FCPX 10.1.0 PRE-RELEASE DISCUSSION

it is ...
but it's not AIC, nor is it proRes...

ok, who's the brave-heart, editing a 3h opus maximum in iMX :lol:

That's good. Previously it used AIC, which is ancient. Didn't expect it to convert to PR, but I think it will accept it.

iM does not seem to support 4:3 media any longer. Widescreen projects only. Imports 4:3 but doesn't seem to create 4:3 projects.

At our shop we started doing a iMovie offline and FCP online about 4 years ago. For corporate work the magnetic timeline is just far superior as it lets you easily rearrange items and not be bothered with technical items.

Seems like right now you would need to wait until 10.1 is released for it's ability to open iMovie 10 projects.

daviddelreal wrote:

sidderke wrote:

This looks like the new FCPX. No Project Library button in the timeline.
No rounded corners anymore.

Aside from that, it doesn't look that different.

It's most likely a view setting.

So I think I will take the plunge and upgrade to Mavericks – if only to satisfy my iMovie curiosity. Just wondering whether people have just installed it over their previous OS or whether you've done a clean install. In the main, the folks at the Apple Mavericks forum indicate that clean installs are unnecessary in this age of downloads.

Thanks.

Russ

There's also the possibility that the image with the MacPro is just a photoshop mockup for the purposes of the ad and bears little relation to new interface features

I didn't do a clean install on my iMac. But when I move to the MacPro in a month or so, I'll be starting from scratch, and only copying over necessary stuff.

I probably won't install FCP7 on that machine.

It wouldn't be the end of the world if you did... Don't you have old projects that you may need to access?

Maazer wrote: It wouldn't be the end of the world if you did... Don't you have old projects that you may need to access?

If this is for me- I haven't opened FCP7 in a couple of months. 2 of my 3 regular clients have already moved to X, and I'm going in to start transitioning the 3rd later this month.

The Final Cut Studio suite takes up a lot of space, which will be precious on the SSD.

robertdee wrote: There's also the possibility that the image with the MacPro is just a photoshop mockup for the purposes of the ad and bears little relation to new interface features

I have reasons to believe this is not the case.

Maazer wrote: It wouldn't be the end of the world if you did... Don't you have old projects that you may need to access?

I've been on FCPX since Feb 2012. If I was getting loads of calls for old projects I'd be more concerned, but I'm not and generally if something isn't revisited after a year, it isn't going to be.

I can always install it later if I really need to, but I'm going to start under the assumption that I don't need it.

I'll be pretty disappointed if the update is only to allow 4k editing - as they did with 2k update.

It's seems pretty clear at this point that we'll be getting a major overhaul to the Project/Event structure of FCPX. This will probably bring a bunch of media management enhancements as well.

Maazer wrote: It wouldn't be the end of the world if you did... Don't you have old projects that you may need to access?

If iMovie 10 is any indication, Projects will now reside inside events. See the other posts in this thread.

robertdee wrote: I'll be pretty disappointed if the update is only to allow 4k editing - as they did with 2k update.

What? It already cuts 4k, just fine. I converted some 1DC stuff to prores that I also wanted to pull stills from and a 4k timeline was a breeze on a 15 minute edit.

Here is a quote from the iMovie help docs about Libraries, Events and Projects.

"Work with multiple libraries

You can think of a library as the place to store all your stuff: a collection of one or more events. An event is a grouping of footage based on the date and time the clips were recorded, as well as the projects you create with them. Most of the time, you have only one iMovie library, but there are situations in which you might want to have more than one. For example, you might want to back up your current project or create an archive of your events and projects on a separate (external) hard disk. Or you might want to free up storage space on your Mac by moving iMovie events to another hard disk. Or you might want to edit a project on another Mac.

iMovie allows you to create additional library files in different locations on your internal hard disk or on different hard disks. You can access and work on any library at any time from within iMovie. And you can move and copy clips and events between libraries."

help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov3fa25bae7

robertdee wrote: I'll be pretty disappointed if the update is only to allow 4k editing - as they did with 2k update.

2K Update? FCPX supported 4K from it's release.

tpayton wrote: iMovie allows you to create additional library files in different locations on your internal hard disk or on different hard disks. You can access and work on any library at any time from within iMovie. And you can move and copy clips and events between libraries."

help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov3fa25bae7

One of the things I am certainly looking forward to is the ability to move / store / open events/projects anywhere on the hard disk and not just in the root.

When Aperture launched it had very restricted places to store the library but later releases allowed you to move them pretty much anywhere. I hope that's where FCPX is headed.

I'm getting confused. I was thinking of the retina display update.

*move along. Nothing to see here...*

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