New FCP!

[Sean Oneil]

[John Davidson (fomerly JNeo25)] “I’d rather wait until October to get a new mac pro to run this stuff. Odds are there will be a new MacPro hardware release between now and then that is a little more optimized to run with Leopard.”

Not really. The 8-core just came out. Faster and more powerful hardware will always be coming out, but there won’t be any new magic device optimized for Leopard.

Sean

[Stefan Kroesbacher]

hi,

BTW, all the programs going towards GPU-power…
i wonder what the 8-core REALLY is going to speed up….

i wanted to order the 8 core tomorrow, but am not too sure any more…

what do you think????

regards

stefan

[Jeremy Smith]

This looks absolutely ridiculous! I can’t wait to get into poking around under the hood.

Way way cool!

[Ben Holmes]

There’s no question that this is a game-changer. In one stroke they dealt with all of the major complaints with FCS – Mixed timelines, proper storage, hardware solution, etc. etc. etc.

I expect a few things to be a disappointment when we get to play with them – and for sure there will be a few stability issues, but – WOW. Really, I’ve been usinf FCP since v.1 and this is without doubt the most exciting set of announcements in the product’s history.

I’m really a sceptical old curmudgeon when it comes to Apple software/hardware realeases, but I can’t help but be excited – especially as we held off purchasing two new 8-core systems awaiting this hardware release. Hah.

Now I need to know if I should hold off buying a couple of AJA Kona cards…. That’s better, something to worry about…

Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd

EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.

New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.

[Sean Oneil]

I can’t find anywhere what the hardware requirements are for the key new features for FCP 6.

What kind of hardware do you need for “Open Timeline” and “Pro Res” to work?

Sean

[John Pale]

https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs.html

Overall requirements are above. No feature by feature requirements listed. I would imagine most effect related stuff would be reliant on the graphics card. Color requires a really good GPU. ProRes would appear to be just a new codec, so I would imagine it would work on all configurations, provided your storage can handle the bandwith. Open Timeline…would love to hear someone who gets to play with it at NAB….Avid has been doing this for some time, so I doubt the requirement would be that great.

[Jeremy Garchow]

I am most excited about LTC in and out.

Hopefully I can now bring this on set and capture right into FCP without a 422 converter.

Jeremy

[Rennie Klymyk]

[Stefan Kroesbacher] “i wonder what the 8-core REALLY is going to speed up….”

Just listened to the podcast…. they report compressor processing a file from 16 minutes down to 6 minutes. Compressor will be the background for multi-format timeline and it will make use of all the processors available. Appearently there is a progress window that demonstates the distribution of the processing taking place. Sounds like the octocore is very benificial.