For instance, After Effects CS5.5 is going to support timecode finally (version 10.5) which is something I and others have been asking for since version 4 and before.
On the other hand, it's clear from the FCP-X interface that insert/overwrite/etc is still supported. I'm not sure why people think that standard editing tools won't still be there like extend edits, lifts, extracts, swops, slips, slides, ripple and rolls from the timeline and such. I mean maybe Randy should have demoed all that stuff to assuage the paranoid amongst us; but really, if you are trying to make a big splash wouldn't you focus on what's new in the app? I can just imagine all the ooohs and aaaahs in the Supermeet crowd, "now watch this Insert Edit!"
Here is a quoted comment from a fellow named Ronny Courtens (who appears to have seen more of FCP-X) on Walter Biscardi's blog page:
"As to your concern about FCP X:
You are correct that the new GUI may take some time to adapt to. But althhough It looks a bit like iMovie that's where the comparison ends. While in iMovie you are stuck with the specific iMovie way of editing, in FCPX you can edit exactly the same way you as did in FCP7. You can just open clips in the viewer, place in and out points, use 3-point editing etc. And if you don't wish to use the advaced timeline features your timeline will look much like any timeline in FCP, Avid or PPro.
But if you wish you can also use some handy extra features that were taken from iMovie (such as skimming in timeline and viewer) as well as lots of advanced features that are specific to this new app. These of course will take time to get used to, but many of them really seem worth while learning. The new application is still being beta tested and it remains to be seen what Apple will add or drop in the final version.
I don't mind getting used to a new interface and new features IF this adds functionality and speed to my current workflow. When we switched from Avid to FCP it took some time to adapt to the different GUI, but editing was the same and the GUI was quickly forgotten. I still switch from FCP to Avid and PPro on rare occasions and frankly this does not bother me.
Best wishes,
Ronny"
James
On Apr 17, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Philip Hodgetts wrote:
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> On Apr 17, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
> >
> > In some instances, I think this may mean more work, not less. Maybe it's 6 of one, half-dozen of the other? I guess we'll have to wait and see... but I can mark I/O and drag a sub clip/seq to a "Work" bin of my choice pretty quickly.
>
> Sure. If you drag the selection to a "bin" it's tagged with that keyword and appears in the bin.
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> > Hmmmm.... I guess with this you'd highlight a section, bring up a dialog window, type in the word 'work'?
>
> Or do that.
>
> > Hmmm... interesting and useful. But users should have the ability to work the way they are most comfortable. I agree with Shirley when she talked about feeling as if Apple were being patronizing ("We know what you need more than you do"). Pay attention Avid folks . . . have I mentioned Interface Settings enough yet? ;)
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