Final Cut Pro X update: 10.0.6
As if the new iMac, Mac mini and 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, plus the 4th generation iPad and the iPad mini weren’t enough, us FCP X pros got a ‘one more thing’ surprise when Philip...
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Hellevator, My New Short Film Written By Comic Book Legend David Michelinie
It’s my first film in over 5 years, Hellevator is finally done! A little backstory: I asked David Michelinie (comic book creator on Iron Man — with Bob Layton, Amazing Spider-Man and more) if he’d like to write...
Read MoreHappy Birthday Final Cut Pro X!
It was one year ago that Final Cut Pro X launched (along with Motion 5 and Compressor 4) to hype and, yes, controversy. Even I was hesitant, but with each update (including the biggies like 10.0.1 and 10.0.3), FCP X got more and...
Read MoreFinal Cut Pro X Third-Party Plug-Ins And Apps
Richard Townhill, Apple’s senior director of applications marketing, told me that Final Cut Pro X has a great number of developers onboard, and the floodgates have truly opened, and there are a growing number of fantastic...
Read MoreMy Short Film Hellevator Is Almost Done
Hellevator, starring Greg Nappo, is a short film written by comic book legend David Michelinie (Iron Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Superman), and directed by me, that we shot on the Panasonic HPX500 a little while back. It was shot...
Read MoreFinal Cut Pro X Workshop Tonight April 26, 2012 In Boca Raton, Florida
I know this is a little last minute, but my film society is presenting a Final Cut Pro X introductory workshop in Boca Raton, Florida, tonight, April 26, 2012 from 6 to 9 PM at America’s Production Company. FCP X certified...
Read MoreNAB 2012 Coverage, Including Blackmagic’s Cinema Camera
I wasn’t at NAB, but the company I work for, Doddle, was. Here’s all the coverage from NAB 2012, including the surprise announcment of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. That one is a bit of a gamechanger, at least for...
Read MoreFinal Cut Pro X: Fast And The Best Multitasking Video Editor
I’m working on two distinct projects right now in Final Cut Pro X, including importing 90 minutes of a speech for a corporate client, allowing FCP X to analize the 1080p30 Sony EX1 footage, rendering the timecode generator...
Read MoreFinal Cut Pro X Used To Cut TNT’s Leverage, @radical.media Goes All-In With FCP X
Apple released a “Final Cut Pro X In Action” page to showcase TV shows, movies, post-production houses and editors using FCP X for their projects. These include Dean Devlin and his team of editors using FCP X to cut...
Read MoreSony Introduces New Professional HD and 4K-Ready Cameras
Sony introduced several new professional cameras on Monday April 2, including two NXCAMs, based on the AVCHD codec, featuring the 4K-ready NEX-FS700 with an S35 Exmor sensor, and the palm camera NX30U with advanced stabilization...
Read MoreTroubleshooting Final Cut Pro X
I’ve spent nearly all my editing time with Final Cut Pro X the past few weeks, and it’s tough to go back to FCP 7 (thankfully we have 7toX to help with converting our legacy FCP 6/7 projects to FCP X). I...
Read More7toX Works Perfectly
So I was editing in some projects that were started in Final Cut Pro 7 in 2011, and today was the day to put them to bed, get them uploaded to a website that’s launching soon. After about 4 hours, I was getting frustrated...
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