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[Claude Lyneis] “He has 3 million subscribers, I have 350. Oh well, we both use FCPX.
“I have 10,000 and I use FCPX, can you see a pattern developing 🙂
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Seasons greetings to you to Don and thanks to everyone for continually keeping this place so interesting!
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An interesting thread and some great points, the only thing I can add is that I don’t care what Apple chose to call them, it could have Hilda, Dennis and Gertrude, as far as I’m concerned. It took me about 10 mins to get used to the new names and that was that
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[Herb Sevush] “I get the feeling that most NLE software designers have a rather rudimentary knowledge of the history of their field and are not aware of some of the rather sublime features that many “dead” NLEs had that are worthy of consideration and emulation. it is very odd to be working on something in 2015 and wishing for a feature you used to have in 1998.
“Features like…..?
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Slamming up against the walls of an overly rigid interface is a classic instance of where pleasure turns to annoyance. There are interfaces that are designed with a very specific way of working in mind and it’s great when you stick to the designer’s notion of how you should work, and everything will feel fluid and easy. But the rigidity will quickly lead to frustration as soon as you want work in a way that the designer didn’t envisage. But then again, the same application can be rigid in some respects and flexible in others …”
I’m still hoping for some more customisation in FCPX, I actually like the interface a lot but I’d like to be able to change layouts as quickly as you can with other NLEs
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[Phil Lowe] “Let me assure you all that if I took the time to set up an audition for several clips, then called my reporter or news director over to ask them which one they liked on a news deadline, I would never work in news again! Same goes for audio! “
Clearly Phil is happy with his choice of NLE, is there a reason we are trying to convince him about FCPX?
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What that shows me is the ugly Avid timeline hasn’t changed a bit since I first used it in the 90’s!
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[Andrew Kimery] “so even the most steadfast attempts at organization and prior planning feel lacking.”
Which is where the ability to “skim” ALL of your footage really helps.
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As one of the “special breed” I feel I’m less Bernini and more Damien Hirst.
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[Charlie Austin] “Honestly, I feel that in general things here are much more civil than in the past. The civil discourse still gets derailed by the same people who’ve always derailed it. I try to ignore them. 🙂
“That’s sage advice for us all