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MC 5 w/Unity and Interplay vs FCP 7 w/Final Cut Server
I currently work in an AVID environment where we do a lot of media sharing along with media management, on 9-10 AVIDs, along with five DS bays. Currently our Managers are looking into switching the whole system over. I can’t seem to get any answers on what FCP 7 can do when it comes to Media Management and an Interplay-like atmosphere. All I hear from the Managers is it is better, but no one can tell me why it is better. If anyone out there has done comparisons and can tell me the differences and give me your opinions of the two systems, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
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Your managers are making a HUGE mistake.
Yes, you can run FCP with Unity now… AVID have provision for that, but I don’t think FCP has the facility to lock bins like Avid does to protect the contents in a multi-user environment.
As for Interplay and FCP… no dice. Personally, I hate Interplay. It cripples more functionality than it enables. No more re-link, and forget using it in combination with local storage. It won’t/can’t do it. I lost 3 entire episodes of a tight turn around reality series before Avid told us there were bugs. Interplay kept quarantining all my mixdowns and renders.
Interplay is the annoying middleman you actually don’t need. Just set up a few MC Soft stations for producers and you’re much better off.
But that’s just my opinion. The best day for me was when I was able to get it off my system entirely. Again, another example of a decision made by “managers” with no effing idea what you have to do day to day.
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