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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Mac OS X Lion-compatible Final Pro updates coming in March

Ok I think I found what I was thinking of apparently the tension with adobe was over premier elements which resulted in imovie, Final Cut pro was announced later.
Planning the launch of Mac OS X Jobs asked Adobe in 1998 to develop a Mac version of its consumer video-editing program. "They said flat-out no," Jobs recalls. "We were shocked, because they had been a big supporter in the early days of the Mac. But we said, 'Okay, if nobody wants to help us, we're just going to have to do this ourselves.'"
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3221750
I don't know how valid a source the PC ADVISOR is but it's what google gave me.
 
I think this speculation about FCP becoming "prosumer" is overblown. Mac has vigorously denied this ever since the rumors started.

They would be idiots to move FCP away from the pro market when they had started to dominate it, especially after putting money into programs like Soundtrack and Color, which are decidedly pro-oriented.
 
There are a number of really cool features in practically every editing software application. Now...if someone could pull all the best bits out of FCP, Premiere Pro, Vegas, and Edius....we would have the best editing platform ever!!!!!
I don't understand why software developers come up with some really cool features, and then leave others out? I thought these guys all talk to pro editors to find out what we want? Why doesn't a software developer talk to a swag of people who use all of the above programs and find out which bits they like best, then release a killer editing platform that we'll all go crazy for? Seems logical to me, but, hey...I've been wrong before.
 
Craig W. Bickerstaff said:
No it wasn't Final Cut was a reaction to Adobe deciding to stop producing Premier for the Macintosh, something people think Steve is still pissed off to this day.
As for the idea that Apple thinks by not supporting blu-ray people will buy apple tvs or movies from the itunes music store? I don't think they are that naive as to believe that would happen.
Steve's official position on Blu-ray is that the DRM etc. are a pain in the ass and with the control they like to have on the OS I'm prone to take him at his word for now.
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I was part of the Final Cut Beta back in 1998 as in Intern at Apple, where you there too? You must have been in a different part of the campus.
 
Next version of OSX is coincidentially called "Felix" for an as yet unknown reason.

But I have a hunch... of coure...

After all of a sudden seeing that they're running out of cats (and let's face it: "Egyptian Hairless Cat" doesn't have the same impact as "Snow Leopard"), Steve has decided to give the systemupdates names after the pets.

iOS on the other hand will get names from prominent rodents...
 
M Most said:
Adobe did not stop producing Premiere for the Mac until after Final Cut was released and it became obvious that sales of the Mac version were shrinking significantly, especially when compared to the Windows version. Apple's release of Final Cut also prompted Avid to withdraw Media Composer from the Mac platform for a short time.

Final Cut was, in fact, primarily written by Randy Ubillos (creator of the original versions of Premiere) and was due to be released by Macromedia as "Key Grip", a cross platform editing program. Apple bought the code, dropped the Windows version, tweaked it a bit and it became Final Cut Pro. The "Steve being pissed off" reaction you're probably referring to was his reaction to Avid creating a Windows version of Media Composer, which is likely part of what prompted Apple to acquire the Macromedia program in the first place, although there is, of course, no actual proof of this.
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MMost is right. He's always right. If Mike answered all the posts exclusively it would be the most accurate forum in the internets.
 
The next version of FCP should really be somekind of authoring/editing platform for all the web devices that Apple makes.
 
Michael Schrengohst said:
The next version of FCP should really be somekind of authoring/editing platform for all the web devices that Apple makes.
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And I fear that's what it's ultimately going to be.
Re-worked to make it easier for non professionals to handle it easier.
 
M Most said:
The "Steve being pissed off" reaction you're probably referring to was his reaction to Avid creating a Windows version of Media Composer, which is likely part of what prompted Apple to acquire the Macromedia program in the first place, although there is, of course, no actual proof of this.
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Mike,

I remeber AVID being very pissed at Apple for not building them a machine with enough expansion slots. AVID thought it was driving all of APPLE's hardware sales at the time (holy shit they actaully we that cocky once). So told Apple to F-off when they wanted a machine with more internal slots.

The rest is interesting.

I still think that the new FCP is going to have everybody as excited about post as people are about RED right now. Yes. I actually believe it is going to be that good.

I don't care if they orient it to "pro"sumer as long as it can be used as a professional tool. It aint going to be imovie, that is for sure.

If I am wrong, I am wrong, but I think Apple likes to blow peoples minds and shut people up (a bit RED like in the fashion) and so I think they will do this with the new release.

David
 
Albert Astorga Zepeda said:
I do not know of anyone whom gets/gives free major upgrades.
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I know of quite a few. There are lots of applications which you can buy once and continue to receive free major updates on.
 
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