Quantel shows Final Cut Pro embedded into the Quantel workflow
by | Sep 15, 2008 - 11:06:20 AM
Quantel demonstrated integration of
Final
Cut Pro
into the Quantel Enterprise sQ server-based production
environment. This development brings broadcasters exactly the same workflow advantages with Final Cut Pro
workstations as they have with Quantel’s native editors.
With this development, Final Cut Pro editors will have full access to both
rushes and metadata as well as to edited sequences generated on Quantel desktop
and craft editing workstations. Final Cut Pro participates fully in the Quantel
workflow, is able to create stories, finish those started on Quantel
workstations and publish directly to the Quantel server for playout.
The Final Cut Pro editor is working directly with media held on the Quantel
server; there is no requirement first to import the media, and output can
happen the moment the edit is completed. Similarly, Quantel editors can access
stories started on Final Cut Pro. In both cases, edits remain live throughout
the system right up to playout. The key benefits for Final Cut Pro
users are:
Instant playout of a
published edit – edits are instantly published as AAFs back to the sQ server,
and the server then puts the rush clips into the edited order on-the-fly at
playout.
Browse workflow – edits
started on Quantel workstations using lo-res media are instantly available in
broadcast media for finishing on Final Cut Pro – and vice versa, giving Final
Cut Pro users full participation in the best broadcast and browse workflow in
the business.
Publish to NRCS placeholder –
Final Cut Pro users can now publish direct to the Newsroom Computer System
rundown, just as Quantel editors can, speeding stories to air.
“This development will be widely welcomed by broadcasters who can now take
advantage of the large pool of trained Final Cut Pro operators alongside
Quantel’s sQ Cut- all
without compromising on the unrivalled ingest-to-delivery speed of the Quantel
workflow,” said Trevor Francis, Quantel Worldwide Broadcast Marketing Manager.
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