Re: After a year has perception of FCPX changed?

[Bill Davis] "But I still content that most of the people who "hate" X, seem to me to be largely driven by frustrations based around how it's "forcing" them consider changing away from a work style and habits they've been comfortable with for a decade. I get that. But I guess as old as I am, I"m just not particularly resistant to change. It seems to me to be progressive change that's brining new thinking and new capabilities. Not change that's still trying to cling to the ways I used to work, in a world where everything else IS changing."

A constant in your thinking Bill and whilst commendable at one level it missed my point entirely. There is a very large network of people at all levels of post who day in day out have to work as a team. EOL of 7 and island X has made that harder.

When change breaks workflows, then it is sensible to question whether the change is in fact an improvement or just different and alienating. Whilst you have been able to embrace the change and see advantage to you it doesn't alter the fact that many are seriously questioning whether there is an overall advantage to trying to shoehorn X into established workflows, which they must do.

It has nothing to do with an ability to see future trends or be innovative. So when I say it is necessary to get X integrated into existing workflows, it is far from being trapped into old thinking or not wanting to embrace change. The fundamental issue here is where is the advantage for many to embrace a change that is yet to show an innate superiority. Is it a better way to edit for many or just a few? Lots of editors have indicated to me that they remain unconvinced but certainly not close minded.

Please don't confuse their combined reticence as a failure to embrace change. It just isn't in spite of your constant harping that it must be the reason.