Thanks Steve. Much appreciated.

Ah, no worries mate! It’s all good! I enjoy your podcast, and this website, thank you for that.
For the record, I just now updated to OS X 10.7 Lion, only because I had to for a new editing toy to function.

Oh, I didn’t mean you were arguing. Sorry if that’s what you thought I meant. I meant “argument” in the general sense (i.e. as in an argument with regards to a topic). I definitely appreciate you making that point and encourage the engagement. Thanks Steve.

First off it’s not an argument, at least not from me. My comments are only food for thought. Of course updating right away isn’t a good idea, but the vast majority do exactly that. So, my original post is only something to consider, nothing more, nothing less.

I’ve heard argument before and here are my responses to that:

1) I never ever update mission critical software until it’s absolutely necessary. I think that’s a practice all professionals should take. It’s silly (IMHO) to update your OS or editing program the minute the new release is updated. When I do upgrade, it’s only after the bugs and issues have been worked out and I know how those bugs and/or issues will affect my work. If Apple radically changed compound clips I would know that before updating. So it’s not like I’m going to lose a bunch of work. And by that time all the projects I’ve used them on would be already delivered and archived. If the change was that radical and I found it necessary, I could always go back and then take the final versions of any Comps and drop it in a project before upgrading FCPX.

2) Frankly, I just don’t believe a feature as prominent as Compound Clips will change so radically that it would render all the previous uses of it null and void. Even the last major change they made didn’t retroactively change past projects you worked on. It was more an issue of how you used Comps moving forward. And on the off-chance they DID make the change that radical, I refer you back to point #1. 🙂

Why do you need to use Plural Eyes with FCPX? I’ve never had any issues with it’s built-in audio synching. In fact it’s pretty awesome.