Canon 7D, Final Cut Pro X, things to come
Posted: August 3rd, 2011 | Author: Michael | Filed under: News | Tags: Canon 7D, Cinevate Pegasus Carbon DSLR slider, Final Cut Pro X | 2 Comments »There have been a few distractions that have kept me from blogging over the last few months:
Final Cut X
Yes, I’ve jumped onto that bandwagon the minute it came out. It was just too hard to ignore and I was far too curious after the previews. This won’t be the in-depth review it deserves, besides, there are plenty of them out there. A few thoughts however on the matter:
Is it worth it?
In my opinion, yes. One reason being, that it is $300. How can you ignore that? A 64bit software with pro features for next to nothing.
After spending more time with it, I am not missing any features yet. If you have invested in a host of plugins for FCP 7, then you have good reasons to hang on to FCP 7 at least for a while until plugins become available for X and they will.
The speed is amazing. The clip browser is fast, supporting a wide range of formats without prior conversion. That part is important for me, since I work with a lot of different formats: AVCHD, XDCam, Canon H264 etc. It does create optimized clips as a background procedure unless you choose to work with proxies.
Do not expect to jump in and edit like you’re used to after years of FCP. It might look like a beefed up version of iMovie, but it has all (well, most) of the features one would expect as an independent NLE editor. The interface and especially the treatment of timelines and nested sequences takes the longest of getting used to.
Once there’s a bit more time I’ll put a review together.
Cinevate Pegasus slider
Canon 7D
New camera equipment. What a great tool for a variety of shoots! I’ve noticed that I do miss an HD HDMI feed for monitoring.
Cinevate Pegasus Carbon DSLR slider
Adding smooth motion to some shots. Easy to carry around and operate.
I love working with great tools.
I’ll be back in front of the computer to put out more info and samples soon.
Enjoy summer everyone!
