Larry Jordan's Newsletter - February 7, 2022

NEWS — February 7, 2022

My lead story this week is a look at what to do once you finish a Final Cut Pro project. You have four options from doing nothing to archiving everything. This article explains what you need to know.

Link: What To Do When You’re Done Editing an Apple Final Cut Pro Project

In the news this week:

Entertainment tech startup WIO announced the launch Monday of its flagship WIOpro software that empowers entertainment stakeholders to track the airing of movies and television episodes, vital information that drives the payment of guild residuals, composer royalties and profit participations. If you earn money from what aired when, this is big news.

Link: https://wiopro.com

Cinedeck has launched CD2, a software-only version of its ingest servers. CD2 shares the same features as the full range of Cinedeck Ingest Servers in a pure software solution. Users can ingest using CD2 and distribute live thanks to Edit While Record and Playout While Record features. For non-live, ingested content can be scheduled using the Cinedeck multi-channel control app.

Link: https://cinedeck.com/cd2/

iconik, a cloud-native, SaaS media management solution, released its annual media stats report detailing trends within its user-base for SaaS media management and video. This year’s report shows a dramatic increase in the use of AI services for media management, such as visual AI analysis and voice-to-text transcriptions. It also demonstrates further transition to cloud-based tools.

Link: https://www.iconik.io/blog/2022-media-stats

AJA released the AJA Io X3. This is designed for high quality HDR or SDR video work with up to 60p HD/2K signals or files with support for all major NLE applications as well as other video applications such as OBS Studio, vMix and Telestream Wirecast. Connecting with a single Thunderbolt 3 cable and providing a second Thunderbolt connector for flexibility, Io X3's compact and quiet form factor is ideal for on set, in the studio, at an event or in the edit suite.

Link: https://www.aja.com/products/io-x3

FXFactory released Property Pop: Animated templates for real estate and property listing videos.

Link: https://fxfactory.com/info/propertypop/

Hedge released a new version of Edit Ready (v 22.1) that supports RAW files - ProRes, Blackmagic Design, RED, Arri, Codex HDE, Sony - and a free trial is available. (Divergent Media, the creators of Edit Ready, is now a part of Hedge.)

Link: https://blog.hedge.video/editready-raw/

ffWorks upgraded to version 3. ff·Works 3 combines the latest macOS technologies, reinforced by user feedback, with a lot of new and improved features and full native Apple Silicon support, to redefine manipulating media files with FFmpeg. The list of new features and supported media is stunning.

Link: https://ffworks.net/index.html

Lumberjack System updated Builder to support markers in the storyline. Markers can be added to any text block in the Builder Storyline, and they will become Red Sequence Markers in Premiere Pro, and To-Do Markers in Final Cut Pro. Markers are an easy way to share comments and notes about your intent for the story, or suggestions associated with the edit.

Link: https://www.lumberjacksystem.com

Avid introduced NEXIS | EDGE—a new collaborate-from-anywhere solution designed to expand the production capabilities of video post and creative teams, whether working on or off premises. Edit remotely and get the same media access and experience as editing in-house. Enable dozens of contributors to browse, search, organize, edit, and review content using Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, or a web client.

Link: https://www.avid.com/products/avid-nexis-edge

This week's webinar is different from any I've done before. Over the last several weeks I've asked readers to share photos of how they use audio in the field. Images ranged from run-and-gun shooters to larger crew on-location recording. This week, I present "Audio in the Real World;" sharing the gear they use, how they use it, and photos of it in action. I'm excited to share this behind-the-scenes look at what's generally an invisible process - capturing good audio on set. Two presentations this Wednesday and, as always, my live webinars are FREE!

Link: Larry's FREE Weekly Webinar - Audio in the Real World

Last week, I presented a speed comparison on compressing video using Intel and M1 Macs. However, some folks complained that I only used an i5 CPU, instead of an i7 or i9. So, I re-ran the tests using an i7 Mac mini. Plus, I added the latest version of FFmpeg, which is optimized for Apple silicon. The M1 is still head-and-shoulders faster than the rest. But, it also shows that media compression requires more than a fast CPU. Take a look at the charts.

Link: Just How Much Faster is an M1 MacBook Pro When Compressing Video?

Patrick asked about what he should do when an FCP project is complete. That turned into this week's lead article - from doing nothing, to trashing backups, to returning files to a client or archiving the entire project. Here's everything you need to know.

Link: What to do When You're Done Editing in Apple Final Cut Pro

Thinking of archiving, two years ago I wrote about the Project Manager in Premiere Pro, which is used at the end of a project to get everything prepped for archiving or return to the client. This week, I updated it with revised information on archiving and media management. If you use Premiere, keep this article handy.

Link: Premiere Pro CC: Archive Projects with the Project Manager

February is well begun, thank goodness. We can look forward to warmer weather, a hopeful reduction in infections and what the new normal will look like this year. In the meantime, we still need to keep moving forward from one day to the next. Sometimes that takes more energy than it should.

Stay safe, healthy and hopeful. Chat with you next week. Until then, edit well.