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New Final Cut Pro at Supermeet, April 12
If anyone has an extra ticket I would love to buy it, & I'll even throw in a hug! My schedule opened up & I would love to be there.
"Papa" Sean
How about a Jumbo Tron outside the event so everybody without tickets can see what's going on ;-)
Good idea. YOU pay for it. 
Michael Horton
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<"Good idea. YOU pay for it.">
I would if I had the extra cash
I don't know about a geant Tron but a live feeding would be nice;
(and yes in "feeding" there is "fee" 
Does anyone know if they are having the lives stream this year? Did this change when Apple took center stage? There doesn't seem to be any mention of it on the SM page and sadly I am stuck
in my bunker working and can't get out there this year. Or maybe not sadly; I suppose I could be unemployed.
From the sources Ive seen, no live stream will be allowed but several folks have volunteered to provide live tweets. I believe that Walter Biscardi was one of the folks that will be doing this.
No live stream.
Michael Horton
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I guess we'll have to settle for tweets. I'm good with that.
[ You don't have a choice. Period. You're big footed. ]
Well, a little perspective-- Mike and Dan had a choice; they've pretty much gone independent of Apple and allowed other products into the mix. But the idea of scooping everybody with the SuperMeet originally invented for FCP makes perfect sense, as hamhanded as the arrangements were. I fault Apple marketing.
Maybe they'll make up for it with some aggressive recession pricing.
As for pioneer Jim Henson-- two nights ago I met the new Kermit-- Steve Whitmire is the heir apparent to Jim. Gifted puppetmaster thrilled an invite-only crowd here in Boston, along with producer David Hoberman, who is just now in first cut on Disney's THE MUPPETS. It looks like a scream.
- Loren
Today's FCP 7 keytip:
Nudge a Canvas layer by SUBpixels
with Command-Option with Arrow keys !
Your Final Cut Studio KeyGuide? Power Pack.
Now available at KeyGuide Central.
www.neotrondesign.com
"Nudge a Canvas layer by SUBpixels
with Command-Option with Arrow keys !"
I think just the Option key is enough.
All the best,
Tom
Command option moves in smaller increments that just option though. Up and down it moves in increments of .01, instead of 1.0. Weirdly, left and right it moves .75 at a time with option, and .08 OR .07 (seemingly randomly) with option command. Not sure who figured out the maths on that one.
dependent on the pixel aspect ratio?
Don't think so. I mean move it once, and it's .08. Move it again and it's .07. So, within the same clip. Maybe its a rounding of a percentage that is almost exactly half, so it splits the difference.
Seriously tho ... switch to a square pixel timeline and check again ... and yes, the motion tab only displays point values to two degrees of precision, so 0.075 is shown as 0.08, but the more accurate value is held internally so that when you add another 0.075 then it's total is correctly shown as 0.15 ... eek, we should add this to the video maths thread!
Ah that explains it. Damn rounding! *shaking fist*
Or put another way ...
If the new FCP does float your boat, Avid is still offering a crossgrade to MC for $995. So it's a win-win!
Here's my dumb question of the day? But is Apple upgrading the whole studio suite, like Motion, SoundTrack Pro, Color and so on? I've heard nothing about the other programs.
You won't actually hear until tomorrow night but common sense (IMHO) is the whole thing is going to be a modal type interface. This ain't just and update. It's probably a ground up re-write right down to the new Quicktime underpinnings. The apps might not exist anymore as you know it. It may be a single app with rooms or modes. No need to "round trip" anymore. I'd say it's my "hunch" but just following the logical progression of things I'd say this is a big part of the "jaw drop."
Jude reports-
[Command option moves in smaller increments that just option though. Up and down it moves in increments of .01, instead of 1.0. Weirdly, left and right it moves .75 at a time with option, and .08 OR .07 (seemingly randomly) with option command.
Oooooo, good call on that, Ms. C!
[Not sure who figured out the maths on that one]
Same folks who gave us that tasty delicious FCP scaling algorithm Tom loves so much ;-)
Be curious to see if that's been rectified tomorrow.
- Loren
Today's FCP 7 keytip:
Nudge a Canvas layer by SUBpixels
with Command-Option with Arrow keys !
Your Final Cut Studio KeyGuide? Power Pack.
Now available at KeyGuide Central.
www.neotrondesign.com
One single app for everything without the round tripping would be nice. I hope they put more of Shake in there and better green screen plugins.
Message posted despite spam warning. Odd indeed.
I haven't seen the "Phyx Keyer 2" before. I watched the video and it looks to easy. I can't believe it worked that fast and it came out clean. If it works like they are showing... it's worth the money. Thanks, Craig for the link.
I've used Phyx Keyer 1 in FCP but I haven't tested 2 which I know have.
Keyer 1 was very nice clean. As you can see they did features specific to working with less then great source material. That they have chroma smoothing for 4:1:1 and 4:2:2 (which also works with 4:2:0) is very nice. Lightwrap is nice as well. It's well though out. Heck the demo is free. Given what I believe to be the code base I suspect it will easily integrate into upcoming FCS as well.
Andy Mees Wrote:
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> Or put another way ...
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> If the new FCP does float your boat, Avid is still
> offering a crossgrade to MC for $995. So it's a
> win-win!
I like your wording better Andy.
Actually, another way to think about it is; if you were going to by Media Composer, you could actually save money by first buying FCP and doing the crossgrade.
Who's have thought a few years ago that you could buy Final Cut Studio, Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve, all for a grand total of $3,000? Not too shabby.
- Justin Barham -
>Actually, another way to think about it is; if you were going to by Media Composer, you could actually save money by first buying FCP and doing the crossgrade.
Lol That's brilliant
T-12 or so and counting...
Pretty amazing news too about prime vendors moving over to Mac and FCP. Assume they all got a heads up on at least some of the details, too much of a coincidence otherwise. Should be a strong indicator that we're not going to see iMovie Pro as some would lead us believe.
Fascinating times these. Can't recall a release of any NLE generating this much buzz.
I have to say Apple wouldn't choose to present at a SuperMeet filled with editors who run businesses, work at big facilities or even manage such facilities, if they were "dumbing down" Final Cut. I think we're going to see ENTERPRISE based features and THAT'S why prime vendors are taking this seriously. ThunderBolt really is going to open some powerful solutions.
If Apple were doing "iMovie Pro" they'd be presenting in a controlled environment to the mainstream press and not an audience of demanding professional editors (who may well have been interested to hear what Avid had to say no less).
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