Re: Article: Real World Editing: From Avid to FCP and Back Again

[tony west] "What's the hurry? They had been working in that 32 bit world all this time."

[tony west] "I don't watch ANY of those shows he listed so I was just wondering, after X adds features in a couple of months why couldn't it be used for shows like that?"

I can understand the situation some facilities are in when the work has a "seasonal" timeline having worked in that environment and had to be part of similar purchase decisions.

Once the work because for the season, they can't change horses. So even if FCPX were ideal with the next release, they'd be stuck where they are until next season. It then becomes a measure of value between staying with FCP7 for this season or moving to MC6. FCPX, since it's not ready now, even if it's great 8 weeks from now, has to be eliminated from a drop dead deadline decision that impacts the year.

BTW for the very reason is why I have no more trust in Avid (or any other company for that matter). Having dealt with the facility panic when Avid supposedly was leaving the Mac market. Suddenly, the season related work was a crisis budget decision that we had only a very short window to make a determination.

I know I do a lot of "crystal ball" here but do to current situations I don't trust Avid's decision making when I look at another possible scenario I haven't mentioned (besides Avid going under and parts being sold). I'll stop with that cliff hanger until someone pushes me to jump.