FCP X and Digital Broadcast

[Franz Bieberkopf]

[Ewan Lim][Erik Lindahl] “Once they fix things then I believe that FCPx will be a very cool editing tool.”

Keep in mind, all that Apple has committed to are a few vague statements and no timeline. It certainly appears as if broadcast monitoring may never come to FCPX.

But, really, if you’re going to talk about future, pretend versions of the software – you have to compare it to future, pretend versions of Adobe and Avid. And who hasn’t dreamed about the rich, paradigm shifting capabilities of the future, pretend Lightworks?

Franz.

[Ewan Lim]

about apple and not giving a proper timeline… well that is true.

without the features that everyone has been saying that we need, which we obviously do, FCPx isn’t ready for proper broadcast.

When we think about the future, ‘pretend avid and adobe’ products will definitely be far ahead of FCPx if Apple updates FCP as ‘fast’ as they usually do. IF Apple does get up to speed on Broadcasting needs then FCPx will definitely be my choice.

As for the now, I actually do prefer Adobe Production suite (CS5.5). Since Ppro does seem like its a mix between Avid and FCP. The plus points are also the fact that you can bring in other Adobe project files into Ppro, such as AE and Photoshop. I’d love to go back to editing on Avid but I actually have to do some minor graphics from time to time so Ppro would be a good choice for me. (Now comes the part where I have to convince people that getting CS5.5 is really worth it as FCS3 is EOL. How long can we stick to it before it stops working with updated Mac OS?)

Well, it seems that the answer to my initial question is pretty certain and that without proper external Monitors, we still can’t use FCPx for any kind of broadcasting at the moment. Be it traditional broadcasting or upcoming digital broadcasting. Even if we wanted to use it for web videos (such as youtube or some form of viral marketing), we still won’t be able to use FCPx even if we want to keep up the standards.

[Marvin Holdman]

If the updates you speak of were ONLY up to Apple, then I’d have to say it will be a LONG time before you see them come. Why would they worry when it is the highest grossing app they have ALREADY? Since it appears that those updates most speak of that would bring it to “professional” are going to be reliant on 3rd party developers, then it might come quick…. if Apple releases the hooks.

Any one care to hazard a guess as to when that might be?

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