Comments on: Apple Patent Shows Interest in Film Production, Script-Integrated Storyboards

By: Innoventive Software

Innoventive Software — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:22:55 +0000

Sound like something our product, FrameForge 3D Studio, has been doing for well over five years now… and Apple even carries the program on their online store!

By: Dragon

Dragon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:07:15 +0000

I would kindly request from both APple and Microsoft to leave media software to creative people and creative companies, while gently placing focus on their Operating Systems that still greatly suck until today. It’s been 20 years since demise of SGI computers, and not Apple not Microsoft are even close to having same stability/simplicity/security that good old UNIX used to have in SGI times.

By: Hugo Mac

Hugo Mac — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:55:43 +0000

There are bunch of storyboard software options out there. I’ve always found them to be a bit of a waist of time. There is nothing better and quicker than just throwing down some rough sketches (even if they are stick figures) for boards and moving on. Who knows though. Apple has done a pretty good job coming up with some effective ways to work in post. Maybe they can bring that to pre-production. http://www.valleyofthesunfeaturefilmblog.com/

By: ms

ms — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:23:26 +0000

I’m missing the point? A patent application is submitted in hopes be granted a patent. Patents are monopolies over the creation of an invention or product that is supposedly original. But unlike a physical product which a person could examine and freely recreate after the patent expiration, software doesn’t disclose any code. So the monopoly is granted without benefiting society after the expiration. If granted, Apple can and does sue people creating software similar, even if independently so as to protect it’s monopoly. Patents (Monopolies) on software are WAY too long, since it’s a faster paced industry. Also Apple submitted applications for the dock, the trashcan icon, multitouch (which it didn’t invent), many things that aren’t original work. Patent workers don’t always catch prior art, so patents are granted that are way too general that shouldn’t be. And companies use them to sue others and other companies.
And worse, companies will buy patents from others. So a company who never innovated anything is the business of suing people for patent infringment. Why don’t you do a little reading.
“Improve on” ? What are you talking about? The patent is no more helpful then the software itself will be if released. There is no improving on something with a patent application. You think it’s a USPTO wiki page or something?
Smarten up and read the software patent debate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent_debate

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:22:24 +0000

Addition to Final Cut maybe???

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:30:49 +0000

Sounds like what Xtranormal (http://www.xtranormal.com) is already doing.

By: Curt

Curt — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:01:24 +0000

I would love to use this. I’d like to see it integrated with my stock footage library. Does anyone else think that would be cool.

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:32:35 +0000

So does that mean no-one else can develop storyboard and script integration software? This sounds a too weird to me, as we’ve been drawing storyboards with scripts in them for years!

Louise

By: Berdi

Berdi — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:08:07 +0000

iMovie to a tee!

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:40:55 +0000

You’re missing the entire point … Patents are examined: copyrights are registered.
It is a “patent application”; has no rights associated; is published to serve as notice to others what they are “claiming”; and, prior to 1999 this was kept entirely secret during prosecution.
No patent rights have been issued. But, Apple’s alleged innovation is avaable for the whole world to see (& perhaps improve on)