Re: DaVinci Resolve 8.1 -- now with FCPXML roundtrip support

[David Lawrence] "But the EOL of FCS and the fact that Apple chose to name this new app "Final Cut Pro" inevitably means an entire industry that relies on FCS is now forced to compare the two and figure out what to do.

You may choose to use Windows or not, but FCS users have no choice. Moving forward over the next couple years, we either adopt a radical new UI or switch to something else. I guess a third possibility is that Apple reverses course and brings back an industry standard timeline option, but I think that's unlikely."

I still have a choice, and I'm an FCS user. FCS still works and is still on the market, although it's been pegged to be put out to pasture. I have at last two other software packages that I can edit on my same exact hardware without changing a thing, actually three, PPro, M100 and Avid, oh and Smoke if I needed it, so four.

PPro, Avid and FCP7 have very similar methods, though of course not exactly the same. I don't think it would take long. Of course there'd be some bumps, but them's the breaks. Life is tough, truly. I am glad their are viable options. Ten years of technology is a decent run in this lifetime.

[David Lawrence] "Ironically, I also think your response to Windows is the perfect metaphor for what so many of us "haters" ;) have been struggling with since June 21. Understandable, yes?"

Oh, heck yes. As I have said over and over again, Apple is asking a whole lot from us.

It's really the first time in a very long time that I can remember, that Apple is asking a lot when it comes to interface. It keeps coming up how much people have to think before using this interface, usually Apple's interfaces tend to do the opposite. They are intuitive, so easy they almost disappear, and of course they aren't perfect all the time. This is an interesting new venture and I certainly don't think it's as dumbed down as people make it out to be.

Jeremy