FCP "In Action" page back up on Apple Site

J Davis said:
yes I think fcp-x is coming of age
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It's made a lot of progress, but there's still a way to go.

OTOH, it looks like Adobe is starting to crib features from FCP-X into Premiere. Being endorsed by your rivals' mimicry is a real sign of success.
 
PPro, Resolve, and Smoke now have interfaces that look like FCP X, and Adobe Prelude doing the metadata work FCP X does internally, and Smoke now supporting FCPXML, yep...
 
It's not really the same level of stuff that they had for FCP Studio really is it? The FCP Studio demo reel had clips from all sorts of major features..
On the topic of Adobe, they seemed to have been crimping features into Premiere Pro from FCP for about the past 5 years or so..
 
Well, you saw all sorts of great videos of people using FCP because it had been around the block. FCPX is new, so don't expect another video from Fincher or the Coen's anytime soon. It'll take time for it to soak into the industry...if it does at all. Time will tell.
 
@Radical Media is a pretty powerful upper end production company. If that's not up to the level of the previous stuff, then I don't know what is. "...if it does at all." Really? It already is. I've got major clients transitioning now. It's selling faster than any other version previously. But let's keep in mind that broadcast and film are a drop in the bucket of the total professional media production market today. When FCP 1 came out, broadcast and film were pretty much all there was. A few wedding videographers here and there, I guess. But today, those big guys are not so big anymore, and are a tiny, tiny part of the total pro market. Times are changing. Louisiana produces more feature films than L.A. does now. Who'd have ever guessed that shift would ever take place?

Most of the professionals I work with don't do Fincher or Coen type work, I'm not worried about those guys. The bulk of the market are independent production houses, not film makers. Those are the guys who are filling my FCP X classes, and hiring me to help them upgrade their production systems.
 
BenB said:
Louisiana produces more feature films than L.A. does now.
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Recognizing the difference between a feature film (something shown in theaters across the country) and a feature length film (something with a running time over 80 minutes but not having wide theatrical distribution), would you still make that claim?

If so, I'm curious, do you have any stats to back it up? I mean, this is news to me. And honestly, it seems rather unlikely. That's why I ask for statistics.
 
BenB said:
@Radical Media is a pretty powerful upper end production company. If that's not up to the level of the previous stuff, then I don't know what is. "...if it does at all." Really? It already is. I've got major clients transitioning now. It's selling faster than any other version previously. But let's keep in mind that broadcast and film are a drop in the bucket of the total professional media production market today. When FCP 1 came out, broadcast and film were pretty much all there was. A few wedding videographers here and there, I guess. But today, those big guys are not so big anymore, and are a tiny, tiny part of the total pro market. Times are changing. Louisiana produces more feature films than L.A. does now. Who'd have ever guessed that shift would ever take place?

Most of the professionals I work with don't do Fincher or Coen type work, I'm not worried about those guys. The bulk of the market are independent production houses, not film makers. Those are the guys who are filling my FCP X classes, and hiring me to help them upgrade their production systems.
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I said soak and when I said industry I meant the higher profile folks. Not saying it has to get there. Don't get the wrong idea, I use FCPX all the time and have been one of the few people I know in my circle of friends who has fought for it as a viable option for many things people say it can't do or it's not good at.

I'm glad to hear you say you have clients transitioning...that's good news.
 
Color Sync solves the gamma shift issues very nicely.

Yes, I mean feature films shown around the world in theaters.
http://www.ksla.com/story/16917533/hollywood-south-surpasses-los-angeles-in-production-projects
http://www.newgeography.com/content/002784-as-filmmaking-surges-new-orleans-challenges-los-angeles

We surpass L.A. in every type of production now. If you're really unaware of the extensive list of "feature films" done here over the last few years, you're really not keeping up. I don't think companies like Pixel Magic or Panavision would have opened major facilities here if we weren't doing so well. I just helped design and build a state of the art training facility because we have several major gaming companies opening up facilities here. So we're about to pass up every one else in gaming, too. Not to mention at least 5 reality TV shows currently that I'm aware of. I'm not a big reality TV fan, so there may be a couple I don't know about. In every category, Louisiana is doing more film and other production work (feature or otherwise) than any where else. Simple fact, look the numbers up.
 
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