Final Cut X update and free trial

[Greg Jones]

How did you go about downloading it? Doesn’t show up under Mac Store Updates nor the Software update.

Greg Jones
D7,Inc.
Orlando,FL.
https://www.d7-inc.com

Greg Jones
Orlando,Fl.
https://www.d7-inc.com

[Jonathan White]

Popped up in app store updates about 10 minutes ago for me… I was watching it like a hawk… strange thing this excitement over software updates 🙂

Seanchas Productions, Galway, Ireland

[Jonathan White]

Currently I’m actually more excited about stability and bug fixes as I won’t need xml for a few months… transitions on connected clips will save some time too 🙂

Seanchas Productions, Galway, Ireland

[Mark Dobson]

Yeah – good news for all.

Especially those pioneers who have actually been using this software for commercial pro projects despite its flaws.

What I am hoping for when I get to download this update is greater stability. I can’t count the number of spinning ball crashes I’ve had.

This forum will definitely benefit from the update – something real to talk about.

[Craig Seeman]

[Jonathan White] “transitions on connected clips will save some time too”

This would be major considering the thread on the need to improve Secondary Storylines. Transition between connected clips, depending on how it works, would go a long way towards getting a track like behavior back without having to go through extra steps to create Secondary Storylines in many cases.

[Gerrit Van dyke]

This is good news. It sounds like we’re still an update away from being able to switch over (broadcast monitoring) but it looks like they’re on the right track.

How about EDL and OMF export?

[Marvin Holdman]

Finally, some encouraging news….

“Sony is updating their XDCAM EX plug-in to support native import directly into Final Cut Pro X.”

Marvin Holdman
Production Manager
Tourist Network
8317 Front Beach Rd, Suite 23
Panama City Beach, Fl
phone 850-234-2773 ext. 128
cell 850-585-9667
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[Timothy Auld]

I’ve been a skeptic about this software since it’s release but I don’t think there is a way to view this that is not positive. The change in attitude (which I never thought would happen) alone is very refreshing. Nothing would make me happier than to proven completely wrong and to have a solid, useable NLE again come winter 2012.

bigpine

[Craig Seeman]

I see a “Roles” export feature which apparently does stuff with appropriately tagged audio (eg. Dialogue).

I do see Export and, yes, Import XML and I also see Add and Remove SAN.

A warning pops up that says Events and Projects need to be updated. That previously would only happen with major FCP version updates.

BTW Motion update now supports Dual Monitors.

You can now add a transition to a Connected Clip and it Automatically becomes a Secondary Storyline. A big YEA for that one.

This finally looks like a viable 1.0 app. It may not be ready to compete with the other “A’s” but it certainly looks good enough to handle small projects and know you can get into and out of it into the rest of the world for additional post work.

There would be a lot less panic with this. At least more people would be willing to say “let’s see where this goes” instead of just jumping ship. It’s certainly a viable AVCHD project editor now. Apple’s site says Sony will have direct XDCAM EX import plugin for it. They also mention Multicam (we know) is coming along with Broadcast monitoring.

There’s still a long way to go but it seems like Apple is listening. If only this were the 1.0 we saw.

[Mitch Ives]

[Jeremy Garchow] “”Coming in early 2012”

Where did you see “early”… it says 2012… that’s anytime until December

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.com
http://www.insightproductions.com