Re: apple reinvents the pen and cave painting!

you missed my point...i was in no way comparing photoshop to fcp or any other program. i was simply stating that in the good old days before there was photoshop, people created images in a different manner and with different skills and techniques...(real photo techniques done in the darkroom like dodging and burning and cross processing and real airbrushing and all kinds of other imaging methods) photoshop brought these creative tools to the masses in much the same way fcpx is doing for video.....love it or hate it, it is the way forward and anyone who doesn't want to change will soon be left out.....just check out the new version of avid composer..the thing looks exactly like fcpx...right down to the newly designed controls and dark grey backgrounds....i totally agree that fcpx is not the best choice right now for the pros and maybe thats a good thing...we can still keep using our old outdated software...but to listen to the pros carry on about having to do things different is like listening to some grumpy old man who is so set in his ways that he refuses to change.....i never thought that i would see the decline in film productions during my 35+ years as a telecine op/colorist, but i'm sure grateful that i made the switch when i did.....if i hadn't i'd be sitting outside starbucks with my empty cup begging for quarters, but instead i embraced the new way of doing things and have managed to carve out a brand new and exciting career for myself...and thats the real power! you should always be open to change! now everyone stop bitching and get some work done or retire and leave it to the next wave of brilliant minds to take over!