d still be editing on Avid
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[Oliver Peters] “Not snarky. Just a wink!”
Ha! Don’t mind me, I’m just blasting out a few posts as I’m in danger of losing my number 37 spot in the COW “Hall of Fame”