Speaking as a broadcast user, I can say that we are being forced to
change our workflow. Not just by the "Preditor" paradigm, but also by
the simple fact of file-based, digital acquisition formats.
I oversee a NewsCutter-centric editing environment and we can handle
most of the oddball formats that walk in the door, but ProRes footage
is problematic. There is no Mac version of NewsCutter software and
ProRes doesn't play well with Quicktime for Windows, as far as I have
been able to determine.
I don't know if you're involved with NewsCutter at all, Mr. Capria,
but my door is always open if you're in NYC and want to see our
workflow.
On 3/6/11, oliverpetersvidy <oliverpeters@oliverpeters.com> wrote:
>> Frank Capria wrote:
>> Game on.
>
> Ironically, your timing may be great.
>
> There are a lot of indications that Apple has tired of the "traditional
> professional" user, simply because these users are unwilling to jump on the
> cutting edge of things. This particularly pertains to Hollywood-level
> features and TV shows. I think they see the "new professional" video user as
> folks like video journalist/one-man-band/predators. Add to that, the whole
> slow of wannabe (non-studio) filmmakers, a lot of corporate video users and
> others. I think the fact that their PR effort tied into A-list film editors
> has been non-existent or late at best for the last couple of years is one
> obvious signal.
>
> If the rumors/predictions are true about FCP8/FCPx/FCP?, then it's going to
> be a version that many professional editors might think twice about jumping
> over to. Traditional post might well be a market niche Apple is willing to
> sacrifice, if the new version has a broader application to the "new pro" as
> they see it. But for "traditional pro" users as those on this list and the
> FCP-L, look at things like L&C (gone?) or offline-online workflows when the
> new version finally does come out. Will the updated model serve your needs?
>
> Hopefully at that point, Avid will get around to being able to natively
> write Pro Res files, as that could be the legacy that lives on for many pro
> users. Right now that's a no-go unless FCP/FCS is installed on a system. For
> better or worse, Pro Res is becoming a bit of a de facto standard.
>
> - Oliver
>
>
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Rob Lawson
System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
CBS News
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