Re: Final Cut Pro 7 wishlist

[Sean ONeil] "It's still a destructive workflow because you have no option but to render out new QT media. You can't simply send the metadata back to FCP and relink it (like you can with Motion, Soundtrack and LiveType). The relationship to the original media (and thus the source tapes) is gone."

Sean,

I think what you (and lots of othere) are looking for is the same or similar type of seamless integration that Adobe is now offering. Adobe’s Dynamic Link is a pipeline across their entire suite that automatically passes layered projects back and forth between applications instantly and with a fluidly and seamlessness that FCS2 just can't come close to now.

There's no intermediate rendering, no baking of effects or speed changes, and no loss of timecode linking to original media at any stage. Furthermore, the layers remain intact throughout and can be modified at any time in any or all applications, and elements such as text and/or vector-based objects are preserved as vectors that can be scaled infinitely without any loss of quality.

I'm not suggesting that everyone trade in FCP for Premiere right now, today, however, Apple is going to have create a truly seamless workflow for Color as well as the entire suite much like Adobe has now, otherwise it will soon be left in the dust. Apple simply can't expect its one million users to keep performing inefficient workarounds forever.





David Roth Weiss
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