Final Cut Pro X - More Stuff
Apr. 14th, 2011 09:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eleanorjaneOkay, so I've been digging around for some more info that people might find useful, as I knew I'd seen a bit of this going past my RSS reader in the last couple of days.
First up, a post from TUAW from a few days ago: More talk that the next Final Cut Pro will be the best thing since sliced bread, which talks about the positive reaction to the new FCP from those who've played with it. It also links to this post:
'Dramatic and ambitious' new Final Cut Pro to debut this spring:
Jobs himself, in response to concerns from a user, 'took the time to email the user a reply and stated that the "Next release will be awesome."'
So until yesterday, that's what we knew: FCP was likely to be debuted mid-April, released mid-year, and was an ambitious ground-up redesign.
Yesterday's TUAW post following the debut has more details:
It sounds, to me, like there will be a lot of changes to adapt to, but also a lot more awesome - and for those of us who (like me) are pretty new to the more sophisticated video editing packages, it sounds like an awesome place to get started. I can't wait.
And for those who want a sneak preview, this TUAW post has a couple of 25+ minute videos; the first one is the presentation, the second one is a demo.
First up, a post from TUAW from a few days ago: More talk that the next Final Cut Pro will be the best thing since sliced bread, which talks about the positive reaction to the new FCP from those who've played with it. It also links to this post:
'Dramatic and ambitious' new Final Cut Pro to debut this spring:
One tester said the next version of FCP is "the biggest overhaul to Final Cut Pro since the original version was created over 10 years ago." Another calls the next Final Cut "dramatic and ambitious." ... [T]he next version of FCP encompasses "everything from low level architectural changes to a complete redesign of the user interface."
Jobs himself, in response to concerns from a user, 'took the time to email the user a reply and stated that the "Next release will be awesome."'
So until yesterday, that's what we knew: FCP was likely to be debuted mid-April, released mid-year, and was an ambitious ground-up redesign.
Yesterday's TUAW post following the debut has more details:
- Full 64-bit capability (which also means it can handle more RAM).
- Shipping in June, downloadable from the Mac App Store.
- US$299. (Yay!)
- Fully re-written.
- Features improved media management, improved image quality, better colour management, new interface.
- Fully uses all cores and the GPU on more powerful Macs.
- Supports various media formats natively; no more transcoding!
- Content analysis: Can detect close ups, medium, wide shots, people detection, single or groups.
- Can start editing while imports process (or "are ingested", hee).
- Smart Collections for better grouping of media (could be v. useful for clip management), easily filterable and sortable.
- Better clip management, can set keywords etc.
- Some improvements to audio/video syncing.
- Magnetic Timeline: audio moves vertically out of the way instead of causing a trim collision.
- One click color correction (!)
- and lots more stuff where I don't know existing FCP well enough to comment on what's an improvement.
It sounds, to me, like there will be a lot of changes to adapt to, but also a lot more awesome - and for those of us who (like me) are pretty new to the more sophisticated video editing packages, it sounds like an awesome place to get started. I can't wait.
And for those who want a sneak preview, this TUAW post has a couple of 25+ minute videos; the first one is the presentation, the second one is a demo.
