No "Open Project" in FCP X
What's that all about?
FCPX File Menu:
No "Open Project" in iMovie either. You see all available Projects in the "Project Browser" after opening the App
iMovie Project Browser:
But where are those Projects? How do we share them?
This is going to be fun! MSP
UPDATE...........................15/06/11 21:15 AEST
well this triggered some interesting debate on Twitter and sent me back to iMovie to do some more research.
It appears that Asset Management for FCP X is nothing new, it's been around in iMovie for a couple of years at least (although the only metadata iMovie allows you to attach to a clip is 'favourite').
The media and 'Project' are completely separate in iMovie and Project is nothing more than a single timeline (hopeful multiple timelines with Compound Clips in FCP X). Perfect for living in the iCloud.
iMovie Project Browser
The Media is presented in the 'Event Library', which is in fact another view of the File System and metadata such as 'subclips' and 'markers' are stored with the media for a 'smart browser' to view.
iMovie Event Library
The same 'project' on an external drive in Finder.
Phil Hodgetts described the 'Event Library' as a mini-DAM, but as somebody who often works on and sets up projects to be accessed by multiple people it seems an ideal way for multiple people to access and maintain a single source of metadata (especially compared to the horror of multiple people accessing a single FCP project).
And it's elegant and usable by end users as much as Final Cut Server wasn't.
Currently iMovie won't access ethernet shared storage, but I can't imagine FCP X having that restriction.
Can't wait.
MSP
