Ok its obvious you are just trying to be disagreeable. First, no, I don't know the person and I don't need to. The attitude alone is of a person who I do not wish to ever work with since I have worked with people like that in the past and all they tend to do is hinder progress by being stuck in the past and criticizing anything that may make their, and others jobs easier.
I'm not trying to be disagreeable I'm just wondering why you are bashing someone you don't even know based on what a friend of a friend posted on the internet. Also, I still don't know you why keep saying this friend of a friend of the OPs is against change when the person suggests a change to Premiere Pro because that app appears to suit their needs better than what they saw at FCP X's demo. If the person was really stuck in the past don't you think they'd be saying, "Well, I'm just going to keep using FCP 7 until the day I die" and not "I'm going to learn a new program that looks to fit my needs better than the next version of FCP"?
Second, I don't know what crowd you saw but watching the NAB video everyone seemed to be happy about it.
I talked to editors I know that went to the event as well as read multiple first hand accounts. While seeing things like the new wave forms in the timeline or compound clips are cool I'm going to save my unequivocal acceptance of FCP X for after it starts shipping and real editors are using it on real projects. I can't really give any weight to someone's opinion that FCP X is the best thing since sliced bread, or the work of the devil, before anyone has even used it.
No where did Apple say they removed any features so I'm not sure where everyone who claims Apple is "dumbing things down" is coming from.
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But then I said: “I probably would not want to edit a feature film with that application based on the demo I saw tonight.” My statement seemed quite intriguing to this Apple guy. I went on to explain that, of course, there’s so much we don’t know about FCP X that you have to take that statement at face value, more of a generalization based only on what they didn’t show us in the demo.
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Then he asked me a question that really summed up what we saw in FCP X. He asked if I was around for Final Cut Pro 1.0 some 10 years ago? I responded ‘Of course! That finally gave me an Avid at home.” He then asked: “Would you have edited a feature film in Final Cut Pro 1.0?” I probably would not have edited a feature in FCP 1.0
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He said that he thinks of FCP X more like a 1.0 production. “A rebooting of Final Cut Pro” I said. “Exactly” was the response.
I disagree with the people that say "It looks like iMovie, it must be dumbed down" because I don't care all that much if it looks like iMovie as long as it performs like a professional app. On one hand it's nice to hear that all apps should pay attention to ColorSync but on the other hand the magnetic timeline does look like it's designed to hold someone's hand who just shovels media onto the timeline haphazardly and I hope it can be turned off (or that there's an 'alternate' mode or something that, like so much else, they just didn't show).
With the Apple rep saying FCP X should be viewed as a V.1 reboot it would only be logical to assume that it will lack some features that a mature product like FCP 7 would have. Which is why I keep speculating that FCP 7 and FCP X will be support concurrently for a time. Much like how iMovie 6 had some features iMovie '08 did not and both versions were available for a time. Doing a complete rewrite of something as complex as an NLE is a major undertaking and it only makes sense to focus on the core of the app first and then build out features from there. Anyone who was calling for a complete rewrite of FCP but does not expect some bumps in the road during the transitional period was being excessively optimistic, IMO.
It just seems like there is never anyone who can't do anything but bash nice new features in software that comes out.
The software isn't even out yet, so like I keep saying, passing judgement on it (either positively or negatively) is completely pointless. Why do you seem to consider anything but absolute praise bashing? I've mentioned things I'm looking forward to about FCP X as well as things that have me concerned. Editing isn't just my livelihood but my passion so why wouldn't I be critical of the tools I use?
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