Re: FCP X and Developer Relations
Re: FCP X and Developer Relations
- Subject: Re: FCP X and Developer Relations
- From: Patrick Sheffield <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:28:42 -0700
On Jun 21, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Rolf Howarth wrote:
> ...snip...In the meantime, FCP 7 hasn't gone away. There are still millions of users and tens of millions of FCP 7 projects which people are still working on and need help with, and Apple will probably still sell you copies of FCP 7 if you ask them nicely enough. ...snip...
Apple will not.
They've pulled it from the online store and it's been recalled from the Apple Stores...
If you have FCS 3, good for you, but you can't buy it from Apple anymore.
Patrick
>
> -Rolf
>
> At 10:34 -0700 21/6/11, Robert Monaghan wrote:
>> Apple has chosen to throw away a multi billion dollar ecosystem that has made FCS the powerhouse product that it is, today. I sincerely hope that the person in charge of ProApps figures this out. Also, I can't comment on Lion technology specifically, but I will comment on my products. Glue Tools products will not supported on future Apple OS's. This is not due to any choice that I made. This is disheartening, to say the least.
>>
>> Senior Apple staff have insisted that FCPX and related apps are "Professional" and that the Professional's will be able to continue with the new product. Senior Apple people have also insisted that there isn't a real importance for third party codec support, either. They are considering future support at sometime in the nebulous future. Perhaps their take on the Advertising, Television and Feature Film industry is correct. Perhaps the whole world needs to use ProRes and iPads... and nothing else. But then perhaps the sales (as of yesterday) of my entire product line say something different.
>>
>> For the time being, I will evaluate whats left of the future of the Final Cut Marketplace. (ie: the crater where FCS and QuickTime used to be..) I believe the best thing for me to do, is to sit back from the Apple dominated post production market and wait to see where consumers, indies and studios go with their money. I know of some larger facilities that are in the process of switching from FCS to Adobe premiere, for instance. Its not a reflection of the entire industry, certainly, but it is definitely a harbinger of change.
>>
>> Lastly, due to the American "Sarbanes/Oxley" law, Apple can not add new functionality to a product, without charging for the update. This appears to mean that we are stuck with this steaming mess for at least 2 years. Very likely longer.
>>
>> Long live Apple.
>>
>> bob..
>>
>> On Jun 21, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Patrick Sheffield wrote:
>>
>>> When we asked months ago what the support for 3rd party plugins would be and the answer we got was "We can't say", that didn't bode well.
>>>
>>> The implication was either no support or radically different support. But they could have said something... I only see marginal benefit to Apple from saying - like consumers wouldn't know the bad news until the last minute that all their plugins would no longer work? However, I see huge hurt in not telling us. We could have prepared or at least started to prepare...
>>>
>>> I suppose they can do what they want. It's Apple's sandbox, we just play in it.
>>>
>>> p
>>>
>>> On Jun 21, 2011, at 8:35 AM, Tim Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bob and list,
>>>>
>>>> I normally lurk here as my work on the Pro developer side of Final Cut and Logic is rather "in house" at the moment, but I do have to agree with you on this one, Bob. When you consider the existing rich world of Final Cut plugins and the level of support that the FCP developer community provides for Apple pro apps, it's quite disheartening to find out after the fact that the work we're all doing has just been shot to pieces and we all received no warning through access to beta versions - or at least access to the new APIs - before hand.
>>>>
>>>> If I were Darrin, I'd take a few days off right about now as well as I suspect the list content is going to become quite heated.
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 21, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Robert Monaghan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have to say,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It is pretty crappy that most of us long time only find out today, if our long development efforts are supported.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just found out that *NONE* of my stuff works.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am resisting the urge to say some choice comments right now. But I will save them for a public position email
>>>>>
>>>>> to the public.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems as though marketing at apple knows best.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> bob.
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.gluetools.com/>www.gluetools.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>
>>>>> From: "Peter T" <<mailto:email@hidden>email@hidden>
>>>>>
>>>>> To: "Darrin Cardani" <<mailto:email@hidden>email@hidden>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cc: "Pro-Apps-Dev Pro-Apps-Dev" <<mailto:email@hidden>email@hidden>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:32:17 AM
>>>>>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Out of office for a couple days
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No problem Darrin - we've got FxPlug 2 to browse through in the meantime, plus FCP X.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 21 June 2011 00:51, Darrin Cardani < <mailto:email@hidden>email@hidden > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey FxPlug Developers,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to be out of the office for a couple days, so I'll be unable to answer questions Tuesday and Wednesday. I'll be back on Thursday.
>>>>>
>>>>> Darrin
>>>>> --
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>>>>> Darrin Cardani
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