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I guess that as Apple has told the world about FCP 10 then (basic) questions can be asked....

1) Do you still need to (officially) transcode into Quicktime? or will it handle say DVCPro HD natively?
2) Is there upgrade pricing or does everyone pay $299 regardless
3) A video I saw had the presenter refer to FCP 10... if I'm using the latest which is 7 where did 8 & 9 go?
Cheers

HVXser

Message was edited by: hvxuser

17" i7 MacBookPro 8GB, Mac OS X (10.6.4), 7200 Hard Disk

Posted on Apr 13, 2011 3:28 AM

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May 13, 2011 8:52 AM in response to BenB

I have...


Model Name: Mac Pro

Model Identifier: MacPro4,1

Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon

Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz

Number Of Processors: 2

Total Number Of Cores: 8

L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB

L3 Cache (per processor): 8 MB

Memory: 12 GB


Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4870

Type: Display

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x9440

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318

Displays:

Cinema HD:

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Depth: 32-Bit Color

Core Image: Hardware Accelerated

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Supported

Rotation: Supported


Will this be good? thank you

May 13, 2011 11:04 AM in response to BenB

Philip's presentation was an excellent analysis using screenshots and grabs from the video while Randy was flying there it. It answered some questions, and raised some others. We'll really need to look at the whole project structure, which is entirely different from the current application, and what this means to the workflow. As I said in another message rethink how you work. This is going to be really important for those of us who are trainers.


The Silverado paper is less about FCP X than rather an analysis of what it means to have a computer that accesses the capabilities for GCD, OpenCL, 64-bit, and the other system functionality that FCP X will. It doesn't apply only to this application, but to any modern application that accesses these functions.

May 18, 2011 1:40 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Tom Wolsky wrote:


Apple believes that disc delivery is a dying product. It has rudimentary support for it. If you need to deliver Blu-ray with extensive menus you need to use another product.

I hope they don't get rid of DVD creation completely. We produce videos of High School and Jr. High musicals and the typical order is usually less than 100 DVD's. How else would we distribute to this client base if we couldn't build DVD's? People want to keep these as keepsakes of their children - not something they are going to do with iTunes.

May 18, 2011 2:03 PM in response to kdh05

I think DVDs are definitely on the endangered products list. And the purchasing public agrees.


Someday soon you may discover how to market your videos through something like iTunes, where it is pay per download.


I'm guessing that you charge a stiff tariff for those DVDs. Downloading changes the profit structure in profound ways. Apple showed the world that reduced prices bring many more times the customers.

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