Well, of course! That'd be killer! I just didn't think it was a likelihood. Is anyone else doing that? Premiere and AfterFX are still separate. . Vegas and SoundForge (or maybe not. . .I'm way outta the loop on that one)

It's not impossible, somebody just hasn't thought of how to do it yet (or maybe it's in beta already?!?) My bet is, Apple has already had this discussion internally, and that's why we're seeing job postings for senior pro application interface designers on Apple's website.

My guess is, all the basic underlying functions & commands have been re-written and are ready to go, but the big question for Apple, how the heck to do we make this simple, powerful, and elegant to use? And that's almost all software interface. Would love to see that, those must really be some great brainstorming sessions.

And I also bet we see some interface features plucked out of Sony Vegas and pushed to the next level. I remember the first version of Garage Band was almost an exact clone of Sony Acid, so there are people internally at Apple who did appreciate the elegant interface of Vegas/Acid.

The one interface quirk I hope FCS loses is what I call the "tweaker's delight". It's when you're trying to adjust something in FCP or Motion and you are presented with a dialog of sliders, buttons and text boxes without any graphical interface at all. It's not true of every function, but it still very prevalent in a majority of the functions. Ironic since Apple gets the credit for the graphical interface.

I'm way out of the loop too these days, I used to be more interested in what other system were doing, because I found Quantel so backwards. Anyway Apple should THINK DIFFERENT and not be following the herd. We'll see!!

Huh, Glad I don't have that problem

Don't you make custom window layouts? A hassle, but one click gets you back, except for below...

Yeah, what's up with that?

Just had to capture 12 hours from a dance performance - So yes PLEASE on that one.

How about Compressor presets that actually work.

Unfortunately, this is par for the course with Apple - they DON'T speculate and "leak" info. When it's "ready", they release it.

Just like Canon and others--once it's ready they release it. No vaporware.

However, I've read stories that Apple likely does leak info, but they do it on purpose and as a way to build excitement and to gauge responses.

Heath

They did leak that the new MP & a new 27" display would be released in June a couple of months ago.

Maybe now that the ipad is off & running, their pro stuff will be next in line for updates.

It's amazing how in just a few short years (mostly due to consumer product sales going up, and Mac Pro sales going down) that the WWDC has gone from Jobs announcing new processors for the Power Macs to iPhones and stuff. Plus, for developers, consumer products make them more money when developing third-party software and stuff for them.

Then again, in 2005 he talked about switching to Intel and that encompassed every system they make.

Heath