Re: News

[Bill Davis] "They RESET the software to ZERO and started out fresh.

Every line of code is clean, clear, and purpose built to do what they wanted. Every feature built into the old had to EARN it's way into the new build. Every line of FCP-X code is optimized for the hardware world we live in today. The stuff they built for YESTERDAY's editing environments - that's the stuff they left out. (And precisely what hurts so many with a serious requirement to support hardware, software, and necessary workflows as they were done back in LEGACY.)"

Assuming that is 100% true, how long do you think it will remain that way?
Do you think apple will re-write the code from scratch every time they decide to cave on restoring FCS functions that they left out of X?
Fat chance.
Or will they just kludge the new code on top of the old? Hmm... Pretty soon your shiny new X will just be another piece of bloatware like all the other 'one size fits all' single GUI, multi-purpose apps out there.
The old expression 'form follows function' is certainly true and eventually a lot of missing stuff will be put into X because there is a reason it was in FCS and other NLE's in the first place. I suspect once the shininess wears off, and the hacks drop out of the picture because they can't make a living charging 15 dollars an hour for editing, the survivors who insist on sticking with X will clamoring for the missing features to keep up with everyone else on other platforms. Because the way it looks right now, most that submit stories of using X for real jobs, are basically using it as an overpriced plugin for another NLE. I doubt anyone that has to make a living doing this will have the patience to do it like that forever.

Scott Sheriff
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