<story><title>Why Apple built Final Cut Pro X</title><url>http://sachin.posterous.com/why-apple-built-final-cut-pro-x</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>radley</author><text>My problem with the change in FCP is that it&apos;s following an unpleasant downgrade pattern on their platform. QT 7 was far more useful than QTX. 10.6 &amp;#38; earlier Mail is far more robust than 10.7 will be. And it goes on.&lt;p&gt;Apple&apos;s really pushing a premium consumer biz model, leaving professionals in the uncomfortable position of not having a professional platform.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>podperson</author><text>I think that the response of pros to FCPX is understandable but also wrong. If FCPX were the first word processor, they&apos;re complaining that it doesn&apos;t come with liquid paper and two color ribbons.&lt;p&gt;The way in/out points and compound clips work in FCPX is simply ridiculously awesome -- it&apos;s kind of what After Effects tries to do with compound clips implemented in a realtime modeless manner.&lt;p&gt;Was Apple insensitive (e.g. by halting FC Studio sales the moment it released FCPX)? You bet. Did it bungle the PR? No question. Is FCPX a non-pro tool? Pro tools are tools pros use. I have no doubt some pros will use FCPX and some FCPX users will turn pro. Will a lot of FCP7 users cling to the old ways or switch to Premiere or Avid or whatever? Probably.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why Apple built Final Cut Pro X</title><url>http://sachin.posterous.com/why-apple-built-final-cut-pro-x</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>radley</author><text>My problem with the change in FCP is that it&apos;s following an unpleasant downgrade pattern on their platform. QT 7 was far more useful than QTX. 10.6 &amp;#38; earlier Mail is far more robust than 10.7 will be. And it goes on.&lt;p&gt;Apple&apos;s really pushing a premium consumer biz model, leaving professionals in the uncomfortable position of not having a professional platform.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ugh</author><text>What’s your problem with QTX and Mail? The new Mail is awesomely awesome (the old is rubbish in comparison) and QTX is a player like QT7 was. Not much to do wrong.</text></comment>