Apple head a prive briefing July 6 in London regarding enterprise contracts. A number of details have emerged in a series of tweets by Sam Jognson of AMV Lab (@aPostEngineer) regarding FCP X and Apple's plans to continue supporting FCP 7 as well.
The backlash from current FCP 7 enterprise users and the editing community as a whole has been overwhelmingly negative. So much so, Apple is considering making additional FCP 7 licenses available to enterprise contract customers. This would go against Apple's previous plans of discontinuing FCP 7, and Apple is actively researching the legal ramifications of brining back a discontinued product. However, is must be noted that only existing volume license holders will be able to buy additional FCP 7 licenses.
Below is a list of information compiled by Alex4d from the tweets by Johnson who was at the meeting first hand:
- 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 FCP7 licenses for enterprise deployments coming in the next few weeks… (This was later updated to reflect Apple's position that they are merely considering doing this.)
- 3. FCPX EDL import/export coming soon…
- 4. FCPX AJA plugins coming soon for tape capture and layback…capture straight into FCPX bins. (This will not be an AJA plugin, but an actual AJA application.)
- 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…
It's been a rough few weeks for FCP die-hards out there. There will be some relief soon, but this definitely doesn't do too much to quell FCP editing guru's fears.
Source: Alex4d
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