May 20
Studio Daily Blog By Scott Simmons
The post-production Internet has been all a-Twitter for the last 24 hours after Apple Insider posted some nutty story about Apple scaling Final Cut Pro to fit more of a consumer market. After the FCP fanboys went ballistic the great, silent behemoth that is Apple actually spoke today about this very topic, telling CNET that “Final Cut Pro is the first choice for professional video editors, and we’ve never been more excited about its future,” Apple spokesman Bill Evans told CNET. Continue reading »
Tagged with: Adobe • Apple FCP • Avid • CS5 • FCP • FCS3 • MC5
May 16
A great list of FCP freebies got me thinking about what are the must have paid tools as well
The DV Show dropped a great post over the weekend that answered a question from one of their readers: “I’m looking for some plugins or tools to enhance my productions. I mainly use Final Cut Pro and was wondering if there are any free or low cost alternatives to make my videos look better.” With that they listed 14 Must Have FREE Plugins & Tools for Final Cut Pro. It’s a fantastic list of a number of great tools that will be right at home in any editor’s toolbox. But this post got me thinking about some of the paid plug-ins and tools that are great in the FCP editor’s toolbox as well. Continue reading »
Tagged with: Apple FCP • Colorista • Continuum • FCP • FCS3 • Plug-ins
May 16
Ken Stone’s FCP by Richard Taylor
The iPad looks to be another big hit device for Apple. Over one million sold so far in the USA alone. At some point you probably will be producing videos for this device. I’m going to show you how you can make Compressor settings and Droplets to encode video optimized for the iPad. Continue reading »
Tagged with: Apple FCP • Compressor • FCS3 • H.264 • iPad
May 10
digitalfilms by Oliver Peters
As a video editor who started in the days of linear suites, tactile control surfaces are near and dear to my heart. It’s one of the things I miss in the modern nonlinear edit suite. Control devices, such as transport controls and mixing panels make you more efficient and elevate the performance capabilities of the room, not to mention, lessen operator fatigue. Euphonix entered the market years ago as a manufacturer of large, digitally-controlled, analog mixing consoles. They are a leader today in digital consoles for recording studios, live broadcast and video/film post production. Continue reading »
Tagged with: Avid • Euphonix • FCS3 • MC Color • MC Control • MC Mix • MC Transport
