Tag Archives: apple
Finally! Canon EOS Utility updated to work on OSX Lion
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by planetMitch.
Peter (@IamPter on twitter) sent us this good news this evening – Canon has updated the EOS Utility to work on OSX Lion and he also sent us the download link. I was able to download it and install it on my OSX Lion setup on my iMac and it worked like a charm. This [...]
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UPDATED: Canon updates EOS utility – but mac OS X Lion support is nowhere to be found
Posted on 24. Dec, 2011 by planetMitch.
Canon released a working version for Lion – read more on our post Many who upgraded to the latest operating system for Apple’s OS X Lion were a bit disappointed to find out the Canon utilities wouldn’t function – and a new version was released last Thursday, but unfortunately, Lion support wasn’t included. On a [...]
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Learn color grading in Final Cut Pro X – free and downloadable options
Posted on 22. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch.
A series of free training videos for Final Cut Pro X color grading have been posted by Color Grading Central. The site is run by Denver Riddle (maker of the Luster Film Burns we featured a couple of weeks ago). If you’re interested in having copies of the tutorials downloaded so you can watch them [...]
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Managing Your FCP X Events & Projects using Disk Images
Posted on 15. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch.
A new post from Ken Stone about how to use disk images to manage your Final Cut Pro X events and projects – quite an elegant solution. UPDATE: Michael sent a note indicating he’d had some trouble with this method – read about it on the FCPX facebook page Snippet In my ongoing effort to [...]
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Slow motion – the 1% factor – in Final Cut Pro X
Posted on 14. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch.
Remember all those cool Twixtor movies slowing down HDSLR footage to really really slow speeds? It turns out you can do that very nicely in FCPX without a plugin. I tried this on some Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) footage and it worked nicely. [source: tweet from Richard Harrington "Slow motion at 1% using [...]
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Final Cut Pro 7 vs FCPX in a Deathmatch
Posted on 02. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch.
Clearhead media sent us this one – a deathmatch between Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Pro X to see which is faster. [source: this tweet: @planetmitch A little deathmatch between #FCP7 and #FCPX to see which platform is quickest, from start to finish!] The deathmatch Clearhead // FCP7 vs FCPX Deathmatch! from Clearhead on [...]
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Using the iPad as a secondary screen for Final Cut Pro X
Posted on 29. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Daniel Freytag has blogged about using his iPad as a secondary monitor for Final Cut Pro X and he’s sharing it with us at planet5D. At this point, Apple isn’t providing many options for external monitors, but Daniel’s come up with a great option if you have an iPad. The idea Is that really working? [...]
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Apple finally provides some answers about Final Cut Pro X
Posted on 29. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Apple has finally provided some answers about Final Cut Pro X in a “FAQ” they published late yesterday. I don’t think it answers everyone’s questions, nor does it give any timelines for updates. They do at least state the obvious, there will be some updates in the “next major release.” Things like XML and multicam [...]
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Almost a week in – thoughts on Final Cut Pro X (FCPX)
Posted on 27. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
It has been almost a week since FCPX was released and I thought you’d want to know some of my thoughts… I’m sure many of you won’t agree, but that’s ok – that’s what makes the world go around! By the way, found this little tidbit on macrumors… (which is an excerpt of the original [...]
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Philip Hodgetts live conversation – the good, bad, and future of FCPX – podcast #44
Posted on 22. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Yesterday, Apple released FCPX (see our blog post) and there were emotions all over the spectrum, so we decided to quickly put together a live conversation with Philip Hodgetts who had been given a copy of FCPX the week before it was released and therefore we had someone with more experience using it than those [...]
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Apple releases Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) in the App Store *update 2*
Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
UPDATE 2: Added a bunch of articles after the update 1 section Note: We’ll have the archive of last night’s conversation with Philip Hodgetts (who’s a metadata expert and has had FCPX for a week to evaluate it and has tons of insights) online in a few hours… it is rendering now UPDATE 1: added [...]
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