Re: A Nice Plus

[Rafael Amador] "That will keep reserved for the mega-bucks guys.
The video revolution has happen thanks to the streamlining of YCbCr codecs.
Possibilities for streamlining RGB stuff are much more limited."

Bandwidth being the most limiting factor. YCrCb itself, is an efficiency.

[Rafael Amador] "Simplification is not good when the goal is to avoid knowledge and skills shortcomings."

How is X any worse than FCP7? I'd say it's at the very least, better. Do you disagree? There are only certain aspects that we as users can control. We are hit with limits all over the place to keep things moving, otherwise everything would grind to halt due to processing and uncompressed bandwidth constraints. if FCPX operates in a "lossless" space, we can at least have a bit of freedom in our limits. Perhaps only one hand is tied behind our backs?

[Rafael Amador] "In a Pro environment, presets are acceptable when they not deny the options for customization. "

Meaning what exactly? Are you recording raw and converting to DPX files or something similar from your YUV images? It all starts with the source. If you start with 8bit YUV, there are certain things you can do to spruce, but there's also a point of diminishing returns. Having a bunch of different processing modes in an application like FCPX would, in my opinion, not return much back to the user. Float will handle pretty much all the conversion you need. Do you disagree?

[Rafael Amador] "Offering just high quality options to avoid those mistakes is not the way to go."

So, let's say you are Apple, what is your alternative besides writing "don't buy the wrong gear and don't make the wrong choice!" in the manual? Are you saying they should give "lesser quality" options to teach a lesson? What is the way to go?

Jeremy