Michael Johnston
May 7th, 2007, 04:20 PM
Earlier today,<a href="http://www.myiphone.com/iphone-runs-lite-version-of-final-cut-pro-6-07682.php">Vincent Nguyen posted a controversial article at MyiPhone.com</a> stating that the iPhone will be running a "lite" version of Final Cut Pro 6.
<i>Final Cut Pro 6??</i>
Something this outrageous would easily be dismissed, were it not for him posting the source of the claim. It would appear that <a href="http://blogs.creativecow.net/node/174#comment-245">Walter Biscardi of Biscardi Creative Media</a> was able to get his hands on a prototype iPhone and try it out at the release of Final Cut Pro 6 with Peter Wiggins. Biscardi explains:
<center><a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/finalcutpro_iphone_biscardiwiggins.png"><img src="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/finalcutpro_iphone_biscardiwiggins_thumb.png" alt="" /></a></center>
"What can you do with Lite? Well by connecting to your media device via USB, you can capture at a low resolution version of the new Apple ProRes 422 codec. For editing it's all straight cuts only, no effects, no transitions, but you wouldn't want to try to do any transitions with an iPhone anyway. You get 2 tracks of video and audio maximum, but for just straight cutting in the field, you don't need any more. Oh and no titles either, but I can't see you needing them in the field with something this small. But after you put together a rough cut, you can save off your cut as a true Final Cut Pro project and then transfer that to your laptop or desktop for your final edit."
The reason Biscardi gives for this information not hitting the masses sooner: <i>it was overlooked!</i>
As fantastic as this might seem, a healthy dose of skepticism is healthy as with all stories as outrageous as this. One must think: Why do you need Final Cut Pro 6 on a phone? Not to mention that that picture looks very blatantly photoshoped. That, and the fact that storage space on the iPhone is at an extreme premium.
That said, let's entertain this notion. I for one consider this plausible. Steve <i>did</i> say at the keynote that the iPhone would be running a mobile version of OS X. Why not then, should a phone running a mobile version of OS X run a mobile version of Final Cut Pro, one of their most widely used applications in the industry? And keep in mind; he didn't say it was a separate app, but part of the full version. It all supports the claim that the iPhone will be running OS X. It's as though the iPhone is just a little Mac you can make calls on.
They <i>did</i> say it was a smartphone…
EDIT: HA HA, fooled you!… All of you out there were right all along. Walter Biscardi made it up. Final Cut Pro does not work on the iPhone. You can all get back to your lives now.
<i>Final Cut Pro 6??</i>
Something this outrageous would easily be dismissed, were it not for him posting the source of the claim. It would appear that <a href="http://blogs.creativecow.net/node/174#comment-245">Walter Biscardi of Biscardi Creative Media</a> was able to get his hands on a prototype iPhone and try it out at the release of Final Cut Pro 6 with Peter Wiggins. Biscardi explains:
<center><a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/finalcutpro_iphone_biscardiwiggins.png"><img src="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/finalcutpro_iphone_biscardiwiggins_thumb.png" alt="" /></a></center>
"What can you do with Lite? Well by connecting to your media device via USB, you can capture at a low resolution version of the new Apple ProRes 422 codec. For editing it's all straight cuts only, no effects, no transitions, but you wouldn't want to try to do any transitions with an iPhone anyway. You get 2 tracks of video and audio maximum, but for just straight cutting in the field, you don't need any more. Oh and no titles either, but I can't see you needing them in the field with something this small. But after you put together a rough cut, you can save off your cut as a true Final Cut Pro project and then transfer that to your laptop or desktop for your final edit."
The reason Biscardi gives for this information not hitting the masses sooner: <i>it was overlooked!</i>
As fantastic as this might seem, a healthy dose of skepticism is healthy as with all stories as outrageous as this. One must think: Why do you need Final Cut Pro 6 on a phone? Not to mention that that picture looks very blatantly photoshoped. That, and the fact that storage space on the iPhone is at an extreme premium.
That said, let's entertain this notion. I for one consider this plausible. Steve <i>did</i> say at the keynote that the iPhone would be running a mobile version of OS X. Why not then, should a phone running a mobile version of OS X run a mobile version of Final Cut Pro, one of their most widely used applications in the industry? And keep in mind; he didn't say it was a separate app, but part of the full version. It all supports the claim that the iPhone will be running OS X. It's as though the iPhone is just a little Mac you can make calls on.
They <i>did</i> say it was a smartphone…
EDIT: HA HA, fooled you!… All of you out there were right all along. Walter Biscardi made it up. Final Cut Pro does not work on the iPhone. You can all get back to your lives now.