Last night at the Supermeet in London Larry Jordan did seem to hint quite heavily that some of these problems eg multicam, would be fixed quite soon - he gave a timeframe of within two months before the first update. That's not to say multicam would be in within two months, that's just to say that he believes apple are listening and aware of the situation - he quoted from an email sent to him from apple. As for OMF, AAF, EDL etc. this will basically be a third party only solution. Both red giant and saphire have plugins ready to work with fcpx too. The quote was apple have left "big hooks" into the program for developers to create the tools people need. Still, i don't have to pay $500 to export an OMF in MC. By the time you pay for all the functionality you had in FCP7 or have in MC you will have spent another few thousand quid. Which is rubbish. Bring on MC 6.0!
Andi
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
From: dylan@dylan.wibble.net
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:23:49 +1200
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] What will Avid do?
I really doubt Apple will fix them quickly. Or possibly at all.
Dylan Reeve
http://dylanreeve.com/
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 5:15 PM, op <owen@thenowcorporation.com> wrote:
> **
>
>
> 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/
> > > >>
> > > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
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