Well, I was surprised! Like many, I've been thinking about buying the new Mac Studio computer, but struggling to figure out how many CPU cores I really need. I mean, I don't actually edit 18 streams of 8K ProRes video very often. So, this week, I ran two tests and, wow, very interesting results!
Test 1: I looked at how many CPU cores Final Cut Pro uses to import, edit, render and export video. Then, I looked at how many cores it uses for multicam work. The answer? Not what I expected - see for yourself!
Test 2: Next, I looked at how many CPU cores Final Cut, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve use to export the same project. (This was actually the first test I ran, which caused me to research the other article.) The answer? Even more surprising!
Things are quieting down after NAB, still, there's news:
On Tuesday, April 19th, 2022, a group of over 100 editors in TV and film production worldwide sent an open letter to Tim Cook about Final Cut Pro. They used the letter to ask Apple to publicly stand behind the use of Final Cut Pro in TV and film post-production worldwide. So far, 367 additional people have signed the petition. Learn more here.
Alex Tahanchin wrote me about Krock.io. This is a tool for video production companies to manage creative teams. It allows you to manage tasks, assign people to projects, control work performance, all with a user friendly interface. A two-week free trial is available.
Backblaze published the latest installment of hard drive reliability stats for Q1 2022. They examined over 207,000 hard drives including quarterly and life-time results. Most failed less than 2% of the time. But two drives exceeded 4% and one failed almost 25% of the time!
ColorFront showcased super-accelerated capabilities and expansive DCP/IMF mastering toolsets across its product lines, plus integration with Frame.io’s Camera to Cloud workflow. Also, in conjunction with Apple engineering, Express Dailies 2022 is optimized to leverage extreme performance from the new Mac Studio M1 Ultra workstation, able to process SDR and HDR footage simultaneously.
Paolo Pescatore posted his comments on the NAB Show. What struck me was the lack of interest in 8K media.
