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FCPX metadata–how significant is it? And why?
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[Jeremy Garchow] “I think you just proved my point!”
Indeed. I don’t disagree with you at all that Resolve sells Decklinks. I just wonder how many new hardware sales they’ll be able to make by dropping the total cost of a grading system by only $995.
I’d bet the overwhelming majority of new Resolve Lite users will be rocking Resolve on MBPs at coffee shops without proper monitoring.
Sorry to everyone else for the off-topic diversion. Bringing it back…
I know FCPX has an item for color profile in the info panel; is it functional?
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Not in any way doubting the results here, but I am wondering about the specs of the systems employed for these tests.
The first post notes an “older” CPU, but a fast graphics card.
I wonder what effect RAM availability has on the CPUs ability to render efficiently?
Still, interesting info.
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[Walter Soyka] “[Chris Harlan] “Whoa! DNxHD? How nice!”
Shane Ross called it — we’re entering the age of DNxHD [link].
But did you see the part about unlimited nodes? Resolve Lite is now a full-featured color grading system. For free.
“It is amazing. I’m guessing that this is the first move in a 3rd party hardware square-off to reap the opening up of Media Composer.
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[Chris Harlan] “It is amazing. I’m guessing that this is the first move in a 3rd party hardware square-off to reap the opening up of Media Composer.”
Bingo! Now I get Jeremy’s point. This isn’t to sell Decklinks to colorists — it’s to sell Decklinks to editors by offering them the ability to color for free. AJA doesn’t have a value prop like this at all. Ouch.
Collateral damage — any value Symphony had left might have just withered away.
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[Walter Soyka] “Shane Ross called it — we’re entering the age of DNxHD [link].”
Avid has a lot of work to do if they want their MXF formats to be pervasive (in my opinion).
[Walter Soyka] “But did you see the part about unlimited nodes? Resolve Lite is now a full-featured color grading system. For free.”
And to really use it, you need to buy Blackmagic hardware. You know that killer app thing I was talking about? 🙂
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[Bill Davis] “I still finding myself occasionally getting weary of “defending” X against the onslaught of those who imply the since it don’t work for them, then its dreck for everybody.
“I totally get it. No problem.
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[Walter Soyka] “Bingo! Now I get Jeremy’s point. This isn’t to sell Decklinks to colorists — it’s to sell Decklinks to editors by offering them the ability to color for free. AJA doesn’t have a value prop like this at all. Ouch.”
Oops, yeah. I take back that last post. Now, you see!
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[Oliver Peters] “And speaking of metadata, is there a way to NOT to have Events’ contents in the browser be grouped by date? “
Yeah, I hate that part.
Click the gear under the browser and choose these options:
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[Walter Soyka] “Collateral damage — any value Symphony had left might have just withered away.”
Not that I was ready to pony up, but any lingering thoughts I had in that direction have pretty much been quelled.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Oops, yeah. I take back that last post. Now, you see!”
Indeed. Mine was a failure of imagination.
I was thinking about BMD selling cards to colorists, and I imagine they have already nearly saturated this market.
BMD, on the other hand, is thinking about selling conform and color to Avid editors in a box labeled “Decklink.” It’s really brilliant.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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