On 19 Dec 2011, at 15:55, Dan McCabe wrote:
> Having noted and appreciated the well written and extremely
> polite posts of Mr. Shufflebottom over the years, I hope Avid
> realizes that when the functioning of Composer makes Roger write
> "WTF," it is the equivalent of 500-1000 words of vitriol from
> most of us.
>
> D.
>
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011, at 09:25 PM, Roger wrote:
>
> We've had some comments recently on reduced functionality in MC6
> (text entry etc). While I applaud the progress in some areas
> (performance, added AMA formats) I feel that the programmers have
> taken over from the editors somewhat on this release.
> Now the Superbin is gone, I've already pointed out that you can't
> open another bin into the designated tabbed bin window. On a
> laptop, having many bins open as tabs mean that the bin names are
> truncated as the display area reduces as each extra bin is
> dragged in. Also (maybe already noted), If we wish to drag clips
> from one bin to another (already open) tabbed bin, we can't
> without dragging that bin out of the tabbed window, dragging
> clips across and then dragging the bin back into the tabbed bin
> window. WTF? With the Superbin, we could simply drag the clips on
> to another bin name in the Project window. Done, in one
> operation.
> Other observations:
> 1) Selecting 'Volume' (AKA 'Auto gain') for a Timeline display, I
> don't see a level overlay until the first KF is added. Is this by
> design or a bug? This is Mac OS 10.6.8. Showing Clip levels
> displays the overlay immediately.
> 2) Now we can see multiple effects in the Effect Editor and drag
> them to change priority (well, with some of them), it is about
> time we could drag further effects directly into the Effect
> Editor instead of alt-dragging to a clip in the Timeline or
> stepping in.
> 3) Now that most effects are RT (green dot), maybe it is time
> that the dot colouring convention was modified to indicate which
> effects do NOT have keyframe graphs (Paint etc) as this would
> help those editors new to MC and lacking the knowledge as to how
> and why we got here.
> 4) And finally - why are Locators suddenly Markers? Maybe Avid
> are retaliating because FCP-X calls a Project an Event and a
> Sequence a Project? Following this logic, I imagine that bins
> will be next for the chop. Bin? Why should I store my good stuff
> in a bin?
> Oh - and the GUI looks very flat and dull. As others have noted,
> can we please have a choice of button contours back again? And
> the text in the contextual menus looks verrry small on my 27"
> iMac (and cannot be changed as far as I can see).
> With best wishes,
> Roger Shufflebottom
> [1]rogershuff@yahoo.co.uk
> +44 7973 543 660
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> References
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> 2. mailto:rogershuff@yahoo.co.uk?subject=Re%3A%20MC6%20functionality
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With best wishes,
Roger Shufflebottom
rogershuff@yahoo.co.uk
+44 7973 543 660
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