This review looks at the performance differences in video editing running Apple Final Cut Pro 11 on a variety of Macs from the 2018 Mac mini to the new 2024 Apple M4 Pro Mac mini. The results may surprise you!
Today, Apple updated Final Cut Pro – Mac to version 11, along with updates to Final Cut Camera, Final Cut Pro – iPad and Logic. Here are the details and more links.
“How fast is fast enough?” is a question I’ve been pondering this last week. I decided to compare the speeds of two popular SSD drives: the T9 and T5 from Samsung. Partly, to see how fast they were, and partly to see if they were “fast enough” for video editing.
One of the highlight features in the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro is the Properties panel. Here’s an illustrated tutorial on how it works.
Audio normalization makes one or more selected audio clips louder, without creating distortion, by raising the gain (audio level) of each clip such that the loudest portion of each clip does not exceed the level that you specify. This tutorial explains when to use it and when you should not.
Over the weekend, I bought a newly-announced M4 Pro Mac Mini. This article explains what I bought and why. (Updated based on my recent performance tests.)
Last week, Apple announcing a bevy of new Macs: MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini; each using variations of the M4: M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. Here are my thoughts on what to know, when to upgrade, and where to spend your money.
Another question I asked my interview guests at the 2024 NAB Show New York, was what key trends were they watching? As you might expect, there’s a LOT! going on.
It appears as a bug during audio dialog editing in DaVinci Resolve 19. What it ACTUALLY is, is a preference that defaults to the wrong setting.
Paul is creating a compilation video and asks: What happens when I copy clips from one Final Cut Pro library to another? And how can I keep my library sizes small? The answer? It all depends upon how you initially import your media.
One of the questions I asked my interview guests at the NAB Show New York, was, in spite of all the stress in media today, what made them optimistic? Twelve interviews from the 2024 NAB Show in New York City.
Templates are simply customized project files for Premiere or Audition that are saved to a specific location, then accessed whenever you create a new project. These can significantly speed your workflow when you are creating similar projects over and over.
The new context-aware Properties Panel highlights the new features in the October 2024 release of Adobe Premiere Pro, showcased at the recent Adobe MAX conference. Here’s a list of what’s new.
Here’s a detailed look at how I recorded my interviews at the NAB Show New York. This goes into detail in terms of how I edited, how clips were named and the audio effects and settings I used.
In this interview, Larry Jordan and Gary Adcock discuss what AI (Artificial Intelligence) is and is not, whether we should be afraid of it, and how it gets trained.
In this interview, Larry Jordan and Megan Fasy discuss the relationship between marketing, advertising and PR; mistakes companies make when dealing with a PR agency; the current state of the market; and reasons for optimism in media.
In this interview, Larry Jordan and Sadie Groom discuss how to effectively create PR, mistakes companies make when dealing with the press, when to work with a PR agency, the current state of the market, and the importance of personal connections.
In this interview, Larry Jordan and Matt Morgan discuss Ross Video’s expansion into corporate media production, the requirements of live production, and the differences between broadcast and corporate media.
In this interview, Larry Jordan and Andrew Takacs discuss the remote production tools QuickLink provides, why they are needed, how they are used, and their new integration with collaborative software like Skype and Teams.
In this interview, Larry Jordan and Jeff Sengpiehl discuss how the media industry has morphed over the last few years, where growth is occurring, and how AI is playing a more nuanced role in production and post today.
