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Final Cut Pro 7 wishlist
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What about mxf / .m2t support? being able to edit and output those formats without rewarpping or convertions, would be the best thing.
Tulio Campregher
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I know April is almost here, but it doesn’t hurt to keep on wishing.
201.) Larger Icon view of clips in the browser.
202.) The ability to group projects together, forming a super-project where master-affiliate clip relationships don’t get lost between multiple projects. Currently if you move a sequence to a different project all those affiliate clips in the sequence lose their master-affiliate relationship. It would be great to keep your master clips in one project and your sequences spread across multiple projects.
203.) Create real Unity-style project sharing. (the super-project formula would work for this as well. A Super-project would be like an Avid project, and a FCP project would be like an Avid bin.
204.) When in double roller mode in the trim window, have both the A and B side update while using dynamic trim.
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re 202/203: I think at some point we’ll see Apple move all media management operations out of FCP and into a single-seat easier-to-set-up version of Final Cut Server that gets bundled with the package. I believe FCServer already has the ability to track what source clips are used in which projects.
Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
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>>”The relationship to the original media (and thus the source tapes) is gone.”<<
Not at all true! But, I think I know what you are getting at.
And “destructive” is not the appropriate term if if that were true. Destructive would indicate that the original media files were changed and overwritten.
When a project gets returned from Color it creates a new Sequence in your project file that is a DUPLICATE of the sequence that was sent to Color adding the suffix ‘from color’ to the newly created sequence and linking the NEW sequence to the Color rendered media. The original sequence, links to original media is kept all intact.
That being said I’m in complete agreement that better integration into the “suite”… er, um, “studio”. I assume what you are referring to is how once you come back from color it is a HUGE pain in the hindquarters to make any editorial changes and then run those changes through Color. That would be a dream if that worked better. The best parallel that I can think of is Live Effects in Photoshop.
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I had to chime in- there’s 2 things that i always wanted to see in FCP
(1) Synced folders- Bins&Folders are synced. Import a folder, and then when ever that folder is updated, the bin is updated.
(2) As dumb as it sounds…. an option to have a text editor… similar to QT Notetaker. this way you can keep project logs, and track your notes. Hell, even attach meta data when you export! (That’s not in the marker) You can take and add notes on your project- bring in client notes- etc.
I hate how you always have to Apple+H back and forth when addressing comments….. that’s allJust some ideas
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Hopefully this is too late for FCP7.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
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I want to see a major upgrade to the interface of apple color, something like the interface to motion.
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[William Wright] “I want to see a major upgrade to the interface of apple color, something like the interface to motion.”
The interface isn’t what’s holding Color back? Absolutely seamless one button round-tripping between FCP and is what Color needs. Period, end of story.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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[William Wright] “I want to see a major upgrade to the interface of apple color, something like the interface to motion.”
Oh good Lord no. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the interface of Color. It’s laid out well for color enhancement and it completely works.
Acceptance of more formats and certainly stills from FCP will be a big help. But messing with the interface isn’t going to make Color work better.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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[David Roth Weiss] “The interface isn’t what’s holding Color back? Absolutely seamless one button round-tripping between FCP and is what Color needs. Period, end of story. “
You mean like Send to Color and Send to Final Cut Pro? That’s worked fine here since Apple purchased Color and the whole XML thing worked fine prior to that as Final Touch HD. I think it was Final Touch 2.5 that had a really bad issue with XML, but that was fixed in 2.6.
Sure you have to prep the timeline to get rid of stills and speed changes, but once you work out that workflow, it’s quite easy. We’re even using it on all the news stories now so I think we’re up over 200 projects sent through Final Touch HD / Color now. It’s an easy workflow.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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