Final Cut Pro X Project Import Utility


We can import our legacy Final Cut Pro 7 projects into Final Cut Pro X! Finally!

When the new Final Cut Pro X launched, one massively important feature that Apple failed to include was the ability to import projects from FCP7. As far as I am concerned, this one lacking feature was Apple’s biggest offense with the release of FCPX. Most of our troubles are over with the 7toX app and the latest update to FCPX. This morning I spent a little time working with 7toX and it seems most of my projects migrate quite seamlessly – more so than the sequence seen in the video above. However I would like to clarify, FCPX is stil a ways off from completely satisfying editing professionals but this is clear evidence that there may be a positive future for FCPX. At this point, most of my entire workflow has switched to FCPX, so that in itself says it’s holding up to my professional workflow. However, I have had several conversations with other professional editors that prove a few remaining flaws that continue to keep them from stepping into a FCPX workflow.

Here’s to a nice step forward!

Final Cut Pro X Update Today, Oh My!


The Latest Final Cut Pro X Update Brings the Features Pro Editors Have Been Demanding!

Yep, Final Cut Pro X FINALLY received a shiny new update today, outfitted with support for some of the things we were missing:

  1. Multicam Editing
  2. Chroma Keying
  3. Ability to reconnect media
  4. XML Support across color, effects and audio
  5. Import from FCP7
  6. And more…

Most importantly though is support for a new third-party plugin which lets editors import their sessions from legacy version of Final Cut Pro. Something I have had long lamented.

According to PC Mag, this new $10 plug-in, names 7toX, will take your old FCP sessions in the .EDL format and convert it to a compatible XML file, which Apple stands firmly behind.

Key to the app’s development, according to {Apple exec Richard Townhill], was the new plug-in API. “We wanted to make sure that we were building APIs for Final Cut Pro X that were richer and more powerful than what we had in previous releases. We’ve actually got a faster growing ecosystem than we’ve ever had before.”

The update is free and available now, along with 7toX. Now will you fanatics quit with the sobbing, at least a little?

$50 Follow Focus

If you’re in the market for a follow focus for your HDSLR this sure looks like a solid contender for a rock solid price. Not to mention it’s a change for you to help support a good guy with a really cool idea!

Back their project on kickstarter.

The 50-Dollar Follow Focus’s Story…

All we wanted was an affordable way to adjust the focus on our DSLRs in a precise, repeatable manner. We wanted a device that performed solidly and intuitively and we didn’t want to spend a lot of money on it since we’d rather spend our hard-earned dollars on more lenses or food and beer for the underpaid crews on our low-budget shoots. But such a follow focus didn’t exist, until we made one, that is.

Simple Yet Beautiful Video Lighting Techniques

This is the first of three lighting tutorials created for philipbloom.net, Eve talks you through simple to advanced lighting setups that are easy to achieve and produce beautiful results. She explains simply, how to get the most from your existing lights and some quick tips to create a really impressive shot. In tutorial two Eve covers using budget lights from around your home and in tutorial three Eve explains how to light a green screen.

Eve is Director of Photography for The Underwater Realm, a series of 5 films set underwater being shot by a team of volunteers in the UK. Follow Eve on twitter @evehazelton.

Could this be the Astonishing Future of Digital Cameras?

It’s a smart phone based – 31 megapixel – wireless lens – full manual control – SLR quality – camera system? Could this really be possible? Is this the future of digital cameras as we know it? My eyes couldn’t hardly comprehend what I was seeing when I watched this video straight from the show floor of the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). What do you think? Is this for real? Do you think this is where we’re headed? Post your thoughts comments below…

THIS JUST IN…. Sadly I just found out that this is just a concept camera not in actual production, see their website here: http://www.artefactgroup.com/wvil/

Trippy Ice Fishing Video

Ready to have your mind blown? Join Eelis Rankka, Tommi Salminen, and Jukka Pelttari on their fishing trip under Lake Saarjarvi in Vaala, Finland through this video. The adventure starts out pretty normally, with the fishermen walking along an ice floor. But soon, things start getting a bit surreal, and the viewer’s perception is forced to shift. Nothing makes sense until the end, when you realize that everything is an illusion. The effects are stunning and trippy all at the same time. Quick warning though, the end is cheesy compared to the rest…

Originally posted by GOOD http://www.good.is/post/intermission-fishing-under-ice/

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