Final Cut Pro 7 --> Wishlist

[filmguy123]

Support for AVC-HD. (AVC-Intra is already supported, I believe).

Support for nVidia and ATI graphics card's onboard AVC hardware acceleration.

 

[adkimery]

ability to dock all the windows together and resize them in relation to eachother (like in Premiere) - drag the canvas bigger, other windows get smaller proportionally, drag timeline bigger, other windows get smaller. Helps for adjusting realestate on single monitor setups. Should be a menu item that can be checked on or off (docking together).

You can already do this if you resize a window by grabbing it along its X or Y axis (grabbing by the corner will make that window smaller/bigger, but won't effect the size of the other windows).


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[ullanta]

I was just going to bring up the Capture scratch... you should get a new one for each project.

... as an option...

the way it works now (a new folderfor each project in a general Capture Scratch for each drive) works really nicely for my typical workflows...

 

[filmguy123]

bump - I'll compile and send this off at the end of the month. So please post more requests here...

 

[emptytea]

An "IMPORT OMF" feature would rock... being that the only way to import OMF's into FCP now is through a 500 dollar plug-in made by Automatic Duck.

 

[filmguy123]

- label track name (ie, I could label track 1 interviews, track 2 b-roll) - more helpful, though, for sorting lots of different types of footage into many tracks (ie sports: track 1 coach, track 2 sideline, track 3 offense, track 4 defense, etc)

- More labels to assign

- Ability to color code/label an entire track (as a track property; not a property of every clip in said track)

- double click on empty space in bin to open import window (like adobe apps)

 

[jcskeeter]

Ability to select clip in timeline, then double click on filter in filters window to apply it to selected clip. Like in after effects. I find myself double clicking on filters in FCP after working in AE for a while.

 

[Zander]

I'd like a better bin view. I'd like a list like view with a window that previews the video clip selected. Sort of like iTunes.

 

[JPenna]

8-core support would be nice.

*And* a time-rate stretch tool, seen in CS3, where you just grab the end of a clip (or begging), and drag to change speed to new length (rather than changing in-out point)... amazing tool!

Yeah... I think it's called "rubberbanding". They've even had it in Sony Vegas for a while. Would save a lot of time.

Ability to "click and drag" to enable/disable or lock/unlock tracks, or check/uncheck filters (like Adobe).

Oh, Lord, yes! I instinctively try to do that when I'm hiding a bunch of layers at once.

- Ability to Select WHICH filter to Copy or Paste when using Properties functions

You can copy all the filters to a slug, delete all filters you don't need, then copy that slug and do the "Paste Attributes" thing.

I was just going to bring up the Capture scratch... you should get a new one for each project.

You do get a new folder under "Capture Scratch" for every new project... which can actually be annoying. When I'm saving multiple versions, I end with with a bunch of folders in my Capture Scratch when I only need one.

 

[filmguy123]

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I compiled and submitted everything above this point to Apple. Please feel free to also submit the ideas you posted here to apple on your own, individually, here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html

If you add anything to this list, make sure you also request the feature using the link above.

Thanks!

 

[i8042prt]

I think it would be great to use AppleScript in FCP. Many points from this wishlist can be achieved with some automation, which, unfortunately, FCP lacks.

 

[SPZ]

H264 PS3/ BLuray preset (high quality, variable bit rate, peak 39mbit, low 15mbit) exports for Compressor/Quicktime conversion in both 1280x720p or 1920x1080.

Agreed with the usage of the Nvidia and ATI internal AVC aceleration.

 

[David Saraceno]

With what as an authoring tool?