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From: [e-mail] (Thierry Humeau )
Subject: Re: Flyer 4.03 Bugs/Test Report
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You wrote:

>
>Thanks for posting your latest Bug Report, Thierry. It's a great service
>to the groups to have someone compile a list such as this - keep it up!
>

Thanks for your comments. May be I should just tried to improve my english,
everytime I re-read my posted messages, I found gramatical "artifacts". Oh well, as
long as people can understand me well....

>The time code thing is also basic, even if you are not
>dealing directly with time-line editing. Time is the whole look and feel
>of most video.
>

You know. I found interesting to see how Newtek has reverted from their previous
position on the time-code issue. At first, before they released the Flyer their
thoughts were: "...the Flyer does not need time-code, because the Flyer is a final
solution and so and so....".  Enough real life producers/editors had flamed Newtek
for their egocentrics statements about time-code and now the official position is:
"... we understand that for certain applications or under certain conditions the
need of time-code support is a necessity.....".

Their attitude has changed dramatically on many other aspects of their marketing
and customers feedback.  They learned the hard way, they tought the Flyer was going
to revolutionize digital video editing as soon as it will be out but after a few
months in release and a few software updates, they realize that there's tough
competition from many other systems and that the Flyer still needs A LOT OF WORK
before customers jump into Newtek's wagon and worship the company as people did
with LW and the toaster.  The Flyer is a much more pricy investment than a simple
Toaster setup, people who bought the Flyer are mostly full time video professionals
who cannot afford to be plagged by deceptive product performances. Everybody knows
that the Flyer has great potential but they want a working Flyer as promised in the
Flyer slick ads campain ASAP.


>I think that NewTek should release one of their promo videos ala Toaster,
>but done only with the Flyer, and then provide us with a `this is how it
>was done' file! This is from someone who only has basic .94 documentation,
>and I don't think I have to be taught the basics of editing. But, it
>would be handy to be able to follow NewTek's concept of professional A/B
>roll/insert editing.
>

The problem is that I am not sure the Flyer has now the power to edit these fast
paced short videos with a lot of DVE's and short cuts (e.i. 10 frames edits is the
current limit of flyer clips length).


>Keep up the good work
>

Sure I will.

thierry.
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