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In Love with Final Cut Pro

This will be a story that is familiar to many. Joaquin has progressed from a very early…
In Love with Final Cut Pro

FCPX & Editing Tutorials

Motion & Graphics Tutorials

Podcasts & Live Shows

User Stories

Why “The Carousel Never Stops Turning”

Tight turnarounds are not new in television, but in feature film production, being able to see a first cut within hours of the end of shooting is nothing but remarkable. Robin Moran explains how Final Cut Pro X gave filmmaker Ismail Basbeth and his team the…
Why “The Carousel Never Stops Turning”

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

Real-World Tests of the M1 Silicon Macs

It's been a week since the new M1 silicon Macs were announced. The reviews are starting to come in, so we thought we would list the ones we thought had done a good job.
Real-World Tests of the M1 Silicon Macs

Mobile Creator

Refocus iPhone 13 Pro Movies in Final Cut Pro and iMovie

Today at the Apple event, we got to see the new iPhone 13, with new features that will certainly appeal to filmmakers and mobile creators. Yes, Final Cut Pro and iMovie will be able to refocus movies recorded on an iPhone 13 Pro!
Refocus iPhone 13 Pro Movies in Final Cut Pro and iMovie

A Phantom Flex, An Arri Alexa and two GoPro Heroes

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Three videos of three completely different cameras, three different uses for three different users. We started this post with Rick Young from MacVideo being shot at 4,000 FPS but though we'd add a few more videos to make a roundup.

With all the excitement about FCPX being able to process video down to 1% speed, it's important to relalise it's just a trick, a clever one but it is 'inbetweening' frames. To shoot true ultra slomotion you need a camera with a very high framerate like the Phantom Flex. Rick Young from MacVideo caught up with Phiroze Dalal from Vision Research to take a look and star in this video!

rick_young_macvideo_flexAh, well we would have embedded the video but there seems to be an access problem. For the moment you'll have to watch it over on Rick's MacVideo page.

Somebody who does allow embedding is Tom Guilmette and he posted a Phantom Flex video about blowing things up in slomotion.

 

Onto the Arri Alexa and AbelCine have turned the Alexa into a 'One man band run and gun' camera by adding sound recording and an ENG lens. Annoying LED meters too.

 

And finally these two guys chat about their GoPro Heroes. Made us think we should buy one of those chest mounts when we're off to Disneyland with the kids. Then again maybe not.

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