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Avid Media Composer 6 Unveiled
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[Chris Conlee] “Not to mention that the video was shy on the details I wanted and wasn’t particularly persuasive from a marketing standpoint. Oh well. Still looking forward to giving MC6 a run.”
I thought it was pretty shy on details and on just about everything I was expecting. It was very short and mostly focused on that poor hostess, who was given nothing to read but badly written hyperbole. I’m just thankful she didn’t use the word “agile” even once, or I might have barfed up my breakfast, if you know what I’m referring to. But, I too am looking forward to giving MC^ a run for it’s money, since I’m 99% certain it’s my next NLE.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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[Steve Connor] “[Chris Harlan] “I’m looking forward to the 3D stuff. I just turned down a gig because I don’t feel comfortable in that space. Now, I can play.”
I’ve edited a few 3D shows in FCP7 with the Dashwood plugin, which is also available for FCPX now. If the footage is well shot and the stereographer has done his job, then post in 3D is not particularly difficult.
It’s when it’s badly shot that the fun begins.
“Ironically, I was hoping FCS4 was going to bring 3D. I’ve looked at the Dashwood plugin in depth and it seemed cool. I could just never really justify it because 99% of my work is TV, and we just ain’t there yet (and, I have my doubts we will ever be.) But now, I’ll be able to play, which sounds great.
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The tele-prompting made everyone seem pretty stiff, that’s for sure.
The other thing that stood out was how many digs they got in at Apple. “New look, same feel” “Better, without forcing you to re-learn everything” etc, etc. Really emphasized listening to their customers. Clearly, FCPX has been a huge gift for this company.
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[David Lawrence] “The other thing that stood out was how many digs they got in at Apple. “New look, same feel” “Better, without forcing you to re-learn everything” etc, etc. Really emphasized listening to their customers. Clearly, FCPX has been a huge gift for this company.”
They were clearly just dying to get a chance to say those words on camera. And you’re right about the “gift,” and at a time when it seems Avid needs all the gifts Apple can spare. Unfortunately, I suspect Apple is going to be gifting to them the professional space in perpetuity.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comDon’t miss my new Creative Cow Podcast: Bringing “The Whale” to the Big Screen:
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the webminar was such a lame thing. They managed to show NO Ui in 30 mins..gosh…. at leat the update is good and will get improved with time. The chat with the developers, which i think one can still read on their forums is quite good tho.
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you positve about this? Shane Ross’ article says Snow Leopard is a no go.
Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal
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[Neil Goodman] “you positve about this? Shane Ross’ article says Snow Leopard is a no go.”
Avid folks said SL should work, but testing was done with Lion so that is the “certified” OS.
Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
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Thanks!
Basically we could have 1 media composer + Da Vinci Lite as our “offline / edit” suite an a Symphony + Da Vinci as our “online suite” I guess. Seems the premium cost for Symphony might not be worth it for us though. We’ll see.
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[David Roth Weiss] “The implication of the Avid webinar this morning seemed to implicate that all or the common AJA, BM, and Matrox I/O device were now fair game.”
If they would support the ioHD that would help me to go for AVID instead of PP.
The ioHD was a bit of a scam, you never got HD monitoring out of FCP.
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[Rafael Amador] “If they would support the ioHD that would help me to go for AVID instead of PP.”
I can’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be supported. They announced MC6 would have both ProRes encoding and decoding. So, that’s a pretty good sign.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comDon’t miss my new Creative Cow Podcast: Bringing “The Whale” to the Big Screen:
https://library.creativecow.net/weiss_roth_david/Podcast-Series-2-MikeParfitandSuzanneChisholm/1POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums.
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