[Paul Curtis]

Joe, when you say you’ve been dissapointed with render quality what kind of issues do you have with it?

I find it interesting that here on a FCP list there’s been some valuable, sensible comments about why it might not be the right move. It’s very much appreciated because obviously moving platforms is not something i can test and go back if i don’t like.

Certainly the adobe stuff right now seems slightly ahead (for what i need and bearing in mind that’s what i know too) which means im very interested in FCP v6 and what that might bring. I assume there’s no info anywhere – i’ve not found anything anyway.

i think part of me just wants to go back to macs (i have a 128k mac, still working, in a cupboard here) after travelling originally from mac to sgi to pc. But not if im not really going to gain. Plus with the last of the G5 era it might make sense to let the dust settle on the intel stuff.

thanks again
paul

[Paul Curtis]

Graeme,

Thanks for that information. Does this mean all of the colour corrections are done in 8bit too (unless the built in fx don’t suffer from the same 8bit limitation)? So these QT codecs that say they offer 10bit perhaps don’t really, other than going in/out?

I presume the workflow with motion is fairly seemless, so that might offer a nice solution. Better than using AE or shake which i presume is not ‘live’ on the timeline.

Maybe the PPro2.0/cineform and AE7 combo on the PC is actually a pretty good bet, FCP might be a little behind in that regard (unless 6 changes that). Aside from the UI and apple design (for which i am a complete sucker) i wonder what the major benefits of FCP are. Mainly the editing interface? I’d been trying to find some in depth reviews comparing the two but im not sure there’re many people out there who spend equal time in both to offer an unbiased opinion.

anyway, thanks for the reply
paul