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Apple Briefs Enterprise Customers on Final Cut Pro X

Posted July 7, 2011 at 4:20pm by iClarified · 6658 views
Apple has answered some questions about Final Cut Pro X for enterprise customers at a briefing in London on July 6th.

Sam Johnson of AMV LAB tweeted some of the information Apple addressed during the briefing. His tweets were compiled by alex4d.

1. FCP XML in/out is coming via 3rd party soon…no FCP 6/7 support project support coming ever it seems…
2. Ability to buy additional FCP7 licenses for enterprise deployments coming in the next few weeks…
3. FCPX EDL import/export coming soon…
4. FCPX AJA plugins coming soon for tape capture and layback…capture straight into FCPX bins.
5. XSAN support for FCPX coming in the next few weeks…
6. FCPX Broadcast video output via #Blackmagic & @AJAVideo coming soon…
7. Additional codec support for FCPX via 3rd Parties coming soon…
8. Customizable sequence TC in FCPX for master exports coming soon…
9. Some FCPX updates will be free some will cost…

Professional video editors have been up in arms over Final Cut Pro X which most feel is consumer grade product and unusable in their editing environments. While Apple has promised many of their concerns will be addressed the discontinuation of tracks may be a fundamental stumbling block for many editors.

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