That might be a bit extreme, but surely some acknowledgement of the
dissatisfaction of FCP users is due in as public a way as possible, I'm
holding my breath for it :)
Dylan Reeve
http://dylanreeve.com/
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 3:43 PM, op <owen@thenowcorporation.com> wrote:
> I'll say it again-
> if avid had any sense of how to seize a moment ,they would make the fcp to
> avid 5.5 trade up deal at $599. and throw in phrase find for FREE NOW!
> "Avid's Independence Day for Professional Editors Limited offer starts July
> 4th ends Oct 1st."
>
> Owen
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 23, 2011, at 9:53 PM, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I just this moment sent the following to an associate at Avid:
> >
> > Some thoughts to pass along to the muckity-mucks at Avid.
> > I saw this blog post which may be of interest to Avid and the Marketing
> folks there.
> >
> > Quote from the end of http://www.onerivermedia.com/blog/?p=294:
> > "I admittedly had strong animosity towards Avid back in those days. I
> still think theyＳe a bit of a pompous company, if ya ask me, but at this
> point, I feel joining the dark side of Media Composer may end up being the
> best thing for us at this juncture. I know at the very least it wont hurt us
> in trying, and if it meets or exceeds our expectations, then all the
> better."
> >
> > I say:
> > NOW IS THE TIME for Avid to woo those new customers. It is time to help
> dispel the concept of Avid as "pompous" and as "the dark side," and to
> alleviate some of the (admittedly silly) animosity that exists. Avid
> really, really needs to extend the $995 offer to FCP people. They can run a
> campaign saying that they could have gouged people and put the price back to
> $2.5K, but they are instead extending the $995 offer for 60 more days (or
> whatever).
> >
> > I agree with you... The iron is RED HOT!
> >
> > Benjamin
> > ---
> > Benjamin Hershleder
> > http://ContactBen.com
> > http://Hershleder.com
> >
> > Wear It In Post!
> > Fun T-shirts, mousepads, mugs & more
> > for Post Production Professionals
> > http://www.WearItInPost.com
> >
> > On Jun 23, 2011, at 6:38 PM, Dylan Reeve wrote:
> >
> >> So FCP X is useless for TV and Film editing (and weddings too
> apparently,
> >> lack of multicam is a killer there) - what's Avid going to do?
> >>
> >> They had their crossgrade offer going but that expired last week (or did
> >> it?)
> >>
> >> FCP users are starting to look at their future coices - and the option
> is
> >> pretty much Premiere Pro or Media Composer. I think Avid needs to take
> >> action to try and make Media Composer more attractive to those who are
> >> looking to the future...
> >>
> >> The concerns of FCP editor seem to mostly be about project continuity
> (can
> >> they access their archived FCP projects) and hardware support (can they
> use
> >> their Kona and Decklink cards) - presently the answer on both counts is
> Yes
> >> for Premiere Pro and No for Media Composer. I'd like to believe that
> Media
> >> Composer 6 will change those things, but if it is going to then Avid
> needs
> >> to let us know that now - even if it won't be shipping for a while, so
> >> people can have some idea what to expect.
> >>
> >> Last year I listed some of what I hoped to see in MC6 -
> >> http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/avid/2010/great-expectations.html - Some
> of
> >> them are even more important now.
> >>
> >> I know Avid has rules and regulations that restrict what it can say
> about
> >> future products, but there must be some way? Microsoft teases details of
> >> products are are a year or more away.
> >>
> >> Dylan Reeve
> >> http://dylanreeve.com/
> >>
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> >>
> >>
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