Comments on: What ever happened to the manual?

By: Katir

Katir — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:50:01 +0000

Yes, as Shrikee wrote, you got yourself and express, maybe that’s is definition of express. To think of it, I’m not a huge fan of PDF either, it’s just that there will be times when you can’t do without it.

By: solon

solon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:42:50 +0000

Except for things like IRS forms where you input and print, pdf is the most ridiculous and overused file type ever created.

Simple HTML documents are so much more usable.

By: SHRIKEE

SHRIKEE — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:47:56 +0000

thats what express means… slim stuff, minimalistic…

If you get Final Cut pro it comes with all that on paper in a huge box being all slick and sexy and 8 DVD’s totalling up to 30GB of data to install for your creative pleasures…

But you only got Express

By: Wil Harris

Wil Harris — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:08:12 +0000

Agreed. There’s nothing like having an actual book to come back to to check something. It sucks that these days, you’re better off buying a third party product (EG a Dummy’s Guide) rather than paying any attention to the included documentation.

If they’re going to skimp on the manual, they could at least give you a video tutorial. The more Mac apps I’m playing around with, the more I’m finding cool video tutorials. Check out the video introduction for OmniFocus – 10 minutes and I understand the app and all its concepts. How hard would it be to do one for Final Cut Express?

For what it’s worth, Final Cut Studio does come with paper manuals – although, it has to be said, not very good ones. Serves you right for not sticking another 0 on the end of that software package