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Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro

Posted by pudge on from the now-i-can-finish-my-documentary-on-hacker-mating-rituals dept.

batobin writes "Looks like Apple is expanding their grasp on the film editing industry with their new release of Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro. It enables FCP 3 to better manage film and 24 fps high density video. The product is expected to ship in May."

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  1. $4000 CHEAP! by Vidmaster_Steve · · Score: 5, Informative

    Take it you've never checked prices for a Film AVID system? FilmAVID costs (since I last checked) $32k. Thirty. Two. Thousand. Dollars. American.

    Just for the software.

    Add in an AVIDMedia Capture Card, that's your paltry $4k right there, just for the capture card.

    Add in the Film Capture device, another $12-15k. Then you've got your RAIDs, your SP decks ($8-12k, depending on the brand), your monitors (not cheapass NTSC teevees, we're talking real-live production monitors, they run about $500 each, and you need at least one), and not to mention minimum of TWO >19" monitors to edit with.

    All in all, to edit film on an AVID system, you're looking at about $65k for a "good" system.

    $4k for a G4 box and the Final Cut bundle = DIRT FUCKING CHEAP.

    Not to mention that the people that this software is marketed to make $4k on a slow week (shit, I videograph weddings and parties and I make $50/hr)

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