[James Mortner] "[Neil Patience] "ITV is all Avid for programme making."
They use some FCP for on-lining their own promos, not so ?"
Yes indeed they do - I have worked in them many times, but only for network promos.
(And there lies a very interesting tale about Apples attitude to "Pros" going back to 2004/5 but its for another post.)
All programme making suites are Avid.
[James Mortner] "
[Neil Patience] " If there is enough of a groundswell towards Adobe and/or FCPX here then the bigger facilities will be forced to support it I would imagine."
Its really hard to see that right now, there's so little traction here. Maybe one day."
Totally true, there is no traction at all that I have seen - time will tell I guess.
[James Mortner] "Agreed ! I want it to work but I feel so cut-off from everyone else if i dare to use it ! No EDL, XML etc"
To be fair I think it depends on the work you do. I have a friend who is a photographer but he edits his own video and he loves FCPX. But he does not ever have to do anything that involves anyone else.
It's horses for courses though - what works or doesnt for you and I isnt everyones experience.
The 7toX tool recently released by Intelligent Assistance allows you to send FCP7 projects to FCPX - it does not work in PAL yet but I believe there is an upcoming release that will.
I also saw a X to Protools tool.
I think neither are yet perfect but its a start and will develop and improve so collaborative tools are starting to appear.
I only really use EDLs for working out returns for music and archive these days, maybe for grading once in a while depending on whats going where. You would think its such a simple thing to do, and still useful, someone will develop that.
best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv
