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Posted by Spex on 04/18/07 09:12
Kill Bill wrote:
> Spex wrote:
>> Holy Shit Apple have finally come to the party.
>>
>> Huge upgrade to FCP (It needed it) multi format timeline, DNxHD like
>> HD codec call Prorez422, Motion inside FCP. Also External box of
>> tricks/accelerator for HD capture and playout. Connects via FW800.
>
> My favorite new feature. Take any clip and drop it into the timeline.
> You'll get a dialog box that lets you know that the clip your dropping
> is not the same setting as your timeline.. And, estimate what it is, and
> ask if you want to change the timeline to match the clip.. outstanding!
Yeah, and it's not just HD and SD mixed on the timeline its SD and HD at
_any_ frame rate without transcoding. You don't even have to worry
about interlace field dominance or mixing with progressive footage.
Now, that is outstanding.
The beauty of the AJA IO-HD is that it is effectively a Kona3 card with
on board ProRes422 codec which can be moved from Mac to Mac. So the
small outfit doesn't have to buy a Kona3 for each of its Mac Pros it can
just buy one IO-HD. Bargain.
>
>
>> Motion has gone all 3d, got itself full paint system, matchmoving
>> tools, trackers, cameras, 3d particles and lights.
>
> I was never much into Motion, but it looks nice. More super power needed
> to run it I'm sure.
>
Just a half decent graphics card. Motion gains little with CPU power.
Love the Motion templates inside FCP which means lower third graphics
generation just got much more streamlined.
>
>> Soundtrack pro now 5.1, loads of nice little features.
>
> Apple seams to have made the most changes here. There's some kind of
> feature that compares newer versions with older version, and adjust
> accordingly. This is for people have spent tons of time working on a
> sound project, only to have the editor go and change something to
> totally mess up your work. It takes the new one, compares with the old
> one, and does all the newer changes to the newest file. Awesome!
The conform tool looks quite an awesome feature and seems to suggest
media management issues which have dogged previous versions of FCP have
been fixed. This tool couldn't work without rock solid media management.
>
>
>> Color, formerly known as final touch grading software now included in
>> Studio.
>> No upgrades to DVDSP4. shame. Blu Ray specs are still not complete.
>
> Yeah. A real bummer on the DVDSP4 part. However, there's also two new
> products too.. Some kind of Media Management software (much needed),
> and a new HD codec called Apple Rez 442. A general intermediate codec
> to convert all these new codecs for each camera like AVCHD, x.264, or
> REDcodec.
>
For more info on ProRes 422
http://tinyurl.com/3b8pdg
This article also shows that FCP makes use of all 8 cores when using
ProRes422. I wonder if this extends to other codecs?
I understand they are pushing Compressor 3 as _the_ way to render a
final project and it is multi threaded and optimised for intel.
>> Upgrade $499 which ain't bad.
>
> Great deal.
>
>> I am only interested in Motion but I reckon Color might be useful so
>> £350 could be well spent on the upgrade.
>>
>> S
>
> I have to hand it too the Apple, Avid, and Sony. Their booths at the
> show were outstanding!
>
> Adobe's both was a huge disappointment, but PS looked good.
>
> -bill
Nothing of any consequence from Avid... I don't think they've
understood where the market is going. The hegemony has been broken but
they still operate like nothing has changed...
S
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