Re: After a year has perception of FCPX changed?

[Chris Harlan] "Bill, I found this conversation very interesting because it has really helped me see why you like X so much. I can see how its organization can be very attractive. I can even see why--from your POV--you might think of it as being more mobile, because I see that for you it acts as a work suitcase/filing cabinet, combined with an artist's pallet. So, I get what you are saying. But, there are a lot of other ways of looking at mobility, and claiming it as the sole property of FCP X is just not something I can agree with."

Chris,

Thank you. I appreciate both the tone and the points you've made. And you made them without attaching them to personal attacks. I appreciate that.

I will only add a small point of clarification to something you mentioned that I think might confuse others.

In the X Event Browser and the Project Library - you are never "forced" to have all your assets or projects "open" by default. In the Event Browser, you hide or reveal the event you're interested in by clicking on it, and in the display window, you can close or open events in the viewer just as easily. Essentially they are all "live and on-line" all the time - but the user controls the display of them.

I believe this is a fundamental feature of the way X sees everything as metadata. Since somewhat unlike Legacy, it isn't built on a code base that has to "load" complex code subroutines to perform it's functions, there's little penalty for access to all of it's interior assets.

It works the same way in the Project Library. Projects can be put in virtual folders and revealed or concealed from the user at will. These project folders are user named, so you can be as overt (Acme Projects) or obscure (101-5324) as you like.

But my larger point, actually is that I appreciate the discussion and your willingness to keep things from being personal. Thats good for the board since I increasingly think that the debate on FCP-X functions and features is the "signal" here - and the expressions of anger or hurt about the program, while surely entertaining for the lurkers - is not much more than "noise" at this point.

Nice Post - thank you.

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