Posts by spliff monkey

Yes FCPX is the new bag of hurt. Quote: Originally Posted by CineFilm So X is missing key features that make it useless to me and I won't bother to enter the long list. I've read a lot of snarky comments like "you all have...

Quote: Originally Posted by akhomerun Should we stop using film? No. But to an independent film student making a film, FCP and the kind of digital technology have dramatically increased the accessibility of making professional or near...

Quote: Originally Posted by akhomerun Yeah I read wrong I dunno where I got my file size comment from. But those are major films where Final Cut was used and was useful. Whatever, it's not used for finishing, hell I don't even know...

Quote: Originally Posted by akhomerun If you say that all FCP was ever for was "offline edits" then what is your complaint exactly? Not one feature is finished? That's a overreaching statement. I'm sure File > Save works...

Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell That's true. It would require a third party component from AJA or Black Magic to convert RED files to QT. There's been plenty of rumor though that Apple is working with RED, Arri, Sony, Panasonic...

jersey, you should try it. FCPX seems like a great program built on a great engine and as long as you don't need certain standing features, you'll be fine and enjoy it allot from what I can tell. Ignore the bickering. We're just a vocal...

FCPX is NOT ready for a professional workflow. Maybe in a year. you have to understand that this is problematic for those of us that often purchase machines for a single job. A new machine outfitted with FCPX will not fit into our...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I cannot believe that Apple put all this effort into what some call iMovie Pro and walk away from their hard won FCS "Pro" clients. This is good stuff! DA, Honestly I hadn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by jlandd I believe you're referring to something other than what I was, which is EDL,OMF, XML in order to move work from one layer of the project to another, as well as being able to access one's own archives....

Apparently it falls on deaf ears... Excellent thoughts though. Apple was selling it as an evolution not a new App that dropped legacy support or it's ability to co-exist with current versions. Quote: Originally Posted by jlandd...