It's just that Apple will fix these issues quickly, so to gain users Avid must move quickly and boldy!
owen
On Jun 23, 2011, at 11:54 PM, Dylan Reeve wrote:
> 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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