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Antony Michael Wilson · September 11th, 2006, 05:23 AM

I've heard (from a hitherto very reliable) source that Apple have a turbo-charged version of FCP in devlopment. It's supposed to be a 'Symphony Killer'. This could be complete rubbish, of course. Does anybody here know anything about this?

Drew Curran · September 11th, 2006, 06:23 AM

Think Secret or some rumour site had a report on this a few months back. They also said it would include hardware. I have seen nothing since.

Andrew

Ivan Hurtado · September 11th, 2006, 01:11 PM

Yeah, i remember reading about it too, if it has hardware, i bet (if it´s true and my memory don´t fail) for the Kentsfield Intels, in a nice eight cores beast. Maybe sooner than NAB ´07.

FC Studio has a great price-quality and it´s one of the reasons of it´s popularity. I don´t think it would be wise to make two versions of the software; buying the monster will be difficult enough.

We will know for sure sooner or later...

Scott Jaco · September 11th, 2006, 08:20 PM

I would love the idea if I could afford it. I presume the included hardware would provide better graphics support for Motion 2 and would allow much faster encoding with Compressor as well.

Paulo Teixeira · September 11th, 2006, 11:06 PM

I haven’t read those rumors in a while but I can remember reading that it will be able to edit 4K movies easily and have a price tag of 10,000 dollars.

Ivan Hurtado · September 12th, 2006, 05:30 AM

Yes, We read the same news Paulo. But for now is just speculation without any basement.

Maybe IF they make a pakage of FC studio combinated with a better and new Shake (or whatever they call the new FX beast) and the eight cores, plus all the ram in the world and a big RAID could make the thing go to the tens...

I need to get some cash...

Antony Michael Wilson · September 13th, 2006, 11:42 AM

Yeah, I'm not sure it makes a great deal of sense. The beauty of FCP over Avid is that it's an open system, the software is the same and you can scale up your functionality with kit from 3rd party suppliers who compete and keep prices relatively low. A closed hardware system would put FCP in direct competition with Avid systems, which seems unwise - not least because there's a lot of catching up to do there and because it rather alienates current FCP users. An advanced version of the software with extra features for a little bit more money might be okay. What does everyone think?

Scott Jaco · September 13th, 2006, 09:37 PM

An advanced version?

I thought we already had that...as in Final Cut "Pro"

Jim Fields · October 10th, 2006, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Jaco

An advanced version?

I thought we already had that...as in Final Cut "Pro"

Wait till the merge Shake/Motion/Live Type

That will be advanced.

Hopefully next year.

September 11th, 2006, 05:23 AM	#1
Antony Michael Wilson Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 343	FCP Extreme I've heard (from a hitherto very reliable) source that Apple have a turbo-charged version of FCP in devlopment. It's supposed to be a 'Symphony Killer'. This could be complete rubbish, of course. Does anybody here know anything about this?

September 11th, 2006, 01:11 PM	#3
Ivan Hurtado Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Granada, Spain Posts: 75	Yeah, i remember reading about it too, if it has hardware, i bet (if it´s true and my memory don´t fail) for the Kentsfield Intels, in a nice eight cores beast. Maybe sooner than NAB ´07. FC Studio has a great price-quality and it´s one of the reasons of it´s popularity. I don´t think it would be wise to make two versions of the software; buying the monster will be difficult enough. We will know for sure sooner or later... __________________ IvI

September 12th, 2006, 05:30 AM	#6
Ivan Hurtado Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Granada, Spain Posts: 75	Yes, We read the same news Paulo. But for now is just speculation without any basement. Maybe IF they make a pakage of FC studio combinated with a better and new Shake (or whatever they call the new FX beast) and the eight cores, plus all the ram in the world and a big RAID could make the thing go to the tens... I need to get some cash... __________________ IvI

September 11th, 2006, 06:23 AM	#2
Drew Curran Major Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 370	Think Secret or some rumour site had a report on this a few months back. They also said it would include hardware. I have seen nothing since. Andrew

September 11th, 2006, 08:20 PM	#4
Scott Jaco Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sherman Oaks, CA Posts: 471	I would love the idea if I could afford it. I presume the included hardware would provide better graphics support for Motion 2 and would allow much faster encoding with Compressor as well.

September 11th, 2006, 11:06 PM	#5
Paulo Teixeira Trustee Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,773	I haven’t read those rumors in a while but I can remember reading that it will be able to edit 4K movies easily and have a price tag of 10,000 dollars.

September 13th, 2006, 11:42 AM	#7
Antony Michael Wilson Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 343	Yeah, I'm not sure it makes a great deal of sense. The beauty of FCP over Avid is that it's an open system, the software is the same and you can scale up your functionality with kit from 3rd party suppliers who compete and keep prices relatively low. A closed hardware system would put FCP in direct competition with Avid systems, which seems unwise - not least because there's a lot of catching up to do there and because it rather alienates current FCP users. An advanced version of the software with extra features for a little bit more money might be okay. What does everyone think?

September 13th, 2006, 09:37 PM	#8
Scott Jaco Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sherman Oaks, CA Posts: 471	An advanced version? I thought we already had that...as in Final Cut "Pro"