Well, what do you do when the tools you use are completely changed without a word from the manufacturer?
- Get really pissed because you bought it and it's incomplete?
- Cries in despair and goes to the corner of the room?
- Starts from scratch and learns a toolset that was always on your mind but you never really took it serious?
Final Cut Pro was completely redesigned. Like, REALLY redesigned. It lost basic functions that I can't work without and, being an Apple product, no one knows when updates will come to restore the old functions.
Which brings me to the point: where do you go from here?
Obvious answer is always to not get lazy and try something new, learn it and make sure it covers all your bases because the post world is pretty unforgiving and you have to do your best and have answers for the craziest problems.
That path brought me back to the software I never used because of its prohibitive price..... Avid Media Composer:
Now, Final Cut Pro used to cost $999, but the new incomplete version is $299.
Avid costs $2499, but, trying to lure unhappy customers from Apple, has a new price of $999 for a limited price.
I just bought it a couple of days ago and I'm getting mys ass handed to me... lots of differences interface wise, different way of thinking, but made me wake up and learn something very special: never trust companies that are not transparent about their upgrading policies.
Learn as much as you can, try different softwares, make sure you know the basics for as many programs as you can get your hands on. It will pay off in the end.
Well, what do you do when the tools you use are completely changed without a word from the manufacturer?
- Get really pissed because you bought it and it's incomplete?
- Cries in despair and goes to the corner of the room?
- Starts from scratch and learns a toolset that was always on your mind but you never really took it serious?
Final Cut Pro was completely redesigned. Like, REALLY redesigned. It lost basic functions that I can't work without and, being an Apple product, no one knows when updates will come to restore the old functions.
Which brings me to the point: where do you go from here?
Obvious answer is always to not get lazy and try something new, learn it and make sure it covers all your bases because the post world is pretty unforgiving and you have to do your best and have answers for the craziest problems.
That path brought me back to the software I never used because of its prohibitive price..... Avid Media Composer:
Now, Final Cut Pro used to cost $999, but the new incomplete version is $299.
Avid costs $2499, but, trying to lure unhappy customers from Apple, has a new price of $999 for a limited price.
I just bought it a couple of days ago and I'm getting mys ass handed to me... lots of differences interface wise, different way of thinking, but made me wake up and learn something very special: never trust companies that are not transparent about their upgrading policies.
Learn as much as you can, try different softwares, make sure you know the basics for as many programs as you can get your hands on. It will pay off in the end.
- Get really pissed because you bought it and it's incomplete?
- Cries in despair and goes to the corner of the room?
- Starts from scratch and learns a toolset that was always on your mind but you never really took it serious?
Final Cut Pro was completely redesigned. Like, REALLY redesigned. It lost basic functions that I can't work without and, being an Apple product, no one knows when updates will come to restore the old functions.
Which brings me to the point: where do you go from here?
Obvious answer is always to not get lazy and try something new, learn it and make sure it covers all your bases because the post world is pretty unforgiving and you have to do your best and have answers for the craziest problems.
That path brought me back to the software I never used because of its prohibitive price..... Avid Media Composer:
Now, Final Cut Pro used to cost $999, but the new incomplete version is $299.
Avid costs $2499, but, trying to lure unhappy customers from Apple, has a new price of $999 for a limited price.
I just bought it a couple of days ago and I'm getting mys ass handed to me... lots of differences interface wise, different way of thinking, but made me wake up and learn something very special: never trust companies that are not transparent about their upgrading policies.
Learn as much as you can, try different softwares, make sure you know the basics for as many programs as you can get your hands on. It will pay off in the end.