Re: At this point I wish Apple would sell off "Pro" apps

The problems I encountered with Media Manager were always due to the clips in the timeline being modified, specifically speed changes. If I had one clip like that I'd end up getting a mangled timeline. The thing is, I haven't used or even needed to use Media Manager since FCP4. Every project is captured at native resolution, edited that way, and unless there are major color correction issues, we give the dub house a QuickTime file in the native resolution to bring down to broadcast legal levels and dubbed to tape. This wouldn't work for everyone right now, but with new ProRes codecs coming out, bigger, faster drives getting cheaper and easier to transport, there's quickly going to be no need to "media manage" your footage in the near future. Capture it once to a drive and it lives there. You'll just pop the drive out and take it to someone to color correct, or take a clone to the dub-house to go directly to tape.

Seems to me like Apple is doing the same thing they always do, and that's force us to look to the future. Is it annoying as hell? F****ng-A it is, but it's also a good swift kick in the balls to keep us moving forward instead of stagnating on old ideas about what's efficient or needed.

Winston A. Cely
Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLC

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