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Can’t open earlier FCP projects?
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Well remembered Mr Shields, yup theres certainly plenty to suggest that project compatibility will be covered.
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[Craig Shields] “During the demo, they showed a big project opened in both 7 and X. “
Well done Craig. I was just speaking about that on the phone with a friend and was preparing to mention the same thing when I saw you’d already done it.
As my friend mentioned, none of us can say we know much of anything definitively, but it certainly would appear that Apple’s chosen show opener probably indicates that FCPX hasn’t been thought out in a total vacuum as some are imagining.
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Probably only fair to point out that in the demo they don’t state directly that it was the “same project”, only that the two screenshots contrast and compare how an edit (with every single frame and every single cut in the same place) looks in each version … and yes, given that then it certainly “could” have been rebuilt specifically for demo comparison purpose for the demo. I’m still inclined to think tho that just plain common sense (if not direct evidence) points to XML interchange compatibility.
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And for those panicking about tape input, if you look at the bin shot list on the left of one of the screen shots, there’s a shot labeled “vtr” which is in a bin of imported media. It might imply 3rd party capture utility but in any case it seems there was tape input through some means, through my inference at least.
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[Andy Mees] “I’m still inclined to think tho that just plain common sense (if not direct evidence) points to XML interchange compatibility.”
Agreed!!! And, just by way of comparison, when the good folks at Adobe began their major move a few years back with a total rewrite of their entire suite, which became CS4, they ushered in much more robust XML functionality, as well as greater interoperability between apps with their “dynamic linking.” And, backward compatibility with previous projects didn’t suddenly go missing after the rewrite.
Adobe wasn’t hamstrung by their rewrite, in fact, it opened many new pathways for the development of improvements to the software. So, while it may take sometime to perfect things, there’s no reason to fear that Apple’s total rewrite of FCP has got to signal its ruin.
David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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Because it’s impossible to rename a shot or a bin to say ‘vtr’. 🙂
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[Brian Mulligan] “Because it’s impossible to rename a shot or a bin to say ‘vtr’. 🙂
“Brian,
As a communicator by trade, isn’t reaching your audience of some importance to you? If so, we have absolutely no idea who you’re responding to or therefore what point you’re trying to make.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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I only noticed in the times I watched it afterward, that he went out of his way NOT to mention they imported the project. Only that here is the same project in X and here is how it looks cleaner. Many of us stray away from nested seqs for this very reason. It’s hard to see what is happening without digging down, stepping in, etc.
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Made sense to me. He’s implicating that Apple renamed a bin or the data VTR to make people think it has VTR compatibility. Why they would do this I have no idea. It’s a pretty ludicrous implication. All it would do is piss people off in the end.
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Please disregard my last post, the original post was not showing here for some reason, but now I see it.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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