There have been a lot of rumors about what is going to happen with Final Cut Studio, some even thought it was going to disappear because Apple just wants to sell iPads. But it looks like Apple is in fact working on a new edition of their popular NLE and Larry Jordan was recently invited to take a peak at an early version of it. For what he has seen, it is a “jaw-dropper” (full article here)
Thanks to Adobe CS5 which has become a real contender, and the new Avid version, it looks like this new Final Cut Studio will have to be impressive. But what is impressive for me:
Blu-Ray support – Sorry folks I do not see any chance there will be better Blu-Ray support, because Apple does not like Blu-Ray, but I hope at least I will be able to make a good H.264 export to backup some things and put them on the web.
Media management – Please please please, Apple this is something I really need to see improved, manual reconnection is killing me.
New media support – Most of my clients are using XDCAM and Canon H.264, I really need to edit natively with them and have faster workflows.
Integration and optimization – Well if they are making a new version, making a better integration between their suite would be fine, also I hope they rewrite part of the code to take advantage of the new processor and graphic boards available.
Looks like a wish list is more than an article on FCP, but as Larry says on his blog, “We won’t know anything Apple does not want us to know”…so pack your bags, I think we will see this new version at NAB 2011.
I’m sorry NW, but this article’s grammar is laughable. I’m not a grammar prick, but c’mon. I’m used to high quality well written articles from you guys. No offense to the author intended, just wondering how this got through without some editing.
Ethan,
Thank you for letting us know about this article which slipped through the cracks of editing. We have brought several new writers on board and this article was translated from Spanish to English which is why there were grammar errors. It has been revised.
Tony
Ethan,
Thank you for letting us know about this article which slipped through the cracks of editing. We have brought several new writers on board and this article was translated from Spanish to English which is why there were grammar errors. It has been revised.
Tony
I don’t have any major issues with FCP. I do really like it as an editing system.
I definitely agree about the extended support.
Depending on what the next version has to offer I may have to switch to Premier. :/
I’m still on Final Cut Studio 2 though. Got it a few years ago in PC World Business.
Here at Visually CREATIVE Video production in Charlotte, NC; we use Avid Media Composer, Adobe Master Collection CS5, Sony Vegas Pro, and Final Cut Studio. Needless to say, Final Cut is the least used package of them all. Simply because it has become the slowest of the bunch. As times, cameras, and acquisition codecs change, so should the NLE. Apple makes the only so-called professional NLE that has NOT changed with the times.
Avid Media Composer is solid. Premiere Pro is Fast. Vegas will edit anything you throw at it. Final Cut Pro has fallen behind. Apple seems more concerned with consumer products forgetting us Pros. I want to see them step it up because it means the next versions of the other NLE’s will step it up. So on and so forth. The end user becomes the winner.
No doubt, we will give Final Cut Studio 4 a go but am not sure it will get much use if all it received is a face lift.