Predictions for FCPX in 2013

[Paul Harb]

Thanks 😉

Paul Harb-Producer/Director
Wrong Beach Multimedia
Dual 3.2 GHz Quad/10.5.5/8GIG RAM/FCP 6.0.4/QT 7.5.5

[Bernhard G.]

Hello,

I hope for

– a colaborative workflow:

the disk image workaround for network storage being standardized
and configurable from within FCP-X; giving the new FCP Disk Images a nice icon 😉

those FCP Disk Images to have rudimentary access permission handling comparable
to SNS SANmp: Read/Write (others can read); Write Exclusive (others can’t read); Read Only (for the others)

FCP Disk Images to be also the new standard procedure on local storage

all ProApps to access Events

– Compressor X:

with high-end scaling algorithms on GPU to compete with dedicated hardwares like Kona3

furthermore a native x264 implementation (but as far as there is no sophisticated scaling algorithm in
Compressor, x264 would make no sense to me…)

– FCP-X to get:

tracking for CC (by optical flow analysis; means without setting tracking points per hand);

Bezier and BSpline mattes; separate feathering masks;

temporal adaptive Noise Reduction analysis that could be set in import dialogue;

again better scaling algorithms with Super Resolution technology for up-rezing footage
(similar technology to image stabilization; details are gained from several images);

better keyframe handling with bezier splines

stereo 3D 😉

I’m aware that some of these features are available via plugin – but the more plugins an
other apps I need to purchase, the less attractive FCP-X gets with it’s long-term promise
of ‘completeness’.

Best regards,
Bernhard

[Steve Connor]

[Paul Harb] “My prediction is that NOT ONE feature will be cut on this POS.
“

Having already cut a feature on it and read of other who have as well then I predict you might be wrong.

Now if you’re talking MAJOR feature then for this year at least you might be right. Thing is, you might think it’s a POS but there are lots of people who don’t. Some of todays low to mid budget filmmakers who are using FCPX will be next years big budget filmmakers and I’m betting at least some of them will continue to use it.

Steve Connor
‘It’s just my opinion, with an occasional fact thrown in for good measure”

[Nikolas Bäurle]

I predict there will still be people dissing FCPX even after version XXX, especially the ones that never really used it.
In the meantime FCPX Editors are going to continue having lots of fun.

“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python

[David Eaks]

I predict that in 2013 FCPX will get Magic Trackpad support. A habit from FCP7 that STILL lingers, my left hand just can’t refrain from trying to pinch-to-zoom the timeline.

[Joseph W. bourke]

I predict that people in this forum will be still chasing their tails in 2014, arguing about the benefits/deficits of FCP(pick a number).

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

[Steve Connor]

[David Eaks] “I predict that in 2013 FCPX will get Magic Trackpad support. A habit from FCP7 that STILL lingers, my left hand just can’t refrain from trying to pinch-to-zoom the timeline.
“

That would be great, I’ve been using the Magic Trackpad for a while now and more gesture support would be very useful.

Steve Connor
‘It’s just my opinion, with an occasional fact thrown in for good measure”

[Walter Soyka]

[Marcus Moore] “Well, as I understand it, FCPX is built on the same database structure as FinalCutServer was, so theoretically anything that people USED to do with FCS is possible with FCPX”

Is it?

I’ve seen Ben Balser say that events are built on the Final Cut Server database engine, but I kind of don’t believe him.

I am happy to be corrected here, but wasn’t FCSvr was Postgres, while FCPX is CoreData/SQLite? And doesn’t FCPX talks to CatDV, but not FCSvr? They may share some structural similarities since they are both MAM databases, but wasn’t FCPX developed in-house at Apple from the ground up?

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events

[Bret Williams]

I don’t think Apple will ever make it a paid upgrade. There is no upgrade mechanism in the app store. It would simply have to be another app. What would they call the new app? FCP X Space? FCP X Seasons?

[Jason Jenkins]

How about an auto-scrolling timeline so I can use my trackpad less?!

Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!

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