[MacDV] Re: Avid FreeDV software

[Ryan Sutter]

Mea culpa.  You're right.  I had forgotten that.  Of course, the price 
differential of $299 over FreeDV still needs to be considered.  That's 
not expensive to those of us who are used to spending decent amounts of 
money on software, but it's definitely a factor for the consumer iMovie 
user.   Apple doesn't offer a free compositing NLE.  Avid does.  Some 
people are going to be very happy about that.

On the other hand, iMovie wins hands down for ease of use over Avid, so 
for the majority of consumer-level editing projects it would be the 
free app of choice.  All I'm saying is that having another option in 
the $0 price range is a good thing and saying "that's junk, use this 
$1000 (or even $300) piece of software instead" is kind of missing the 
whole point of what FreeDV offers.  It does bring something new to the 
free editing space.  I could even see somebody using iMovie as their 
introduction to editing, then using FreeDV to learn more advanced 
editing concepts and compositing, then stepping up to FCP Express as an 
entry level into even more advanced editing and finally stepping up to 
FCP.  I think that having a free app that has more advanced concepts 
and features in it than iMovie is valuable as a learning tool 
regardless.

All that said, I highly doubt that it will serve as a point of entry to 
getting people to purchase more expensive offerings from Avid.  Those 
just don't seem to compete well with FCP when it comes to "bang for 
buck".  I'm not sure what Avid will get out of it, but entry-level 
editing aficionados will get a free tool that stretches their 
capabilities and lets them learn.  Why rip that?

Ryan

On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 01:16  PM, sb wrote:

> You can composite in Final Cut Express. You can't keyframe filters.
>
>  sb
>
> On 10/8/03 8:42 AM, "Ryan Sutter" <vioman at nucleargopher.com> wrote:
>
>> It's worth the download if you are an iMovie user who is not 
>> interested in
>> shelling out $1000 for FCP but want compositing capabilities.  
>> iMovie, no
>> compositing.  FCP Express, nope.  This is free and does allow for 
>> compositing
>> and keyframes.  That means it will be a good tool for many people.  
>> Don't
>> knock something just because it's not Apple.  I use FCP, but if I 
>> were an
>> iMovie or even FCP Express user, I would also get Avid Free DV for 
>> that
>> feature alone.
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>> --- "Dr. M. Burek" <mrwitch at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>> On 10/7/03 10:56 PM, "David Thrasher" <idave at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> It's free software and I can only assume that Avid intends it to be
>> an iMovie
>>>> killer and hopes that people who use it will want to move up to
>> their pricey
>>>> professional software instead of Final Cut Pro.
>>>
>>>
>>> My mom used to say,
>>>
>>> "90% of nothing is still nothing."
>>>
>>> Long Live Final Cut.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>
>>
>> Yeah, I agree. Renders only to QuickTime? No MPEG-1 or -2?? And to get
>> it, you have to buy Avid Xpress Pro, which is $1700? Come on...
>>
>> I'll stick with the Apple apps, thanks...
>>
>> If you try this, be sure to read the system requirements and the 
>> missing
>> "feature" lists. It isn't even worth a download...
>>
>>
>>
>>
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