Print to DVD – missing feature?

[Deleted User]

The Share function will burn a DVD of your timeline.

Lee
SAMDOG Digital Post
Calgary, Alberta
Mac Pro 2.66 12-core 16gb ram • FSI LM1760W Monitor • Matrox MX02 • Caldigit HD One 8tb Raid • Euphonix MC Transport • Final Cut Studio 3 • Premiere Pro CS5

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Very good idea. But I don’t want to “hit a few buttons” — I want to highlight the area to be burned and hit command P or maybe Command B.

H.

[Andrew Rendell]

I select the bit I want, export it as a quicktime and then use the “one step DVD from movie” feature in iDVD to burn a disc. Not quite as straightforward as what you want, but not far off.

[Bob Cole]

Thanks. Great ideas.

I still like Edius’s software integration with an external DVD burner, but these tips will help me a lot.

I appreciate your help!

Bob C

[Bob Cole]

True, but my post wasn’t a plug for Edius – just a note that Edius has a very nice feature, which makes a tedious task dead simple. If “Share” or iDVD work as easily as they seem, I’ll be happy

Bob C

[Mark Maness]

Have you noticed a pattern, Dave?

People are getting fed up with Apple making promises of better software and incredible improvements and when it come to the Pro Apps we are seeing nothing. Apple is sliding way behind the curve in Pro Apps development. Folks have been complaining and whining about features for a long time and we have yet to see many of them come about. That’s what’s at hand here.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
https://web.mac.com/schazamproductions
schazamproductions@mac.com

[Mark Maness]

[Dave LaRonde] “Don’t get me wrong, I like using FCP, but when a momentous improvement in Final Cut Suite is simply software you bought & bundled (Color), you have to wonder how committed Apple is to keeping the primary application up to date. “

Ok… I’ll give you that one, Dave. But don’t you think it may be time for a rewrite of the software to make it more efficient?

Apple has had a 64-bit OS for some time now. And to be perfect honest, the MacOS has had a 64-bit backbone for a very long time now. Longer than Snow Leopard. That was the advantage of building the OS on a form of Unix.

Apple has made quite a few advancements in technology, no doubt. But when it comes to the Pro Apps, they’ve been slow. Sure, Color is amazing but why can’t they incorporate some of the technology into FCP. You know, an improved 3-way Color Corrector, maybe. Not everyone has the time to work in Color. Sometimes we just need a quick fix. Magic Bullet’s Colorista II is perfect for this, but slow to render.

How about working on the marketing claims that don’t really work very well, like the Share function or better yet, Motion integration with Motion templates that you can use right on your timeline?

We aren’t whining for fun… We have legit issues and it seems that most are just overlooked or ignored. Wouldn’t the COW be a great place for Apple to monitor to see what folks are wanting or what needs repair? Sure… I know they can’t implement everything we want, but maybe just add the most popular needs or repairing marketing flaws. That’s all.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
https://web.mac.com/schazamproductions
schazamproductions@mac.com

[Steve Connor]

Well we have Premiere CS5 on our system at the moment and it’s very impressive, I think a lot of people aren’t going to wait forever for Apple to get their act together. Hopefully by NAB we’ll have an idea of where things are going

Steve Connor
Adrenalin Television

Have you tried “Search Posts”? Enlightenment may be there.

[Keith Pratt]

Wayne Carey: “Apple is sliding way behind the curve in Pro Apps development.”

Aperture and Logic are also Pro Apps, and they’re both 64-bit and certainly not lagging behind their peers.

(Just worth a mention…)