[Ben Holmes]

In order to use the iMac with tape formats, you’ll probably want to wait for the new thunderbolt options for a/v in/out, like the Blackmagic Ultrastudio, or the MXO2 with Thunderbolt.

Both of these options are not available until around July – so that might be a factor for you to consider.

For every other reason, I’d go with the iMac. Better, faster, now just as connectable.

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[Simon Ubsdell] ” It could well be that the magnetic timeline represents all sorts of interesting challenges in respect of supporting traditional edit interchange formats which may be much harder to resolve than we think. “

I don’t think that’s an issue for an XML import – the footage is imported in a particular shape. The magnetic timeline changes the mechanism by which it is altered, so as a snapshot of a timeline, I don’t see an issue.

All I really mean here is that XML is simple data, widely used. I HOPE for these reasons alone, it’s still included in FCP X – but hey, you could be right, and I have to flog FCP7 until it dies!

[Simon Ubsdell] “XML export from iMovie is very limited”

Yes, but that’s iMovie, and this is FCP X! Haven’t we moved on from that little nugget?

IF the menus are genuine, and iMovie integration has pride of place, I think that shows Apple is keen to promote this as an upsell product, like Aperture is to iPhoto (I’ve been banging on about this for over a year). That doesn’t mean pro features aren’t included (as with Aperture), but that the learning curve is less steep for prosumers. Good. Complaining otherwise is just Pro snobbery, as far as I can see….

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[Ben Holmes]

Not sure why anyone would be concerned about the ‘transcode’ item – clearly there’s a time and place to transcode footage, irrespective of ‘mixed timeline’ abilities of any software. Exporting would certainly be speeded up by it.

The import options however….

I’ll admit a little pang of pain (if this is true – who the hell knows?) caused by not seeing ‘import XML’ on there, and two iMovie options, but let’s face it – that’s an emotional response born out of FCP pro-users disliking the ‘iMovie Pro’ tag.

Two thoughts:

1. XML import could very easily just be in the ‘import file’ option as a drop-down. After all – xml’s are files. Apple love to simplify menus with sub-menus. It’s a lot more likely than that they dropped the single most simple, interoperable file format for EDLs in the industry, isn’t it? What would Apple possibly have to gain from dropping it? They’d lose my business and many others beside for sure, so I don’t buy it. It’s hardly difficult to implement.

2. If you wanted to wind up tenterhook-hanging FCP editors with anything – I think this would do it. So it’s more likely to be fake than other shots I’ve seen. Although on balance, I think answer 1 is more likely – we just can’t see it from the screenshot, but it’s there.

And I KNOW – We’ll find out very soon. If you don’t like speculating and deducing a little from the tidbits we’ve been thrown, well – you’re on the wrong forum at the moment….

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I’d agree Andy, on the basis that this forum, or those commenting were NOT the source of the leak. Who exactly are you berating, and for what? No one here did anything to harm Ripple (on top of the harm already done to them by the thief and/or bad security). The harm was already done. Lesson learnt all round I’m sure.

Personally – I think the Assange comment was stupid, and contributes nothing to this. However, if you want to talk about items already in the public domain, so be it. Many regular posters here don’t like the rumours and gossip – I think it passes an amusing few minutes a day whilst I wait for FCP X to be released.

Everyone chill out, m’kay?

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Commenting on something already in the public domain, not leaked or published by someone on this forum hardly requires a long hard look at ourselves. If people here could spot the Ripple Training info in the screengrabs, how long do you think it would take Apple?

I appreciate your concerns may be pointed at others reading or posting on these forums, but suggesting we avoid commenting on items widely posted on the Internet seems over the top. Sorry.

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Have you tried other codecs with this? I’m about to invest in a Gig-E SAN that delivers around 10 streams of standard ProRes – I would think the Big Disk could handle a couple…

Also – look at Magic Bullet’s Grinder app for DSLR footage…

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[Oliver Peters] ” Facilis Technology, EditShare and Avid, for starters.”

Actually, I think you just about named all of the ones I know. And they’re all high-vale vendors…

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Apart from the changes to the look of the GUI, this looks like a sensible incremental interface. If they’ve improved the camera I might actually use it!

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Then I stand corrected – in the UK I never see them, but a lot of the AVIDs I see are hire machines, or in use by broadcasters – all of whom use PCs. Glad to hear its more common in the US, but it’s just not the case over this side of the pond. I’m sure someone can give me some examples though.

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Tuesday 28th looks like a likely candidate. Although I’d put money on any day from the 27th-30th if I were a betting man.

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