Tangier Clarke
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Right, but where do you select the external monitor in FCP X? Also, that didn’t quite answer my question. I am curious as to what’s different between Mac OS 10.6.8 and previous version that allowed this feature to be put back and work? Is it some level of AV foundation?
Tangier
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Yeah, I was pretty upset that Life is Beautiful didn’t win that year. Though I really like Gladiator as well.
Tangier
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David, gotta agree with you on this one. This argument doesn’t hold water. It takes lots of leaps to infer some of these notions. Not everything Apple (or any company) does is strictly for monetary value/gain. That is the end result of course, but Apple is supporting an ecosystem of products with their own unique value within that ecosystem of hardware/software/services. Content creation is a BIIIGGGG deal to Apple and as is distribution and consumption.
I have felt on several occasions that I wished Apple would give more attention to the Pro machines and software as it’s mobile devices marched on. Yet with every iteration of upgrades of hardware and software I’ve been pleasantly surprised with even the little things that make my editorial job easier, machines more efficient and consumer products more in tune with what I am doing. Many people weren’t happy when Apple released the modest updates in FCP 7 and it’s features and similarly with Leopard to Snow Leopard. I really appreciated that Apple was taking the time to fix bugs, add subtle features, give me hard drive space back, and have everything running more efficiently.
The past few years (in my eyes) have been all about Apple making transitions and we’re slowly seeing those seeds bare fruit. There’s been this cloud of “here’s some more features and efficient code ’til we get to the really good stuff”. It’s been unsettling, but I appreciate it never the less. It let’s me know that they are a company with tremendous attention to how all of their offerings work together and in the technological world as a whole.
I don’t look at FCP X as an island and perhaps that’s why I love it and can’t wait to see how it shines. For me it’s just another part of the transition (AV Foundation/OpenCL/LightPeak AKA Thunderbolt)/ Python Scripting/ Mobile devices/ HTML5, etc).
I guess we’ll have to see how things pan out, but I find myself finally getting access to so many of the things I read about years ago and I like that. The pieces are finally starting to fall into place.
Tangier
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I am curious about this too. I posted not too long after FCPX’s release that the one glaring thing I noticed right away when running FCPX was that the colors and image quality of my video content were significantly richer and cleaner; on my MacBook Pro and Mac Pro. This same content did not look as good in FCP 7. Someone did point out to me that there is in fact a difference and someone else also noticed the difference (I have to find the post). I thought it was all in my head and just me perceiving this, but something is clearly going on.
Tangier
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I found something that’s supposed to work for the project properties with a feature/button called “modify project references” that’s supposed to take care of the issue, but it didn’t work.
Tangier
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I am really liking the application too. I’ve now cut three projects with it (even with the bumps involved) and finding that FCP 7 feels old already. Though it is still my goto app for bigger projects due to my BlackMagic Multibridge Pro 2 and just it’s general features right now.
FCP X hasn’t crashed on me any more than other apps I use for post. There are some features I miss of course, but amidst all of the various opinions about this app, I don’t look at it as an island. I’ve been very keen to Apple the past few years as they redo GUIs, streamline/cleanup code, prepare for streaming media in a big way, and merging the best of their desktop and mobile platforms. I see a very bright future.
In several forums it’s been suggested that Apple has left the pro space; the assumption being that this rewrite of Final Cut Pro and it’s missing features is concrete evidence of Apple’s future plans. I think this type of thinking is premature and irresponsible, but I understand where these feelings come from. Looking at how Apple has been operating the past few years and seeing how things are being unified between their efforts and third party efforts, a rewrite of an application (granted missing features from older coded versions and missing those for whatever timing/shareholder/ technology advance-roadmap issues) is no indication of Apple leaving the pro space (as if we all agreed what “pro means”). They just really bungled this release (in our eyes).
MC6 looks really great. Though I am not counting Apple out on this one. I’m not saying they’ll win this race and be the preferred app in relatively short time, but I also don’t expect any company to do things right all of the time and boy did they mess this launch up.
Apple has an entire ecosystem of products from hardware to software that few companies can touch when it comes to harnessing technology, human interface, quality, and lest we not forget – leading many industries to follow them even if they didn’t do “it” first.
I have now cut three projects with FCPX/Motion 5 and am absolutely loving this application and really look forward to it’s potential.
Perhaps AVID is significantly smarter in the way MC has evolved as of late, but I think we’ll see the fruits of AV Foundation, OpenCL, FCP X (and it’s liking by developers), media creation and distribution in general, Thunderbolt, and DAMS. There’s a lot of things that it seems Apple has been refining and working on over the past few years we have yet to see the full benefit of, but from what I can tell, the future looks bright. Really bright.
In the meantime, I’d be more than willing to take a look at MC6 and even Premier, but my FCS3 still works great (even though I’d already rather work in FCP X with my AF100 content).
Happy cutting.
Tangier
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Not to burst any bubbles, but a rewrite of an application (granted missing features from older coded versions and missing those for whatever timing/shareholder/ technology advance-roadmap issues) is no indication of Apple leaving the pro space (as if we all agreed what “pro means”). They just really bungled this release (in our eyes).
MC6 looks really great. Though I am not counting Apple out on this one. I don’t expect any company to do things right all of the time and boy did they mess this launch up (from our opinion it seems).
Apple has an entire ecosystem of products from hardware to software that few companies can touch when it comes to harnessing technology, human interface, quality, and lest we not forget – leading many industries to follow them even if they didn’t do “it” first.
I have now cut three projects with FCPX/Motion 5 and am absolutely loving this application and really look forward to it’s potential.
Perhaps AVID is significantly smarter in the way MC has evolved as of late, but I think we’ll see the fruits of AV Foundation, OpenCL, FCP X (and it’s liking by developers), media creation and distribution in general, Thunderbolt, and DAMS. There’s a lot of things that it seems Apple has been refining and working on over the past few years we have yet to see the full benefit of, but from what I can tell, the future looks bright. Really bright.
In the meantime, I’d be more than willing to take a look at MC6 and even Premier, but my FCS3 still works great (even though I’d already rather work in FCP X with my AF100 content).
Happy cutting.
Tangier
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Premier looks pretty nice actually. Though FCS 3 Still works for me, but I’ll keep playing with Premiere Pro. I am having much more fun in FCP X though despite the bumps.
Interesting – other apps look old after working in FCP X. They’re all tools in the end. The more of them you know the better off you’ll be. If FCP X really will leverage Python at some point which was exposed by another person on these forums, I’d love to see how I can incorporate FCP X with a Blender workflow. I’m not a 3D artist, but I can do a few things which add to my edits; just enough not to warrant the expense of Maya (and the like) for myself which would be pointless.
Tangier
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Hmmm. That’s no good. I’ll have to go back to my original method then due to issues wit the dissolves or transition on the secondary storyline, or use Alban’s method.
Tangier
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Genius! I didn’t consider the audio in the main storyline like that. I guess my brain still wants dedicated audio track.
Thanks.
Tangier