How would you bring FCP into the 21st century?

[Chris Korrow]

Originally Posted by Justin McAleece

There are a lot of glitches that they need to fix that have been present forever.

1. When I am capturing HDV and click outside of the L&G window it will often make that window unable to be closed and I will have to force quit the entire program. That is LAME.

Huh, Glad I don't have that problem

Originally Posted by Justin McAleece

2. Whenever i do have to force quit FCP forgets my window layout and I have to go back in and change it which happens fairly often. PLEASE make FCP remember my default window layout.

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

Originally Posted by Justin McAleece

3. And speaking of window layouts it really should be able to remember the windows exactly as I place them not moving them over several pixels in either direction or completely moving and resizing the "effects" window that I have set up.

Yeah, what's up with that?

Originally Posted by Justin McAleece

4. PLEASE enable Background capturing. Seriously, I can't capture DV in the BG in 2010?

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

How about Compressor presets that actually work.

[Shaun Roemich]

Originally Posted by Floris van Eck

If Apple would only tell us what they were doing... all these rumors. I am considering switching to another NLE if this trend to continues, just because I believe that secrecy and professional software don't go well together.

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

[Heath McKnight]

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

[Chris Korrow]

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.

[Heath McKnight]

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