Well, considering he's talking about film professionals, I doubt he cares much about multicam since not many directors shoot multicam.
That's not my experience at all. I think most films shoot with multiple cameras for some portion of production.
Well, considering he's talking about film professionals, I doubt he cares much about multicam since not many directors shoot multicam.
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We've all heard people wondering what on earth Apple is thinking with - that they have completely lost it - in the past. Often it turns out that Apple actually had some good ideas (that took time to develop properly), and the outcry is conveniently forgotten. (Apart from funny threads like the ones about the iPod at launch for example.)
After talking with people from other video houses and my own experience at my company, I think its too late for FCP X. Even if in a year all the pro features are back.
The professional community has lost trust in Apples pro line.
steveOooo said:what about dvd authoring?
surely with compressor being complete tosh, there is no way to author from fcpx - proper dvd authoring, not using toast.
So... Im happy-ish using fcp7 for now - it crashes, trashing prefs. still as tedious as ever to keep it alive (feels old and creaky).
I have CS5 master collection on my mac, I used premiere 6.5 2002-2004 at college, certainly more fcp than going to avid (of course avid charge when bumping up .2/.3 osx iterations, from when I have Avid xpress pro 4.?)
With the master collection, is there dvd authoring (like DVD studio Pro?) Or third party (apples fav two words) apps either on mac or PC (im looking to get a desktop soon, could actually be saving a few £s and getting a PC tower! if all im using is Premiere)
The FCPX saga is getting a little tired now (for me at least), but I appreciate some people are concerned about the future of software they depend on. These things usually work out pretty well in the long run -- look at the initial reaction to OS X, for instance, as highlighted by HP the other day. As a programmer I've personally been through several major shifts in the platforms I work with over the years. Again, it always worked out pretty well, and I'm actually very glad that people are always trying to change and improve stuff that we come to take for granted. It keeps things fresh and interesting.
Closest thing to an admission of fault we'll ever get from Apple, I'd say.
People will still need to keep FCP7 installed, since they might have to go back and work on older project. What a silly thing to leave out...
I suspect a third party might release some kind of conversion tool.
Yes, it upsets me because they sold a piece of software that is basically useless for film professionals and are planning on charging additional fees for functionality. It borders on criminal.
Translation "booo hoo I'm mad because I have to spend $299+ some plugins when programs like this used to cost $10,000+"
A "Film Professional" should be able to afford it considering they dropped the price down to $299.
Steve maybe a good showman but holy sh-tballs he has a long way to go when it comes to clearly communicating information to customers who rely on Apple products for their bread and butter.
That is often true with hobbiest and individual professionals. But not with companies that invest 10s if not 100s of thousands of dollars in professional software. The time its takes FCP X to develop is money and clients lost.
Companies will not base their future on a piece of software that might come out good in an unknown time frame while their competitors go with proven, trusted alternatives available today.
Quark Express fell behind the curve. Indesign became an industry standard.
Aldus Freehand fell behind the curve. Illustrator became an industry standard.
Adobe Premier fell behind the curve and Final Cut became an industry standard.
History has a way of repeating itself
Facts aren't a friend to you, I see.Translation "booo hoo I'm mad because I have to spend $299+ some plugins when programs like this used to cost $10,000+"
A "Film Professional" should be able to afford it considering they dropped the price down to $299.
Sure, there are things missing.. for big post houses, they are gaping holes. But really the holes only reside in the sharing of a project between other apps for further post work.. (save for multi-cam support)...
I don't disagree with what you are saying overall but sharing of projects for further post work is critical for some workflows.
I fail to understand why everyone thinks crippled FCP X is such a great deal. Looking at this new pathetic FCP X 3rd party "upgrade" path you'll have to spend $1k just have half of FC Studio 3 features, not to mention that Color, Soundtrack, DVD Studio and Cinema Tools are dead. And what happens when FCP X gets a new paid feature (that should have been there from the start)? Do you have to dish out another $299? With this new Mac App store distribution BS I hardly see any upgrade pricing.
My girlfriend just got her FCP X refund. She's no pro, but as a final project for her masters she had to shoot and edit a documentary. FCP X came out just before she started editing. She bought it thinking that she'll be able to do all her editing at home instead of spending countless hours in school's FCP 7 labs. That was the idea.... until she got into importing all her Panasonic P2 footage...rest is history.
Even from a non-pro perspective, Apple pissed on every single FCP 7 user. They really need to use some of those magnetic powers on their brain cells - they're completely out of sync with reality.
I believe the lack of communication, while creating FCPX through now... IS the communication. Translation: Apple is done with the pro market.
Once you accept that, FCPX looks quite good, if not brilliant.
Final Cut Pro X: there's a 3rd party plugin for that
And that is a good thing.
Why should I have to pay extra for Apple to include something like Export to Tape which I will never use? Those that need it can go get the plug in.