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Oliver Peters talks to the Producer and Editor of The Banker

The Banker is a film staring Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nia Long, and Nicholas Hoult. In theatres now and available on AppleTV+ shortly, it was shot on film and edited in Final Cut Pro X. Oliver Peters talks to the producer and editor, Joel Viertel.
Oliver Peters talks to the Producer and Editor of The Banker

In-Depth Tutorials

Demystifying Final Cut Pro XMLs by Philip Hodgetts and Gregory Clarke

XML is an acronym that gets used a lot in editing and the transfer of media in the FCPX ecosystem. But what exactly is XML?, how is it used and how can you begin to understand the power of the plain text language? Workflow experts Philip Hodgetts and Greg Clarke start with the basics of XML and…

We built a pool! Publishing animating Motion textures to Final Cut Pro X

Want moving textures in Final Cut Pro X? Plugin building expert Fox Mahoney shows us how to construct a moving water texture in Motion and publish it to FCPX. Great knowledge that will extend the capabilities of 3D text even further. Link to the free finished moving water texture generator plugin…
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Big Sur & Apple Silicon

Mobile Creator

OK so here's the thing, you go and shoot with your DSLR, but now you've got to get your source files into an editable format for FCP. So cue a big fat file transfer. Wouldn't you prefer to simplify the system and record direct from to the Timeline? So here it is: the Atomos Ninja, which by-passes in-camera compression to record straight from the HDMI connector of your DSLR or camcorder directly to Apple ProRes. All the spec after the break.

Here's all the spec for the Ninja:

Dimensions (without Batteries) 112(W)x83(H)x40(D)mm
Operating Power approx 6.8W (screen on)
approx 6.3W (screen off)
Batteries
2 x Small 31.7 Wh 4.5 hrs recording
2 x Medium 63.4 Wh 9 hrs recording
2 x Large 126.7 Wh 18 hrs recording
Automatic and manual switchor of battery for continuous operation
Colour 16:9 TFT Touch Screen
Size 4.3” diagonal
Resolution 480x270
Aspect Ratio 16:9 Native / 4:3 Letterbox
Video Input HDMI Uncompressed
Supported Input Formats HD 1080i59.94, 1080i50, 1080p25, 1080p24, 1080p23.98, 720p59.94, 720p50, SD 480i, 576i
Recording Time
HDDSSD
300GB500GB750GB128GB256GB
all video input formats supported
ProResHQ 3hrs 5hrs 7.5hrs 77min 2.5hrs
ProRes422 4.5hrs 7.5hrs 11.5hrs 2hrs 4hrs
ProResLT 6.5hrs 11hrs 16.5hrs 3hrs 4.5hrs
Audio Input HDMI 2 Channel or 6 Channel Embedded
Line In 2 Channel Line Level Audio. Analog gain adjustment
Audio Output 2 Channel 0.5W Balanced Headphone or Line level output.
LANC LANC In and Out for integration with Camera LANC and Accessories
LANC Controller feature
LANC Loop feature

Now ready for shipping. Find out more here.

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