Can someone please tell me if FCP X exports QuickTimes with full levels (up to 107%ish) or does it clip in order to produce "legal" results? Because downstream grading on a clipped output is pointless... Someone please?
Final Cut Studio '09, Mac OS X (10.6.7), Tangent panels, Avid Nitris DX
Don't worry, I've bought it and will find out for myself. Busy weekend ahead of exploratory surgery on these apps.
Please update when you have discovered!
I´m really interested in that as well.
So please tell us you when you know.
Cheers
Hans
The answer is yes, it will produce full height QuickTimes that can roll into a grade elsewhere, and presumably the DPX and OpenEXR outputs are fine although I haven't looked at them specifically.
The issue is now to find a way within the innards of FCP X to derive an edl from something... I can't bear the though of manually adding cuts on a long form project in a grade. Of course there are "optical" tools for this - I once used CatDV for the purpose, when FinalTouch was very broken - but it's a bit of a crazy workaround.
I know half of you will never believe this but I had never opened iMovie (why should I?) but a colleague tells me it all feels deeply familiar. Which means if we crack this, we can work with a decade of home videos too! I'm so excited! This is incredible!
That sounds great.
Thank you.
Cheers
Hans
Nice one for investigating this dude!
Anyone exported a QuickTime yet?
