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Final Cut Pro X – What was Apple thinking?
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 / Adobe, App Store, Apple Culture, Software, Technology / 13 Comments
That’s a question a lot of video editing professionals are asking in regards to the latest edition of Final Cut Pro recently released by Apple. By completely re-thinking the idea as to how video editing is done and re-working Final Cut Pro from the ground up, Apple has managed to tick off or alienate a reasonably large percentage of the professional editing population. Read More »
Flash Forward: a Microsoft, Adobe and Apple Software Smackdown
Thursday, April 29, 2010 / Adobe, Apple Culture, Flash, Microsoft / 5 Comments
As a regular user of various Microsoft, Adobe and Apple software products, I’ve been able to develop a bit of an opinion as to whether they better resemble a 1976 AMC Pacer or a 2010 Mercedes.
I’m no software techno-geek, but I’m not a mechanic either. Despite that deficiency, I still appreciate and understand the differences between the ride of a nice new Mercedes and a Pacer. (My Dad bought a Pacer way back when, by the way. At the time, it kind of looked cool, in a geeky sort of way, but he eventually got so frustrated by its mechanical problems that he cut out great big yellow cardboard lemons, detailed all the issues on each lemon, taped them in the windows, and parked the beast as close to the dealership as he could.
(Nothing ever came of all that, but I think he felt better.)
