André Aulich, formerly half of Aulich & Adamski, the duo who first brought us 50p editing on FinalCut Pro back in the days, has announced some new tools for Final Cut Server!
The Rough Cut Editor that some of us knows from Proximity Group’s ArtBox system is not back, but ConSol has made what seems to be a nice substitute.
They have also made a tool for XDCAM ingest which must be a nice addition to the lack of an IT-only solution without FinalCut Pro.
Convergent Design has made many neat devices I’ve enjoyed for many years, including the FireWire – SDI bridge some years ago. Now, they have released the NanoFlash, which records HDMI/SDI/ASI to up to two Compact Flash cards! Native support for these NLE’s:
Final Cut Pro: All Formats
Avid Media Composer: All Formats
Edius: All Formats
Matrox Axio: All Formats
Vegas: Long-GOP Formats only
Premiere: 35 Mbps 4:2:0 only
NanoFlash
This is a bit exciting, we know Omneon is releasing MediaDeck GX with GFX options, but is their storage finally getting denser AND CHEAPER? Grass Valley needs to do something with their K2 lineup.
So this years Broadcast Mountain is over, and some great feedback has been published on both the LinkedIn Group and the Facebook group.
Head on over to Broadcast Mountain if you weren’t there this year, and you want to check out the great topics! Do you think you should be a part of Broadcast Mountain next year? Do you do something odd, extraordinary, fun, clever or entertaining with broadcast technology? Contact steinar@eviljedi.com
One of my favorite questions to editors is best practice questions.
Anders Haavie, Monster, Norway
I asked Anders Haavie of Monster what his three best tips for stable FCP projects is:
1) Don’t use more timelines than necsessary.
2) Magic Bullet seems to make the above even more important.
3) Large amounts of non-native material as mp3’s, tiff’s and jpeg’s also increase project size a bit.
