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Give Apple Feedback on Final Cut Pro X, Officially
For some time after Apple released Final Cut Pro X out into the world, there was no official way to give feedback to Apple. Version 10 simply wasn’t listed yet on the company’s feedback form. Now FCPX has its own …
Matrox Comments on Future Final Cut Pro X Support
One of the hardware devices I use is the Matrox MXO2 Mini. It’s a fantastic little box that can support Avid, Adobe and Apple’s legacy Final Cut Pro product. It runs on the desktop and can also run on a …
A Few Free Useful Tools for FCPX Editors
If you’re digging in and learning/working with Final Cut Pro X, you might be interested in a few recent freebies that alex4d has placed online for us all to download and use. FCPX is built on a new effects architecture …
AJA Releases Adobe CS 5.5 Drivers
Wow, what a week. How many of you out there are thinking of switching from FCP to another platform? If you’ve got the Adobe CS5.5 suite installed on your system and you run an AJA Kona card, then yesterday’s release of the AJA Mac …
More Thoughts on Final Cut Pro X
Yesterday was a monumental day in the eyes of many in post-production. Apple released Final Cut Pro X (as well as Motion 5 and Compressor 4) in the Mac App Store for download. If you’ve followed any discussion, be it …
Browser-Based Music Video Inspiration
You may remember when director Chris Milk teamed up with Arcade Fire to produce the interactive film/music video The Wilderness Downtown. It was a unique web browser-based music experience that highlighted the power of HTML 5. Now he’s produced another …
Chromagic – One More New iPad App for Post
Since my post yesterday about some new iOS apps for post-production I’ve learned of one more: Chromagic, (iTunes link) an iPad-based color correction plug-in for Final Cut Pro. Chromagic comes from Nattress, which was founded by Graeme Nattress and has …
A Few Recent iOS Apps for Post-Production
There have been a couple of iOS apps introduced recently that might be of interest to those working in post. One aims to control your NLE as you kick back on the couch for viewing a cut, one is an …
Useful Tools for Editors: 6 Free FCP Transitions
Is there anyone who doesn’t love a few free plug-ins? Of course not … especially when they are actually useful. A tweet came in the other day that pointed to some free transitions for Final Cut Pro. The plug-ins in …
Tennessee Passes First of its Kind “Entertainment Subscription Service” Sharing Law
Rarely is my humble state first in anything these days (unless you count the other law that “opens the door to corporate political donations“). We get that dubious distinction to be the first to pass a law that governor Bill …