FCPX update soon, but…
If it's true that some updates will cost money Apple will be betraying early FPCX buyers.
Notes from Apple’s Pro briefing on Final Cut Pro X in London
Looks like Apple’s softly softly actions to keep professionals onside are continuing.
Sam Johnson(of AMV LAB) was invited, amongst others, to an Apple briefing on Final Cut Pro X.
Here are is what Sam tweeted after the briefing. Follow him on Twitter where he posts as @aPostEngineer
1. FCP XML in/out is coming via 3rd party soon…no FCP 6/7 support project support coming ever it seems…
2. Ability to buy FCP7 licenses for enterprise deployments coming in the next few weeks…
3. FCPX EDL import/export coming soon…
4. FCPX AJA plugins coming soon for tape capture and layback…capture straight into FCPX bins.
5. XSAN support for FCPX coming in the next few weeks…
6. FCPX Broadcast video output via #Blackmagic &@AJAVideo coming soon…
7. Additional codec support for FCPX via 3rd Parties coming soon…
8. Customizable sequence TC in FCPX for master exports coming soon…
9. Some FCPX updates will be free some will cost…
He went on to answer some questions:
conigs Do they have any kind of timeframe for “soon”? Am I safe in guessing in 2011?
aPostEngineer within a few weeks for some updates i.e. XSAN up to a few months for 3rd party developers to get their heads around the API.
gigarafa what about the rest of the suite? Color, dvd studio etc?
aPostEngineer they have unfortunately reached their EOL and will not be developed any more..
They said that taking FCP7 off the shelf was the most complained thing… (Answering a message from @NMRUK)
Peter Wiggins of Idustrial Revolution was also there, so I imagine we’ll get an update at his fcp.co site soon.
Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.6.8)