Re: FCPX You May Hate but You Still Come Here to Congregate!

[Shawn Miller] "Sooo... is the concern that too many former FCP users are curious or excited to try the CS6 release, or are you disappointed that there isn't enough debate on the Premiere Pro and Smoke forums? "

This is such a passionate, evocative forum that stimulates thinking about a myriad of pertinent topics on so many levels. Marketing strategy of the hardware/software providers, editing techniques and philosophies, technical issues that delve deep into the inner workings of the “man behind the curtain”, adversarial relationships are only a few of the themes that have led to high energy, enlightening and entertaining, exchanges.

Whether they are right, wrong or misunderstood, no company gets the juices flowing like Apple. They are innovators and instigators.

My technical knowledge of hardware is pretty shallow compared to most of the contributors. CUDA tell you much about Open GL acceleration, the Optix or Mercury engines or whether Thunderbolt is a true “super hero” solution? No.

But I gain so much benefit, useful information and ideas from the willing or should I say driven, participation of the thought leaders of our community to go head to head in heated debate.

I was merely lamenting the day when the Smoke clears and there is less Avid discussion about Apple’s core values. It just won’t be a Premiere day in my professional life…;)