[Craig Seeman]

At least one can say Apple clearly doesn’t want anything revealed at this point.
Personally I find it odd not to reveal any features that Apple would be adding that already exist in other NLEs (there’s no competitive advantage to the secret) such as adding a Tracker.

Of course any “killer innovations” Apple may not want to be leaked because, as we can see, some features in FCPX are copied by other NLE developers.

The problem with not talking about catch up features may result in people moving to other NLEs like Resolve.

When it comes to FCPX, some may feel Apple’s secretive nature may put it at a further competitive disadvantage.

With Resolve’s public betas and Adobe’s announcements before a release, even if it’s just perceptual, the other NLEs give the appearance of faster development.

[Craig Seeman]

Apple’s RED RAW patent challenge dismissed by US patent Office

And Newsshoter on this subject

[Craig Seeman]

The NDAs must run deep this year. There’s very little being posted about the event from the usual quarters.

[Craig Seeman]

Less chroma information means artifacts or banding depending on what you’re adjusting.
Noise generally increases because encoding removes “like, constant” data and leaves random data (noise).

[Craig Seeman]

It’s not simply about the bit rate. It’s compressing a compressed source. You’re amplifying noise and losing chroma information.

[Craig Seeman]

Do not ever recompress and H.264 source to a lower quality H.264 file for a post-production workflow. Your workflow is major wrong for post.

Transcode to Apple ProRes if you need an easy to playback file.
Alternately DNXHR can work.

[Craig Seeman]

You’re welcome of course.
I find Apple’s Flow to “break” often, becoming just a dissolve.
MotionVFX MorphCut plugin works consistently.

[Craig Seeman]

I’ve also found the Flow transition sometimes is or just becomes a dissolve.
I use MotionVFX MorphCut instead which works as expected. Annoying that I have to depend on a similar third party effect but Apple’s Flow been inconsistent for me since its release.

[Craig Seeman]

That depends on the issues you see. Generally, there’s a quality cost if you’re seeing something like banding and trying to fix it for example.

[Craig Seeman]

Loss from compression is permanent. The best you can do is prevent further loss by downloading at the highest quality and converting to a lossless or near lossless format.