[Andrew Burke]

Yeah, happy so far.
10.0.0 was a good (new) direction.
10.0.9 really had most of what we wanted for everyday use.
10.1 looks and feels nice so far. We’re moving from desktop RAIDs to shared storage soon, so that’ll be the real test.

Final Cut Pro X’s key feature for us has and still is “speed while editing”. We routinely shave off 1/3 or more time from our editing vs. FCP7/PPro. If you charge by the hour for editing, you may be bummed. For meeting crushing deadlines it’s awesome.

Happy editing,
AB

I’m here because I’m not all there.

[Andrew Burke]

There’s an Apple script floating around somewheres… which lets you add video files to a folder at the Finder level, and whatever is in there is played as a screensaver.

I’ll see if I can find it. You may try a google search or two, too.

There should be a way to tweak the script to accomodate 3 folders (one for each display).

This is assuming you’d like a Mac involved in this project 😉

-Andrew

I’m here because I’m not all there.

[Andrew Burke]

I will also pitch the prediction that X gets a full number upgrade to “XI”, in a rebranding effort. Final Cut Pro XI. This could diffentiate a product that just entered the market from one with it’s wrinkles ironed out. It’s no major rebrand like Phillip Morris becoming Altria, or Blackwater becoming Xe and then later becoming Academi. But it serves the same purpose in redirecting attention.

Not really a feature, but indicates new features.

-Andrew

I’m here because I’m not all there.

[Andrew Burke]

Hi James,

I’ve used Final Cut Pro X and P2 together recently. Although this isn’t my normal combo. Here’s what I’ve found:

1. FCPX loves 1080i/p footage
2. FCPX responds with one error message per card with 720p footage. Not solid.
3. FCPX almost doesn’t recognize SD material anymore (for documentary archival footage, this is not fun). Any 480i footage seems to be automatically interploated + deinterlaced. 480p footage with Advanced Pulldown is a real shot in the dark, and recieves the same error message you get.

For your specific situation, remove your camera or camera archive. Some of your media will go offline. Fix the original media in another application. Re-import it, and all Share options should be there.

I keep a full version of Cinema Tools on hand, for the 5-10% of footage that needs advanced pulldown removal.

Hope this helps,
Andrew

I’m here because I’m not all there.

[Andrew Burke]

I’m usually not one to go on record with predictions, but I’ll jump in here.

In 2013, Final Cut Pro X will gain minor collaboration updates, and benefit from a re-designed “booster rocket” MacPro that attaches to any other Mac to perform heavy lifting.

Like early OS X, Final Cut Pro X may only get minor updates for a year while people revisit it. Apple has changed so much, that there’s really not much to add to it for their target audience. I heartily enjoy using it and I: a) never shot betaSP, b) work primarily on a laptop, and c) make a living from video production

As long as we look back to the original Macintosh and OS X and the iPad, everything becomes really clear with Final Cut Pro X: make something that’s usually overly-complicated into something that’s approachable and fun.

-Andrew

Mooing the lawn.

[Andrew Burke]

From my experience, the vast majority of Final Cut Pro seats are not installed on MacPros. In the last 10 years, I’ve witnessed about a 15:1 ratio of FCP on Laptop/iMac to FCP on the MacPro. Certainly the demographics are a bit different on this forum.

So for the majority of us, our options are good. The high-end iMac works very well for video editing. I’ve clocked most of my editing time on laptops since 2001 (heading into a traditional broadcast suite only for specific, large projects). The just-announced laptops looks nice to me. But I haven’t used them.

Best,
Andrew

[Andrew Burke]

This looks very good.

I am not one to tote around a desktop (most of my work is light-and-nimble on a notebook), so I hope Apple makes the rumored stackable/rackable redesign. Smaller would be better– like a tower of Mac Minis.

-AB

[Andrew Burke]

Here they are, next week at least:

https://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/05/mac-pro-to-finally-see-updates-next-week/

-Andrew

Doing things right.