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Michael Cioni speaks about FInal Cut X on TechMediaPlanet podcast -

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I don't think anyone has posted this link about Michael Cioni's thoughts on Final Cut X yet:

http://techmediaplanet.com/2011/07/episode-26-final-cut-pro-x/

I don't really care one way or another about the conclusions, personally - time will tell and the marketplace will decide whether Final Cut X is a good move or a bad one -

I just think it's fun to hear Michael think out loud....he always brings a forward-thinking and fresh perspective to the discussion.
 
X as in TEN!

X as in TEN!

How is it possible that industry professionals continue to call it Final Cut Pro "EX", and not the correct name, Final Cut Pro "TEN"? Pardon my slightly off-topic response, but it really annoys me-- almost as much as it annoys me when people spell SCARLET™ with a double "T".

Rant over.
 
I feel like Michael's brain is very effectively rendering things in the background at all times :)
 
Fabián Aguirre said:
How is it possible that industry professionals continue to call it Final Cut Pro "EX", and not the correct name, Final Cut Pro "TEN"?
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Easy. No one thinks of it as Final Cut Pro 10 (e.g. as some kind of upgrade to Final Cut Pro 7). Everyone thinks of it as a new video editor, like the old In Name Only.
 
He totally gets it from every perspective.

This software is very powerful and it's easy to produce high quality stuff NOW.

There is so much power when you get down and dirty with it.

Embrace. It's the best way forward.

David
 
David Battistella said:
He totally gets it from every perspective.

This software is very powerful and it's easy to produce high quality stuff NOW.

There is so much power when you get down and dirty with it.

Embrace. It's the best way forward.

David
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Well said, David. Succinct, articulate... and accurate! :thumbup1:
 
Hmmm... - I am strangely unimpressed. Not by Michael Cioni's obvious intelligence and ability to put things into a bigger context -
but by what I see.

Yes, there is obvious horsepower. But does it tickle my fancy that the timeline keeps playing while I am changing things ?
No. Because I only have one set of eyes and they usually look into the same direction.
So once I start changing something in my timeline I really do not care if the timeline is still playing back in a completely different
spot in the edit.

The preview of the filters is neat, but quite honestly I usually have a very good idea what my filters will look like. Plus I can
only watch one filter, when usually several filters need to be layered to achieve what I have in mind.

It is quite impressive how everybody seems to be focusing on those gadgets, when for me as an editor different things matter.

- how stable is the data base ? will my project with 1000 edits and 1500 effects start crashing when I am about to finish and
I am scrambling to meet a deadline ?
- how well can I organize my workflow and exchange that with other collaborators ? Like a sound editor opens my OMF in
ProTools and immediately knows what content is on which track because I can assign them according to industry conventions ?
- lack of XML. We are on a Red forum. Where everybody shoots Raw. Really ?

I think it is great that this is the tool of the future. But it is released right now. People are paying money for it right now.
And people try to work with it right now.

It might be nit picking but as a filmmaker I kind of rely on things that work in the now...
 
Axel, all of these new features are useful and worthwhile. They may not be significant but they do slightly enhance productivity. The only thing is that features like "timeline keeps playing while editing", "scopes keep updating while playing", "previewing project without opening", "magnetic timelines" and just about everything in that demonstration have been part of Vegas Pro for several years now! So, I have qualms with these things being called "revolutionary" or even "new". The Share feature is pretty cool, it will definitely be useful for some editors.

Also, what kind of footage is that? 2K @ <24fps is extremely disappointing and shows a serious lack of power for a Macbook Pro 15.

The background rendering thing is once again disappointing - there should be no need for rendering of any sort in this day and age. Everything should play natively and in real time without any rendering or transcoding whatsoever.

I would be very impressed if this podcast was from 2007 - these features would be truly new. But today, they just aren't impressive.
 
The problem isnt whats in it or what it can offer in future its whats not in it which was the supprise and what we need right now. lets hope it works out long term but preferably sooner.
 
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