Re: apple reinvents the pen and cave painting!

Tim,

It's not a comparison of FCP-X and Photoshop itself.

It's a comparison to the introduction and development PATHS that each took. (but I guess that's WAY too complex an idea for some here to grasp.)

Those of us who truly had to struggle with adopting and then waiting months, or even years, for our early software to mature into robust professional tools - are TRYING to pass along the hard won wisdom that 1st gen software has traditionally and TYPICALLY been a process of trial, revision, and then success or failure as maturity is reached.

Today, the squalling children want it both PERFECT and RIGHT NOW. (and as a father, I understand that as well as most.) But it's not how large strides in technological evolution works and it will never be.

Apple, more than others has proved this over and over and over again. When you see where the market might move - you go there EARLY. You don't wait until everyone is already there before you set up your play.

Every great tool you use today is the result of the SAME EXACT PROCESS. Introduction, early adopters, refinement, re-introduction, base growth, and evolution. Some software dies before ever maturing. Other BECOMES the standard after years of development.

That evolution is precisely and exactly true of Photoshop - and of Final Cut Pro.

The POINT was that version 1 of ALL THREE were underpowered, feature poor, and laughable as to their regard by the working professionals of the time.

Two of those went on to dominate their respective industries and became the market leaders.

The jury is still very much out on FCP-X. But I still think it's useful to look back and understand how today's dominant tools were every bit as much reviled as FCP-X when they were starting out.

Simple as that.

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