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Posted by doc on 10/23/04 11:49
experiment? he said he bought this gear. and like he would actually shoot
down his purchase and say, "well, i ran the test and the mac sucks . . like,
i'm a dummy for making this purchase . . or . . stupid me, i should have
never bought this mac." his own mind would make him enjoy whatever after
all that $$$
hehehehehehe
drd
"Spex" <No.spam@ta.com> wrote in message
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> Okee dokee
>
> Now that I have lived with the Macbook Pro and Final Cut Studio for a week
> or so I thought I'd give my unbiased view of the Avid vs FCP debate.
>
> Having been a long time user of Avid products I became disillusioned by
> the cost, the quality of updates and feature set compared with competing
> products.
>
> I have used Apple products in the past and have never fallen for the hype.
> I always thought that after the hype had been stripped away the products
> themselves were quite ordinary. In my humble experience anyway.
>
> The thing is I have just bought a 17" Macbook Pro and Final Cut Studio
> primarily for Motion and DVD Studio Pro and my long held beliefs are being
> challenged. Damn it!
>
> One cannot simply compare Avid Xpress Pro HD with Final Cut Pro one has to
> take into account the full Studio product. Its really well integrated in
> away an Avid user could only wish for. I know I've been there! What's
> really doing it for me is the intuitive nature of that integration. It
> really is quite seamless going from FCP to Motion and back again. Motion
> lacks a tracker which is a big negative but one is blown away by the
> realtime or near realtime preview even at HD resolutions. I hope Apple
> has real ambitions for this product because the potential for a realtime
> AE or combustion level is definitely there.
>
> DVD Studio Pro is glorious and well worth the price of FCS itself.
> Soundtrack Pro reminds me a lot of Sony Acid Pro but without many of
> Acid's features. Its more gloss than production level audio tool. Again
> its promising but away from replacing Pro Tools or Logic.
>
> I can't really say too much about FCP itself as it would be unfair as I
> have not used in a meaningful way. What I can say is that it has come
> along way from that pitiful piece of shite I had the displeasure of using
> around version 3.0/3.5. I have a feeling that I will use FCP more than I
> expected to even though I bought Studio for DVD Pro and Motion.
>
> From my unbiased perspective it looks like Adobe has leapfrogged Apple
> with its Studio product. If one compares like for like I think DVD Studio
> Pro comes out on top compared to the Adobe equivalent. Its widely
> understood that FCS is going to be updated shortly so one could rightfully
> expect a pretty much comparable product to Adobe's.
>
> I did wonder how well I could integrate this Mac into a PC studio. All my
> other machines are PCs running XP and Win2000. I installed Bonjour for
> Windows and hey presto all my Shared drives in the studio were immediately
> available to the mac. Piece of piss! I've never been able to get my PCs
> talking as quickly! That might be my ability as a sys admin though!
>
> I must just mention OS X. Its been a pleasure to use. It has come a very
> long way from that jaguar release that I had the misfortune of using.
> Despite all the hype surrounding jaguar it was a complete pile of shite.
> Finally I think OS X deserves some of the hype that was lavished upon it
> when it was released. The best thing about it is that one doesn't
> actually notice the operating system.
>
> I would never choose to buy Avid again and I think a more appropriate
> thread would be Apple FCS vs Adobe PS. Both these products leave Xpress
> Pro HD in the dust for features and integration. you might as well
> include the software version of Media Composer in that argument to.
>
> The only value I can see for Xpress Pro HD is an offline seat for a MC
> Adrenaline an it doesn't even do that very well. As we know only too
> well...
>
> There you go Nappy, that's pretty much where I'm at with my Apple
> experiment. If I have any issues I'll post them when I find 'em. All I
> can say is things have improved on the Apple side of the fence. But hey
> they bloody well needed too!!! :)
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