Three bits of news from Sam Mestman over at FCPWORKS. We have a podcast with a rather familiar guest, a video tutorial on getting daily rushes out of FCPX and details about NAB 2015.
Let us start off with Sam's podcast. Over on his We Make Movies website, he talks to Peter Wiggins, the person behind this website, FCP.co. Although they touch on FCPX, the topic is the future of broadcasting.
Click here to download, subscribe and review the podcast on iTunes.
Or listen to the podcast below.
Sam has also published a half hour tutorial video on how to get dailies out of FCPX using PrimariesExporter.
Worth a watch if you are involved with film work as he goes through he whole FCPX to Shot Notes X to Sync N Link to Resolve to FCPX to PrimariesExporter workflow!
Here's the running order should you wish to jump to a section:
- 6:38 – Adding footage and batch syncing audio in Davinci Resolve
- 8:28 – What to do in the Resolve Edit Page
- 9:50 – Adding Source Timecode in Resolve to your dailies
- 11:33 – Resolve deliver page settings
- 12:46 – FCPX – Add metadata to Resolve dailies with Shot Notes
- 15:51 – FCPX – Prepping for Primaries Exporter (Audio component management, etc.)
- 20:16 – Primaries Exporter workflow
- 25:30 – Primaries Exporter Metadata List
Finally, Sam has some interesting news for NAB 2015. From the 13th to 15th of April, FCPWORKS will have a presentation suite at the Renaissance Hotel right next to the Las Vegas Convention Centre. Expect workflow demonstrations and all the new toys to play with. We have also heard that Chris Fenwick will be MC'ing the event, so it sounds like a lot of fun already. Make a note in your NAB diary to pay them a visit.
I am the Editor-in-Chief of FCP.co and have run the website since its inception ten years ago.
I have also worked as a broadcast and corporate editor for over 30 years, starting on one inch tape, working through many formats, right up to today's NLEs.
Under the name Idustrial Revolution, I have written and sold plugins for Final Cut Pro for 13 years.
I was made a Freeman of Lichfield through The Worshipful Company of Smiths (established 1601). Though I haven't yet tried to herd a flock of sheep through the city centre!
Current Editing
2020 has been busy, the beginning of the year was finishing off a new property series (cut on FCP) for Channel 4 called The Great House Giveaway. I also designed and built the majority of the graphics as Motion templates. It has been a great success and the shows grabbed more viewers in the 4pm weekday slot than any previous strand. It has been recommissioned by C4 for 60 episodes, including prime-time versions and five themed programmes. The shows have also been nominated for a 2021 BAFTA.
Although both were postponed to later in the year, I worked again on ITV's coverage of the Tour de France and La Vuelta. 2020 was my 25th year of editing the TdF and my 20th year as lead editor. The Tour was the first broadcast show to adopt FCPX working for multiple editors on shared storage.
BBC's Snooker has played a big part in my life, I've been editing tournament coverage since 1997. I'm proud to be part of a very creative team that has pioneered many new ideas and workflows that are now industry standard in sports' production. This is currently an Adobe Premiere edit.
Covid cancelled some of the regular corporate events that I edit such as trade shows & events. I was lucky however to edit, from home, on projects for Amazon Kindle, Amazon Black Friday, Mastercard and very proud to have helped local charitable trust Kendall & Wall secure lottery funding.
As for software, my weapon of choice is Final Cut Pro and Motion, but I also have a good knowledge and broadcast credits with Adobe Premiere Pro, MOGRT design and Photoshop.
Plugin Design & Development
I'm the creative force behind Idustrial Revolution, one of the oldest Final Cut Pro plugin developers. It hosts a range of commercial and free plugins on the site. One free plugin was downloaded over a thousand times within 24 hours of release.
I also take on custom work, whether it is adapting an existing plugin for a special use or designing new plugins for clients from scratch. Having a good knowledge of editing allows me to build-in flexibility and more importantly, usability.
FCP.co
Now in its 10th year and 4th redesign, running FCP.co has given me knowledge on how to run a large CMS- you are currently reading my bio from the database! Although it sounds corny, I am pretty well up on social media trends & techniques, especially in the video sector. The recent Covid restrictions has enabled live FCP.co shows online. This involves managing a Zoom Webinar through Restream.io to YouTube and Facebook.
The Future
I'm always open to new ideas and opportunities, so please get in touch at editor (at) fcp.co. I've judged film competitions, presented workflow techniques to international audiences and come up with ideas for TV shows and software programs!
