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Native OMF export support needed
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[Lemur Hayop] “Rumors say Logic X is supposed to integrate more with FCPX but that’s hearsay and it might not be that good after all.”
either way. Try telling a die hard Pro Tools engineer to use Logic instead. LOL
Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal
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[Craig Seeman] “A lot of Pro Tools users …”
Craig,
There’s that word again.
You seem to know a lot of people.
Franz.
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[Franz Bieberkopf] “You seem to know a lot of people.”
If I’m wrong then there’s not much to worry about as the need for OMF for Pro Tools would be a rare circumstance given recent versions support AAF. Granted Pro Tools isn’t the only DAW around.
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Craig,
The implication is not that you are wrong – it is that you are correct.
A lot of Pro Tools users were outraged at the hardware upgrade costs.
And a lot of Pro Tools users loved the new hardware and software and rushed to upgrade.
Lots and lots.
Franz.
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[Franz Bieberkopf] “And a lot of Pro Tools users loved the new hardware and software and rushed to upgrade.
Lots and lots.”
OMF wouldn’t be an issue if there weren’t a lot who haven’t upgraded.
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[Craig Seeman] “Many professional users of Avid products don’t upgrade.”
You mean like people sticking with FCP 7 when X is already a year old? 😉
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
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[Oliver Peters] “You mean like people sticking with FCP 7 when X is already a year old? ;-)”
Or people sticking with 6 because 7 wasn’t a compelling update.
Of course if you imply (or I infer) that you mean many Avid customers are not happy with recent updates, Avid is down for the count because they probably can’t sustain that.
It’s possible that Apple felt FCP/FCS reached a point of stasis that they weren’t happy in their own cost benefit analysis. They may have felt the only way to grow beyond were they were in this division was to take a few steps back for a bit while they reconnoiter with a very different approach. Adobe may have hit a similar point and talk a very different business model approach to upgrades. I’m sure Adobe didn’t want people to stick to older versions of Photoshop or After Effects so they re-examined their business model, upgrade pricing and policy, the concept of leasing rather than buying software.
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[Craig Seeman] “Of course if you imply (or I infer) that you mean many Avid customers are not happy with recent updates, Avid is down for the count because they probably can’t sustain that.”
Huh? I implied no such thing. I think most existing, loyal Avid users are actually reasonably happy with the company’s development, but want to see more.
But you’re wildly off the point. OMF support is not an Avid or a Pro Tools issue, but rather a DAW-user issue. OMF seems to be preferred by many mixers. Very few can actually open the AAFs generated by X2Pro, even though it’s supposed to be a standard AAF.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
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X2oPro doesn’t work for us right now because it embeds the entire audio track of the source, although they’ve stated they’ll add the ability to limit stems/handles in the next version. With 5 different hour long episodes in a single :30, the AAF file would be really bloated. Right now we’re assigning roles, making sure elements in roles don’t overlap, and then generate role based aif files Our mixer in protools just runs ‘strip silence’ off each track, and suddenly he’s able to slide things around and manage them as needed. Basically we lose handles, but that’s rarely an issue for us.
John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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X2Pro doesn’t do only media in the cut with handles? Does entire clips?
Good lord. How big are the AAFs from LEVERAGE then? If they include the full take of each angle/shot?
Again…things aren’t ready for prime time…even audio exports from third parties…
Shane
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