You are missing the point here - the companies that release the evaluation specs do that when they decide and when they are ready for this. The leak about "refocusing the FCP" created some tension as you might've observed. Apple is responding to that - my guess is they are not ready for an announcement yet. Don't compare a response to a leak to an announcement.
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Apple Responds to Reports of Final Cut Pro Refocusing
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And when has Apple ever released the specs of any of it's new software to the general public? Hell, do they even release it at trade shows? IE NAB or NAMM?
...and this is the source of the problem. Discussions about "refocusing of FCP" wouldn't be necessary if Apple would release the specs that support professional editing application development. If not then let the speculation continue. However, due to their own actions it won't be in a context how "awesome" or "kick-ass" it will be.
No not at all. If an editor wants to move up the chain from FCP the only way to go is Avid.
If a user wants to stay in the sam price range and get the total package like FCP the only way to go is CS5 Production Premium or Master Collection.
Vegas is the bottom of the barrel in most people's minds, but Premier is definitely going toe to toe with Apple's FCP and in many regards defeats it. I keep bringing up the round tripping issue with Final Cut, mainly because it was one of the many features that got me to switch from Avid, but Apple as of late can't make it as spotless as Adobe.
Premier being at the bottom of the barrel is far from the truth.
Have no need for Massive at the moment, but it looks amazing!! sadly no demo available to see it work, some companies need to learn that demos need to be made available!!! those of us who have the final decision in what programs are bought do not do so just looking at demo reels!!!
Houdini is a great piece of software and saw the 99$ price tag for the HD version, may just buy a copy to have it around
Will gladly support your get FreeBSD Jails on
You haven't noticed it yet, but the consumer market is where Apple makes all the money. The business and professional market belongs to the Microsoft Windows platform.
I HATE APPLE
I have been doing my compositing with shake for many years.
Since apple stopped supporting shake Everyone has switched to Nuke.
I miss the good old days when mostly pro users had Macs and Apple cared about them.
Seriously, look at Snow Leopard. I can`t even think of upgrading to it. Maya, shake, nuke... work like crap on Snow Leopard.
Why should apple care about FCP when it`s selling millions of ipods?
I still use Shake with NO ISSUES on 10.6
I think it boils down to possible problems with your set-up? I use Shake on a Macbook Pro (late 2009) and also on a MacPro (8-core) both with 10.6 and have had NO problems what so ever so I think it could be something to do with your system as Shake is a VERY light program!
I also use Smoke,Combustion, Toxic, Surface, Modo and Maya with no issues. Granted I do not use Maya allot as I dislike the interface but it works fine trust me.
I have tried to like Nuke but I am just a Shake softy
(personal choice)As for hating Apple
Hate is a big word I would never use, but kinda understand your frustration with what Shake was and could have been today!!! but lets wait and see if the LONG TIME rumor that Shake will make a comeback in some form with FCS (let me keep my dream alive eh hahaha) anyway back to work...
Are you kidding? You don't need to render mixed formats int he timeline. Avid doesn't have drag and drop and I don't know any commercial editor who uses premiere (doesn't mean it's not good) Avid is king and Final cut, until the very lame last release, was making excellent ground.
I dunno. native HDV edits just fine in FCP, Obviously HDV isn't optimal, but it serve(d) a purpose for a couple of my features.
And Us Pros are what made Apple today! and trust me Apple cannot afford to lose the Pro industry! for all the iPods it sells!
You really need to Google a bit before using Strong words
The PC part will not go into! as it bores me to death sorry
Yours faithfully LONG TERM
PRO fan boy
What about making FCP multi core aware? Compressor takes 3 times as long as many other compression programs. Overnight MPEG 2 outputs are ridiculous. Avid and Adobe seem to be jumping Apple in the editing arena and I might switch back to Avid. But we'll hope WWDC brings some pro app news. FCS3 was barely an upgrade and not worth the money.
Ever worked in TV? Walk into a film studio and tell me how many PC laptops you see. Get your facts straight.
Fully agree. Just one thing regarding Avid. Media Composer 5 does drag and drop. MC5 allows you to edit on time line the same way FCP does. This makes it really easy for FCP editors to switch.
Hes right. Microsoft makes so much of its money in the business sector. AD, Exchange, Sharepoint, Cloud Services, EA agreements is Microsofts bread and butter. They do what Apple can't offer businesses... a total solution.
Ever worked in TV? Walk into a film studio and tell me how many PC laptops you see. Get your facts straight.
I work in that industry. Hes still right. I work at one of the largest movie, tv, media conglomerates in the world and the Mac users and small because Apple cannot offer the business what Microsoft can. Now we do have macs but its around 2500 Macs oppose to our 45000+ PC's.
You need to setup a virtual cluster. I can export an hour show with my best DVD settings in 30 minutes. Only catch is you have to export a self-contained of your show, but that only adds about 20 minutes for me. Still, beats the he11 out of 2 hours or longer.
This is quite funny
Are you also a doctor and a lawyer?
Nop!! just someone who users VARIOS tools to get the job done!!!
p.s. was NOT a bragging about the various programs I use! simply it was to respond to a person who for some reason has problems with some of those programs under 10.6..
This is quite funny
Are you also a doctor and a lawyer?
Maybe next time you can quote the full text!!! not what you wanted to understand o understood
I still use Shake with NO ISSUES on 10.6 I think it boils down to possible problems with your set-up?
I use Shake on a Macbook Pro (late 2009) and also on a MacPro (8-core) both with 10.6 and have had NO problems what so ever so I think it could be something to do with your system as Shake is a VERY light program!
I also use Smoke,Combustion, Toxic, Surface, Modo and Maya with no issues. Granted I do not use Maya allot as I dislike the interface but it works fine trust me.
I have tried to like Nuke but I am just a Shake softy (personal choice)
As for hating Apple Hate is a big word I would never use, but kinda understand your frustration with what Shake was and could have been today!!! but lets wait and see if the LONG TIME rumor that Shake will make a comeback in some form with FCS (let me keep my dream alive eh hahaha) anyway back to work...
We do HDV and XDCAM (glorified HDV) too with no problem at all. If you know FCP, the key is to switch your sequence to render to ProRes.
Although we're all very impressed by Nicky G's factoids and use of the word "flip" (10 years working in the industry, I've never heard that stupid term before).
It's very nice that current Mac's have no problem transcoding (oh, sorry, flipping) to ProRes on the fly now. It's definitely preferable, if you're working with multiple formats, to conform (flip) everything to one codec.