FCP-X HW I/O-support: a hypothesis

[Clayton Burkhart]

[Chris Kenny] ” Doing it in the display pipeline would make no sense. It would produce entirely inaccurate color even for things like web deliverables.”

Exactly. Which is what I unfortunately discovered along the way in the course of my own productions, and why I no longer trust Apple to provide me with an accurate monitoring output solution. 🙂

[Chris Kenny]

[Clayton Burkhart] “Exactly. Which is what I unfortunately discovered along the way in the course of my own productions, and why I no longer trust Apple to provide me with an accurate output solution. :-)”

Please be very specific about what you’re talking about here. Because you’re claiming Apple has done something that makes zero sense for them to have done. What specific tests have you performed that lead you to believe FCP X deliberately ‘enhances’ video in the display pipeline?

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[Jean-françois Robichaud]

“So… why would they release FCP X now then. With Lion available next month.The four weeks hardly make a difference.”

Then again why not? FCP X works today as a standalone application. There doesn’t seem to be much reason to wait before release. People who want to can use it now, and it works very well as standalone application, as long as you have a simple workflow. If 3rd-party hardware requires Lion, then it still gives people the chance to become familiar with the software.

Apple has got to have the worst transparency issues in the business. I don’t have a crystal ball so I don’t know what are their plans for FCP X, but I do have an hunch as to what they have in STORE: App Store purchases for extra features; for 3rd-party tools, that’s a 30% cut for Apple, if there’s no way to bypass the store. Why did you think they went all App Store with the release?

[Peter Blumenstock]

They went App Store because it is an app that doesn’t require volume licensing or larger deployment because it simply will not be used by any professional facility but by prosumers.