Re: New blog post from Philip Hodgetts. Worth the read.

[Steve Connor] "I look forward to more of your definitive pronouncements about the quality of an NLE you have never learned or used on actual projects"

A slight correction to the above is in order Steve.

I learned your beloved FCPX very early on, but I also learned that X is missing many key features of the real FCP and of the competing NLEs in the market. And so, I was not compelled to delve any deeper into the inner workings of X. One need not jump off a high bridge to know that suicide is not the best choice. Right?

Instead, I was forced, very much against my will, to choose a new NLE among the existing contenders, and relearning Avid (after a twelve year hiatus) seems to make more sense for me, as it does for most here in Los Angeles where I live and work.

So, my pronouncements are not those of an ignorant man without any knowledge Apple's latest, but not greatest, NLE application. Trust me, had I taken even more time to delve deeply into X, I'd probably really be ranting on this forum instead of chiming in with the occasional jest or jab as I do most often.

In any case, I do wish you and all of the others here a terrific 2012. And I hope it's a lot less turbulent for all of us than 2011 has been.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
http://www.drwfilms.com

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