audio effects in new iMovie '08 - what's to become of Logic Pro ? what about a truly integrated media authoring environment?

[j o a r]

On 17 aug 2007, at 22.39, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> I sent email saying Final Cut Studio 2 doesn't give you a  
> preference to identify separate audio and video sources when  
> capturing - so which Pro app(s) are you talking about other than  
> QTPro 7.1 ?


It does, for all cameras but HDV (AFAIK). It has never worked for HDV  
cameras, as the support for them is brand new, so it's not like they  
took away something that used to work.


> I also said the QTPro  7.1 (a 29 dollar app) used to support this ..


Yes, and there is a bug in the current version that will most likely  
be fixed in the next version. It's not like they took away your  
ability to run QT 7.1, so you're not exactly stranded here.


> I'm amazed at how much resistance I'm getting for making a request  
> that appears to be reasonable given the technology is already in  
> place... and has been ..


You're not getting any resistance from me. I've only stated why I  
think that this support isn't currently there. Filing enhancement  
requests (as you've done) is the right thing to do here.

Oh, and btw.: Just because other apps have this functionality doesn't  
mean that iMovie 08 would get it for free. Sure, it would be easier  
compared to having to invent things from scratch, but it would still  
take engineering and Q&A resources to [1] implement and [2] maintain.


> Okay --
> I've had enough of this topic on the talk list (and I'm sure others  
> have as well)


No, don't give up so soon! Here I was hoping that Apple would have  
time to ship QT 7.3 while we were still bickering over this...


j o a r