Re: The Open Timeline and Spatial Workflows -- Another Example

"Alas, only on film."

And remarkably methodical they were.

Please don't mistake brevity for dismissiveness. I'm editing myself.

I understand you appreciate its flexibility, and clearly FCP no longer offers that kind of flexibility. It is a specific tool with a very specific method of use, with some limited adaptability.

I marvel at Jeremy's ability and perseverance in making it fit as best as he can other work methodologies. What I am finding is that people who are new to editing video adapt to it effortlessly, and appreciate it's logic and behavior. Those who approach it with a work methodology conceived in other applications have the most difficulty using it because they spend their time trying to adapt it to their way of working.

We work the way we work because of the tools we use. The tool you have been using allowed you to work the way you do, and you are comfortable with it. I appreciate that, if not the way you work. I would not, except in a great hurry, work the way either you or Mr. Lawrence work. My timeline's rarely, except for a special effect, exceed three tracks. I work between multiple sequences rather than in one. The current version of FCP lends itself to that.

All the best,

Tom

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