Re: [Avid-L2] My Beef With Avid’s Mr. T+

Node based FX would probably need a complete rewrite of the FX and playback engine. It would also break compatibility.

It is a nice dream though.

DQS


> On May 5, 2020, at 1:22 PM, Marcel B. <bncrcaxlr@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Everything you mentioned and more are the many reasons I stopped my Avid evolution at 2018.12.10.
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> The issue is Avid lacking the good old common sense of adding instead of replacing features.
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> Being old is not the reason.
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> Marcel
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>> On 05/05/2020 12:53, Johnathon Amayo wrote:
>> I was having an offline conversation with Roger about why T+ rubs me the wrong way and I thought I'd open it to the forum for answers. Maybe I'm missing something and as Mr. T would say.... "I pity the fool who don't ask for help!"
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>> FIrst I hate the small new text edit window. I know I sound like one of those grumpy old men yelling at the kids to turn down their music, but damn it's small. And we all use high res monitors.
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>> Second, I never liked the Advanced Effect Editor. Always felt clunky and never understood why Avid didn't implement node based effects like resolved (i.e. non-linear effects instead of linear stacking). And the original Title Tools was archaic but easy to use. This feels like going from my old Jeep Wrangler with easy to access engine maintenance to my new car which i couldn't tell you even how to get to the headlights on.
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>> And "Stepping in/Out|Nesting" was soooo easy to add title filler. It's not horrible in the new method but Avid didn't make it easy or more efficient in my humble opinion.
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>> Lastly I loved using BCC'S "Add to Title Matte," and then stacking tons of unique BCC FXs on my simple title from title tool but with BCC, turns it into something awesome. And like Hall & Oates, she's gone!
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>> If anyone knows the answers to the last one, I might ease up with my beef with Avid's Mr. T+.
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>> Thanks for listening to me on my soap box. Again, I feel like maybe my real issue is I'm just getting old.
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>> Johnathon
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