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My wish is
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Could not agree more. Common databases are the key, and it is great to see that is appears FCP X is database driven.
All the best,
Tom
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[Walter Soyka] “I’ve made this comment in other threads as well, but I think that what we’re all looking for is not necessarily a unified application, but a unified data model and media database.”
Well said!
The Application (Formerly) Known As Color, then, does two things: (1) some underlying code manipulates picture data; (2) the GUI allows end users to apply the code to data.
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[Richard Herd] “The Application (Formerly) Known As Color, then, does two things: (1) some underlying code manipulates picture data; (2) the GUI allows end users to apply the code to data.”
Right — and the media database tracks Color’s renders and re-associates FCP’s media links to the the graded, rendered files, but still knows about the unprocessed original files.
On the collaboration side, an editorial change in FCP like a new shot in the timeline simply appears in Color, because they are sharing the same basic database that defines the edit. Color knows the shot is new, and once it’s graded, the database is updated again and FCP can get at the new media.
Now that FCP X will be a 64-bit multithreaded app with a modern color model and real color management, this one huge architectural re-write of the entire suite is my only wishlist item. Think it’s too much to ask?
Walter Soyka
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[Tom Wolsky] “Those were different and desperate times, when Apple was fighting for survival. Jobs had come back from NeXT and Pixar and saw video as part of Apple’s DNA, and it was going elsewhere. Serious compositing was on the PC. Avid was threatening to go PC only. Adobe took Premiere Pro to PC only. Apple saw high end production as a way to sell high margin desktop boxes, the same impetus that made it buy KeyGrip from Macromedia and turn it into Final Cut Pro.
Times have changed. Apple’s new DNA is mobile devices.”
Ironically, now that apps like Smoke, Resolve, and SCRATCH have come to the Mac, Apple’s mobile focus seems to threaten the platform that these developers were drawn to and started developing against a couple years ago.
I try to limit my arm-waving rants on this topic, but more frequent updates to the Mac Pros, more expansion slots (to compete with similarly-priced PC workstations), and better support for NVIDIA cards with CUDA would go a long way in the high-end production market.
Walter Soyka
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And Thunderbolt appeals to iPhone users?
It’s a professional interface in which the use is going to be predominantly in the professional video market.
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[Walter Soyka] “Think it’s too much to ask?”
Not at all.
How many folks do you think have been working on this, in silence, for how many years?
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[Craig Seeman] “And Thunderbolt appeals to iPhone users? It’s a professional interface in which the use is going to be predominantly in the professional video market.”
Honestly, Thunderbolt — coupled with the rumors of smaller Mac Pro cases — scares me. I’d hate to see Mac Pros losing higher-bandwidth PCIe slots while adding lower-bandwidth Thunderbolt ports.
I hope to be wrong about this, because having both would be nice!
Walter Soyka
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[Craig Seeman] “It’s a professional interface in which the use is going to be predominantly in the professional video market.”
Its funny you mentioned that.
Very recently, I have met 3 brand new macbook pro owners who have no idea that their computer has a thunderbolt interface! But they paid the price for it and apple is very happy about it.
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[Sohrab Sandhu] “Very recently, I have met 3 brand new macbook pro owners who have no idea that their computer has a thunderbolt interface!”
Why would it be important to them Sohrab? There’s no way they can use TBolt now, so it’s just one more mysterious little silver connector to them.
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