Professional CG program for the Mac?

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Professional CG program for the Mac?

We've recently begun using FCP at our facility, but I am finding the built in CG's to be less than professional.

LiveType and Motion both require rendering them into movie clips, and the FCP and Boris CG's are barely useable (ie- they have none of the features found in an Inscriber or Deko product- which are true CGs)

Surely other professionals are using FCP and have need of multiple CG pages that can be updated regulary, sized easily on the timeline as the VO lengths vary, and are professional in their interface for user-friendly font sizing, editing, etc.

Please contribute here what Mac-based professional programs you know of and use with FCP. Thanks. I will post this in the "FCP" discussion as well in hopes of getting some responses.

G5 QUADs, Mac OS X (10.4.4), Final Cut Studios, XRAID 3.5TB, Fibre Network

Posted on Jan 25, 2006 12:50 PM

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Jan 26, 2006 9:50 PM in response to DENVER 8 TV

lease contribute here what Mac-based professional programs you know of and use with FCP. Thanks. I will post this in the "FCP" discussion as well in hopes of getting some responses. < </div>

Welcome to the family but, umm, no, please don't do that.

"Professional" is relative. You get out of these tools what you are willing to put into them. You might add After Effects and Photoshop to your resources. I can't imagine a more professional set of tools.

The distinguishing features of the tools you mention may indeed be missing from software-based character generation systems but they have not been deterrents for most of us. If you're like me, you're going to find many more things to despise about FCP than Apple's choice of titling tools.

bogiesan

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