Chris Harlan
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I use Boris’ tool, which is pretty good too.
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And Video Guys is claiming they still have some of the 5.5 995 boxes, so upgrade now and get a free bounce to 6.
https://www.webvideoguys.com/avidmc6-guide.html
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[Bret Williams] “Going to guess that Ive told them not to bother or turned it down.”
Sounds a better guess than many. I’ve heard quite a few rumors that he wants to leave.
[Bret Williams] “Offering the package though isn’t a sign of weakness. “
I don’t think of it as weakness one way or the other.
[Bret Williams] “It shows that they believe the whole team is valuable and that it wasn’t just Jobs. “
I’m sure the whole team is valuable, but in terms of future product, I don’t think the second item you mention is an assumption you can easily make, especially with Ive potentially going. And the stock options DO vest in a pattern that compliments the coming four years of products already in the development pipeline that Apple has been talking up. The folks getting the options are the folks responsible for maintaing/delivering the products in the pipeline. The rather bold options incentive–with full vestment in little more than four years– suggests the possibility that the focus is on the short term profitability with less concern for longevity. If that’s the case, my guess is the Mac Pro is probably toast, even though I think it is an important asset to the osx/ios eco system–important enough that it should be produced at a marginal loss, if necessary.
But hey, its all tea leaves.
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Sounds like it is an intriguing start. I’ll certainly be interested in anything you find if you venture further.
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[Frank Gothmann] “What do you mean by “us”?”
If you take a step back, I think you might find that he means the shop in which he works. At least, that is how I took it.
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[Kevin Patrick] “So the question I was thinking (but did a poor job posting) is whether video monitoring Thunderbolt products (or FCP X support for) are all the Apple is waiting on to finally end of life the Mac Pro?
“Non PCI i/o has been around for a long time in the form of ExpressCards and even 1394b (ioHD), so the fact it is now available through TBolt, as well, is not really a game changer in the sense you are talking about. I also believe the importance of video i/o is low to nonexistent on Apple’s dance card. It is coming into FCP X, after all, either late or as an afterthought, depending on your POV.
Personally, I think they will do themselves some long-term harm if they off the Mac Pro. Even if they are not profitable on their own, it seems to me that Apple should partially subsidize these “trucks” in the interest of supporting their OS X/iOS eco system. But maybe long term isn’t what it is about anymore.
Of course, Apple’s long term plans are hard to fathom. Why, for instance, is it paying so incredibly much to insure that its management team stays in place until 2016? All, except Jony Ive–who you would think would be the one person to keep there.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “I’d be willing to try it out.
Chris, give me just a general sense of the files from your example.
The “offline” file is how many audio tracks?
And the “online” file is how many?
And you said tc matches, or actually it doesn’t, right? The final file is longer because of the commercial breaks?
I was actually going to see if this was possible through FCPXML as well, simply reattach the new file to the old timing.”
Now, that’s an interesting thought. Do the exchange outside then program then reimport. I’d find that an acceptable solution.
In the particular example I gave, the temp file is DVCproHD, the finished project is ProRes HQ. Timecode matches, but length does not. Audio-wise, we are only concerned with channels one and two as a stereo SOT track.
I also have the non-matching audio stem, but since I put that in by hand using FCS’s timecode overlay, lets ignore that for now.
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Ben, while I’m always happy for a suggestion, I cannot see how CatDV would make this particular part of my work flow any easier than it already is in FCP7, which is pretty darn easy. And, I cannot see how it would help at all in FCP X. Perhaps I’m wrong. Could you elucidate?
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[Gerald Baria] “I get it. Im young. Im poor. The work I have done so far sucks balls. but that’s because my abilities havent caught up to my “taste” yet. I know whats good..i wanna make them..but currently i am not capable yet, majority of the reason is i am not financially capable of buying all the shit I need, and learning all the knowledge that I need to know….or so I assume. Now when it comes to,”learning enriches talent”, I will agree on you on that. But you had to have talent in the first place.
A tree wont grow without a seed.”
Gerald, this a terrifically straightforward thing for you to say. There is nothing wrong with you being where you are developmentally. And it is terrific that you aspire to make great things. There is also nothing at all wrong with you choosing FCP X as a tool to grow with. For laying things out this way, you got my vote.
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Gerald, you got big stones, babe. Why don’t you point us to some of your work so we can see some of that sprung from the head of Gerald brilliance?