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A Final Cutter Tries Out Premiere Pro
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07/05/2011 11:10 PM
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Creative Cow by Helmut Kobler
I've been a Final Cut user since 2000. I've written three "Final Cut Pro
for Dummies" books (plus one about Final Cut Express). I've written
fairly glowing reviews of multiple versions of Final Cut for multiple
Mac magazines. But since 2010, I've been contemplating my escape from
Planet Final Cut...
Yes, this was before the Apple Final Cut Pro X
debacle/disaster/catastrophe/suicide attempt. This was before Apple, in
the wake of FCPX, arrogantly pulled Final Cut Studio 3 off the market,
preventing long-time customers from buying additional seats. It was
before Apple abruptly killed off Final Cut Server (without any public
comment), wiping out massive amounts of money and time that trusting
customers had thrown into it.
Yes, well before all of Apple's recent shenanigans, I started to sense
that Final Cut, along with all of Apple's professional apps and gear,
was slowly being strangled to death. Here are a few of the harbingers of
doom that caught my eye over recent years:
- Apple took nearly 2.5 years to upgrade Final Cut Studio from
version 2 to 3 (and v.3 was only a moderate upgrade at that). Until
then, updates had come at a much more aggressive pace.
- Apple cancelled the popular Shake, promising to replace it with a new tool that never came. read more...
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