Re: Get what you pay for (Final Cut)

[Jim Fink <JimFink(at)ncdm.tv>]

I agree with all these posts...
thanks Jeff... Glad you feel as I do, although it does work once you spend
a long time learning, like all tools....

I was really shocked when I found out the workaround for recapturing just the
shots for a particluar sequence only...!! Man... what a zoo that can be....

really makes you appreciate ds eh..!!

ttfn
j

Jeff Krebs wrote:

One more thing, someone for the FCP user group just emailed me, stating that I was a paid by Avid to say horrible things about FCP. 

 

To be perfectly clear.

Avid has know idea I was using FCP.  I've learned to hate FCP all on my own with no influence or financial compensation. 

 

I'm now waiting for a render to finish.  Then I'll output the show but of course I'll have to close down the timeline or else I'll drop frames, yes even with 2.5 gigs of ram on a standard def show, even with the latest and fastest version of everything.

 

Geewhiz

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Jeff Krebs

To: DS List

Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 9:21 AM

Subject: Get what you pay for (Final Cut)

Well well well,

I've been cutting my teeth on Final Cut.  Is this a cruel joke from Apple.  I know how editing tools work this has been my life for the last 20 years.

 

My god, there is so much thought missing from this product it;s scary.  I'm incredibly open minded when it comes to software but  I would rather work on Avid Free DV.  Much better productivity.  Seriously...!!!

 

As on online system, forget it.  DS, Smoke, Adobe Premiere, Symphony make sense to me.

The FCP toolset takes you about a third of the way, and then you are left wondering about the rest.

 

Colour correction, forget it, not only are the tools missing but the ones that exist are written backwards.  And the quality of the colour tools are horrible.

I happen to be using a colour finesse plugin and thank goodness for that.  I tested the same setting in 3-way and colour finesse.  Synthetic Aperture knows how to handle color really well.

FCP forget it.

 

I'll report more later, but I've been up for a very long time and I know I could have completed this project on DS in 1 tenth of the time and with a better output.

 

Yes, Avid costs mucho more, but I know I really understand why.

 

Jeff Krebs
Serial Digital Post
http://www.serialdigitalpost.com

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