Final Cut Extreme ??

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The current version of Final Cut Pro is by NO MEANS a professional "Avid Killer". The rumored $7 -$10,000 Final Cut Extreme is being considered Apple's direct attack on Avid's Pro Market.

Greenheron, I wouldn't laugh until you see it, man. Maybe it will be laughable, who knows? Maybe it'll PALE in comparison to an Avid. But mocking something without even seeing it is pretty ignorant if you ask me. I certainly wouldn't put someone like you in charge of a post studio with that type of one-sided, linear thinking.

By the way, have you rented any good Betamax movies lately? You seem like a Betamax kind of guy.
 
Loki said:
FCP is an Avid Killer for software in the same price range..

When you get into $100K worth of Avid Hardware + Software.. then clearly different story..

Avid's interface is an archaic piece of junk.. it's GUi workflow is absolutely awful... That is what keeps me from investing serious time into learning the software better.

I enjoy the fact you chose to link to an article about Kong... and mention Jamie Selkirk.. the fact that he does not know how to use Avid blows my mind... you'd think an editor.. would.. perhaps.. know the software that is now part of his job.. but I digress.

FCP needs a media manger... for large scale projects.. it is definately behind Avid... but then Again... FCP is not really competing with Avid on that level....yet..
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That's true, Loki, but in the grand scheme of things as myself and greenheron have said, 95% of feature films are cut on avid... so how can one call final cut pro an avid killer.

It really doesnt matter to me, since I cut on Premiere, but I wanna switch because premiere is just too damn buggy. Especially with 24p.

But were talking pro and not this rumored "extreme". So until its official its all heresay.
 
I run AvidXPro on a $5000 system that competes with fcp just fine.

and yes, fcp needs much better media managment. not exactly "killer"
 
greenheron said:
Well lets see. What did Jamis Selkirk use to edit Peter Jackson's latest film "King Kong".

http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/hd_tech/20051221/King-kong-weta-20051221/

dream on monkey boy.

avid killer. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. ha.
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Oh, and I forgot, what system has Walter Murch (Emmy award winning editor) use to cut Cold Mountain and Jarhead. That's right, $1000 off the shelf FCP.

But, then again, it doesn't really matter whose using it. It works for the indies just as well as it works for the pros, and like someone before me stated, Apple is much more innovative than Avid.
 
I would be more than happy to take a look at the rumored software, but it isn't around yet is it? and I make my companies purchasing decisions on product that is out there and working day to day every day.

You notice I was not mocking the future FCP software. I have no problem with FCP, I think the competition is great. I was mocking your attitude about a software that doesn't exist yet.

and yes I did think Betamax was the better quality format. Fortunately I didn't buy any equipment.
 
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