… and it’s a jaw-dropper.
Last week, Apple invited a few folks, including me, to a short meeting in Cupertino where they previewed the up-coming version of Final Cut Pro.
While I am under NDA and can’t talk about what I saw, I CAN tell you the meeting happened and that it showcased the new Final Cut Pro.
While the invited crowd was small, it was a Who’s Who of leaders in the post-production community. I felt like I was standing on the red carpet at an awards show, watching all the stars walk past.
There will be LOTS to talk about as this project gets closer. For now, I recommend you subscribe to my monthly Final Cut Studio newsletter – because I’ll share all the news that I’m allowed to share in there first.
Tell your friends … its gonna be a great year.
Larry
P.S. If you feel the urge to email me for more information, keep in mind that Apple’s lawyers are bigger than your lawyers. So, until Apple lifts the NDA, I’m telling you all I can … for now.
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← Older Comments Newer Comments →I come across this tidbit that may be of interest:
“Two versions are already running at beta level, one for Snow Leopard, and one for Lion,” said one report. “Some new features will only be available on Lion’s version, due to the changes made on QuickTime layer.”
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/23/report_says_dramatic_ambitious_final_cut_pro_update_coming_in_spring_2011.html
I bet one of the minimum requirements is a 12-core computer with 64GB of RAM.
or
maybe it will utilize the cores more efficiently for speedier processing.
Before coming to the Mac world with Final Cut Studio, I edited a lot in Avid Liquid Edition, which used the resources of background rendering, which facilitated much of the work always have available, instead of every moment have to use the “option + R “, and significantly reducing the time for final rendering, which was six years ago to 60% less than the time of final rendering in Final Cut Studio.
Does Apple will finally use the full power of the processor, including background, with the new features of HT?
Larry,
I can’t wait. After seeing what CS5 can do with hardware acceleration, with you saying that it is “jaw dropping” says to me that it not only meets those speed enhancements, but exceeds them as well! I can’t wait to see your first webinar detailing the new FCP!
Hi Larry,
We have to use Avid here and we seem to have an issue with exporting HD (reformated as SD) . Would the new FCP do this better?
Thanks!
B.
Having received the email from Apple about MacBook Pros; I am guessing that the new Thunderbolt two way, daisy chain-able connection will be a hardware talking point for FCP. I am sure that improving rate of data flow would increase the advantage of the upgraded software. Or am I just whistling in the dark before dawn?
Thunderbolt is very, VERY cool – and totally geared to the professional, high-end of the market.
That being said, it is essentially hardware, which means that all Mac applications will be able to take advantage of it. Think of it… saving Excel spreadsheets at 10Gbps! Wow.
Larry
I think people are underestimating just how big Thunderbolt is. Up to now, Firewire 800 was still the best mid-range option. eSATA is a boost in performance, but you needed extra hardware and it was easy to still hit the data-rate ceiling running multiple HD streams. Thunderbolt is hardwired in, multi-purpose, and has LOADS of headroom on the data-rate side.
I wouldn’t be seriously considering upgrading my system this year if there wasn’t for Thunderbolt [and a new FCP].
Larry,
Thanks for the info on Final cut. I can’t wait to learn more and thanks to Apple for not giving up on a great product.
John
Forget shoehorning Shake features into Motion – though sure it would be nice – but what about shoehorning Livetype features into Motion?!
It’s a drag when a discontinued product has more functionality for 2d Graphics than the program that took its place – I’m talking about the ability to apply effects and keyframe individual elements within groups – or apply multiple styles/effects to separate elements within one group of elements … Why is Motion so behind in this regard? Using Motion for 2d work is worse than using a jackhammer to crack open a nut …
Good to hear that a new FCS is on the way – my 5D workflow could use a lot of help currently.
Cheers.
I’d be surprised if Apple didn’t take advantage of their lead on thunderbolt to do something more integrated with fcs. It is suddenly looking like being a pretty good year for apple pro’s again.