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Out of curiosity, is it normal for the Mac-only (until now) software in the film industry to get any traction like this one has?


Arguably the most popular software in the industry is Mac only, Final Cut Pro


Which part of the industry are you talking about? Final Cut Pro is most definitely not the most used by television and film studios.

The Avid/Nuke/Maya stack is far more popular, in that realm. Followed up by Adobe’s stack on the lower end.


yup. the Nuke -> Avid -> Resolve pipeline probably covers at least 80+% of post-production in film and TV.

on the VFX side, Maya -> Mari -> Clarisse is still overwhelmingly common unless it's a studio that has their own custom tools. Throw Houdini in there for good measure (starting to replace Clarisse more and more for lighting and scene assembly).




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