Robert Brown
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Yeah when it comes down to it, a list of shots used is not complicated, and having a simple txt file that’s readable and editable by humans is hard to beat.
Also offline to online is still alive and well as high end productions still shoot uncompressed, so edl’s are often the best way to get your cut from an Avid or whatever to whatever you will conform it on – Smoke, Quantel etc.
And tape to tape is almost dead but probably not quite.
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[John Davidson] “It’s a terrible idea to have multiple users on a mac pro with shared storage”
That works great where I work. But that’s the only time I’ve seen that problem. Maybe it’s permissions? You can always call AJA.
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Make sure you change the setting with an admin logon. Otherwise it doesn’t stick.
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Yeah if they’re still working on it then why kill FCP 7? Or do they think they will create a new “paradigm” for audio mixing too since those virtual and physical mixing boards just weren’t getting it done? I’m really curious as to what they are thinking in regards to audio.
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It’s kind of a common misconception that 64 bit means faster. It really mean the program can access more ram. If it can get enough ram in 32 bit mode then 64 bit won’t make a difference.
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That’s one I never came across. What do they do?
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[alban egger] “That iPad was probably seen on my blog about the bicycle race we shot for two networks.
But we are not digital kids, in fact I am in the business for almost 20 years and installed the first online editor on an Amiga (with an extremely expensive Applied Magic videocard) within 500 kilometers. “Hi Alban, actually that wasn’t my quote but from somebody else. In any case the quote still makes sense to me because even though you may live on the cutting edge do you think you are Apple’s target customer? It appears Apple is going for huge numbers and I guess their sales are mainly coming from tablets so that’s where they’re going. The theory is Apple sees the “Digital Kids” are the future if not the now.
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[Gary Pollard] ”
How do I do this with FCP X, and – if I can’t – how likely is a metadata solution to fix the fact that I can’t?
“That’s really the question isn’t it? I mean why bother? The original FCP was a hit because it was a very good NLE at a very good price at a time when Avid was draggin ass. X is a totally different animal. The price may be good – without 3rd party stuff – but it can’t touch Avid and PPro for pro use. I guess they’re banking on the teenagers which will probably pay off someday.
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This was posted on Larry Jordon’s blog from an unnamed source. It confirms a lot of suspicions. That it’s all going towards tablets. It seems to be a matter of how fast Apple makes the transition. The way they released FCPX would suggest faster than slower. We’ll probably learn a lot the next time the new Mac Pro’s should be released, like do they release another Mac Pro?
“Apple says that FCP X is about the future of NLE. After thinking about it, I think they are right.
It’s not just about the GUI or features per se… but the fact that our culture is going mobile and our work along with it. A new generation is growing up and moving them from iMovie to FCPX will be easy. Also the new generation will invent their own workflows and their own content and their own way of doing things. Apple may have jumped the gun in a way that made it impossible for a percentage of the current editing community to go along, but those folks are not the future. Not in the same way a 16-year-old iMovie whiz is.
Look at the big picture. Sales of standard PCs have fallen while portable products have been flying off the shelves. This is no fad, it’s the future.
Watch as the system requirements for NLE on the Apple side look more and more lean. Apple owns both hardware and OS, my bet is that they will leverage that to guarantee they are ahead of the curve in performance requiring smaller and smaller hardware overhead. It’s in this way, as the new generation of editors comes up, FCP will take back it’s place as the de facto platform for any level of project. I’m absolutely convinced (as is Apple) that sooner than you think, a teenager today will be working on an episode of “Extreme _____ Makeover” using an iPad__ with lots of storage on board. I already saw someone using an iPad as a 2nd display for FCP X and how some functions were already touch screen enabled. Those pissed off edit suite owners may be pissed off at what Apple has done, but just wait till all those up-and-coming digital kids start to see those very expensive edit suites as dinosaur grave yards.
That’s where Apple is headed and a powerful, sleek FCP that uses iCloud technology along with all the other new technologies is where the future really is. Does anyone remember those $250,000 edit suites that got replaced by a $1,300.00 Final Cut Studio, back in the day? Well, Apple is doing it again with one major change, this time they are obsoleting themselves before someone else does.
It really is the future, or at least it’s headed in that direction.”
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Good luck with the show. I hope the video is archived I don’t know if I can watch it live.