James,
Many thanks for those precise infos. There are really usefull.
On Baselight for fcp7...it can or not be truly interesting.
Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with mister Phillips
And he explained me the core inplementation on Baselight in Avid. Then installed it in my Avid workstation for testing.
Baselight editor comes in 3 flavors, Avid, Nuke and Fcp7.
First the good news: this is recognized by colorists as one of the very best grading tool available now with Mistika.
It is intuitive and "old school" kind of interface.
But filmlight is the Rolls of color grading app.
Now the interrogation is this: as I don't own a fcp7 nle, I
Ignore how they limited the capabilities because not being 64bits. Yes the integration is like Apple Color but it's not clear
For me if you get access to trackers and full polygon tools.
This is a question to be asked and see where are the limits
In fcp7. It could be or not a real deal according to this point.
Now...if a company such as Filmlight decided to provide
An integrated grading tool for fcp7 users in 2015, is that they have the seats wanting it and many editors are still cutting in 7.
So I definatly think that it is worth a look for 7 users.
Could it replace a Resolve? That's the big question. I don't
Think so because I imagine they had to limit the features to adapt them to a NLE that stopped to evolve.
But on the other hand I doubt Filmlight built this if it was useless for 7 users
In Avid, it's definatly a big plus that avoids many roundtrippin
Obligations. But Avid is 64bits.
Avid will soon be free too. (will have a free version). How the free Media Composer will be limited? is not an available information
that I know at the moment but it's on its way.
Now, once you edit in LW, it's extremely painfull to be back into an Avid environement. I understand better why they are so many feature films
cutted in LW (see a sample below)...
... because LW "
Works as" you where actually working with analog rolls, everything is a clip. "
It's like" a NLE thinking Linear.
So it seems to me that step by step, I will abandon Avid. Editshare being very strong in what media management is concerned,
they also provide tools for Avid's workstations. So Baselight editor not being available on LW and the standalone version is
untouchable for me, I don't think I'd use Baselight in the near future unless they bring a plug-in for Editshare.
Cheers from unbearably hot Madrid. Now I gona take the car and ride the highway to get fresh air (and cops poursuite)
Ps: wich models of the Schneiders?