Apple Readying Revamped Final Cut Studio and Pro Apps?
Posted on: March 14, 20099 comments so far (is that a lot?)
Appleinsider has an article speculating about the release of updates to many of Apple’s pro video products.
While Apple won’t be attending NAB, those familiar with the company’s plans say it holds ambitions of debuting a new version of Final Cut Studio, currently late in its development stage, at or around the same time the conference kicks off during the third week of April. Further details weren’t provided.
Final Cut Pro will be 10 years old this year and it and its offspring, Final Cut Studio haven’t seen a major upgrade in about 2 years. Other applications anticipated for new versions are the company’s video asset management software, Final Cut Server, compositing software Shake and Apple’s pro audio suite Logic Studio.
Final Cut Server initially generated much excitement and held real promise in the professional realm, particularly because of the lack of comprehensive media management tools in Final Cut Pro. Unfortunately, the software’s instability, unintuitive interface and underwhelming media workflow options have impeded it’s widespread adoption.
An exciting prospect is a seriously revamped or even entirely new version of Shake. The high-end compositing software has not seen an update since 2006 and Apple has been chided in the professional community for the products embarrassingly lackluster support.
Apple also has a replacement for its Shake high-end compositing software under development. It acquired that software in 2002 from NothingReal and last released a major update for it in 2006, when the company announced “Apple will no longer be selling maintenance for Shake and no further software updates are planned as we begin work on the next generation of Shake compositing software.” Apple was rumored to be working on a new replacement title under the code name Phenomenon, based on Motion code and expected for delivery in 2008, making its belated delivery appearing to be imminent.
Logic Studio is also overdue for a new release. The product has not been updated since its initial release in 2007 when Apple packaged Logic Pro with the other components which make up Logic Studio.
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March 15th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
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March 15th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Now this is very cool. Is there a specific day that signifies FCP’s birthday? Maybe that will be a possible release date.
Phill
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March 16th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
It was April 1999 at NAB. Don’t know the actual date. I bet someone over at Ken Stones forum probably remembers.
http://www.kenstone.net/discussions/list.php?3
Good Luck!
March 17th, 2009 at 5:33 am
tks
I have posted a topic there
Phill
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March 19th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
They better do something! My facility bought into a multiyear package plan and have seen no new releases in the interim.
March 20th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Apple is not attending NAB right?
Hmmm, wonder if they plan for a special media event in the area and leverage the NAB mania.
March 20th, 2009 at 12:40 am
Oh and April is Final Cut Pro’s 10th birthday
hmmmm
April 16th, 2009 at 6:31 am
If Apple doesn’t launch shake this year, then it looks like they will completely lose their foothold in the compositing industry. Nuke is becoming the new favorite. Whatever they have coming up better be good.
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