At IBC 2008 Quantel announced the full integration of Apple’s Final Cut Pro into the Quantel Enterprise sQ server-based production environment. The solution brings the exact same workflow advantages with Final Cut Pro workstations as they have with Quantel’s native editors.

With this development, FCP editors have full access to both rushes and metadata as well as to edited sequences generated on Quantel desktop and craft editing workstations.

Now, the FCP editor works 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.

Key benefits to FCP users include:

Instant playout of a published edit

Browse workflow – edits started on Quantel workstations using lo-res media are instantly available in broadcast media for finishing on FCP and vice versa

Final Cut Pro users can now publish direct to a newsroom computer system, just as Quantel editors can, speeding stories to air.