One editor’s “Jaw Dropping” new Final Cut Studio wish

[John Heagy]

Apple needs to redo the whole effects interface… or combine FCP with Motion. The latter is a good bet.

That would be the only thing that may keep people from going to After Effects.

[Andrew Kimery]

Maybe I’m envisioning it the wrong way but I’m not all too keen on having one giant app. I mean, do I really want the equivalent of Motion, DVD SP, Compressor, Cinema Tools, Color, Sound Track Pro, and FCP all open and running at the same time? Especially when i typically have a number of other apps open as well?

I would like better round tripping and a more unified feel between the apps but I don’t know if mixing everything into a ‘super-app’ is the best way to go about it. Audio apps look like audio apps for a reason and compositing apps look like compositing apps for a reason. W/that being said if anyone can gracefully bring it all under one roof it’s Apple. I’m just afraid that the compromise in doing so will be an ‘simpler’ app that while more streamlined will be so at the cost of deeper level functionality.

I’m cool with elegant and efficient I just don’t want dumbed-down when it comes to my professional tools.

-Andrew

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