“The report emanated originally from Adobe After Effects programmer, Pete Warden,” Evans reports.
“While the cuts could represent the end of an upgrade development cycle, as the next version upgrade of Final Cut is likely in preparation even now, Warden’s report reveals one key element that suggests more major losses,” Evans reports. “Warden reveals, ‘Doyle Rockwell is leaving. He’s been a driving force behind Apple’s professional video products like Motion and Final Cut Pro for the last 8 years, but since he recently moved from LA to Austin to be closer to family, he’s fallen prey to some job cuts focused on off-site employees.'”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward W.” for the heads up.]
Smells bad! I need a 64bit upgrade! And Final Cut has yet a lot to improve.
This has not been confirmed by anyone…are these people employees or contractors? Contractors come and go.
Final Cut is sorely in need of improvements in many areas. First of all, it needs to be 64-bit. Secondly, it needs to work better with Spaces. There is a laundry-list of other issues I have with the program, but this isn’t the proper forum for that…
While this move is a little unsettling, maybe the progress of this application has been slower than Apple would have liked, and is making this move to shake things up and create momentum…
fingers crossed
If Final Cut is in desperate need of an upgrade, then that only means that Apple is brewing a major overhaul of the product category.
Has anyone else heard the rumors that Avid is trying to buy Final Cut?
Final Cut Question:
I use Premiere all the time but have been trying to learn Final Cut. How can I get FC to play the timeline without having to constantly render videos? If I render a video and then move it to another location I have to do it again and again which really hampers workflow. In Premiere you don’t have to render until the end and is the major reason I haven’t completely switched to FC.
anybody?
Wrong forum Random Query.
@ Random Query:
It depends on the type of codec your video clips are encoded with and also the way your FCP Sequence settings. You want to match those up. Ideally, use Apple’s Pro Res codec and you get realtime editing with no rendering on the timeline and the clip files themselves will also be high quality.
I live in L.A. I never thought of it as “remote”.
Maybe Apple is expanding into too many different areas.
I hope FC doesn’t die a slow death from lack of attention.
Well, I guess that IS the final cut — for them!
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I prefer After Effects… some very simple things like text are a huge pain in the ass in final cut.. Maybe its cause I use illustrator and photoshop a lot.. so its like using those… but with keyframes and effects..
I make my living by Final Cut. APPLE DO NOT DROP THIS!!!!
I doubt Apple would kill FCP. At a minimum, they’d sell it. So, this must be related to consolidation of the development team.
Does anyone have any background information on the history of those “remote” dev teams (i.e. non-Cupertino based)? How did they come to be? I know FCP was originally purchased from MacroMedia, which is in San Francisco, so who exactly was in LA (and Austin), and what were they doing there? Motion? Shake?
@ Rick
Thanks man – I’ll check that.
Pete Warden released some free After Effects filters, but I don’t think he was an “After Effects programmer.”
He was on the Pro Apps team for awhile though.
This is just a blip and doesn’t spell disaster for FCP!
@Predrag:
Austin is the support centre for Apple Discussions (forums (fora) moderated by Apple, providing support for hardware and software).
Hello, I’m Michael Coleman, Sr. Product Manager for Adobe After Effects. I cannot comment on the truth of this article, with the exception of one point: Pete Warden is not a programmer at Adobe or the After Effects team. I’m sure Pete’s a great guy, but he hasn’t worked for Adobe, as far as I know.
I will add one point: Adobe is currently hiring for certain key positions in our video product teams. Interested parties can contact me at mcoleman at adobe.com or find me on LinkedIn.com.
@jtc,
After Effects is has an entirely different purpose than Final Cut. While you can do some text and compositing in Final Cut, its primary focus is as an editor. In this task it is infinitely better suited than After Effects.
After Effects is a compositor, finishing program. While you technically can do editing in AE, it is like trying to run a marathon in sand, especially if there is audio involved.
You need to use the right tool for the job… if you are accustomed to the Adobe workflow, and you have to edit video with any frequency, then at the minimum, you need to get Premier.
@ Random Query
While Rick’s advice wasn’t false, it is incomplete. You do not have to use Apple Pro Res to get RT editing. Most of the videos I work with are HDV @ 1080i 60. Truthfully, any industry standard codec will work just fine in Final Cut. If you are using some sort of .avi or other proprietary / obscure codec, then you will have the sort of issues you describe.
As for sequence settings, this comes into play, as does your easy set-up config. In the case of the former however, if you drag a clip to the timeline in a new sequence, and the settings of said differ from your sequence settings, you will be prompted to allow Final Cut to change the sequence settings to match… do this.
Also, when applying certain effects / filters you will have to render to get playback. Depending on the strength of your machine you will have more RT playback or less. Basic transitions and filters like crossfade and color corrector 3-way shouldn’t require rendering, but more advanced, and 3rd part transitions / filters will.