Thunderbolt 5 is announced with double the speed of 4, and triple for video!

You can read about it at AppleInsider or also the Thunderbolt experts at OWC.

I love that it will continue using the USB C port, but the fact that it allows so much more power scares me as it means hubs will be even more expensive, and I use so little in powered from the ports. I would love the speed though, and even better for video, so you could get better resolution at higher frame rates.

And you know this will show up in an Apple product first, maybe the next Mac Studio? That would make sense to me.

Apple announced the iPhone 15 Pro and it will shoot Spacial Video for Apple Vision Pro

So Apple has announced the iPhone 15 Pro, and it has some pretty interesting video features, from being able to record to an external hard drive (at higher rez) better low light, and later this year it will be able to shoot Spatial Video for the Apple Vision Pro.

Coming later this year, iPhone 15 Pro will add a new dimension to video capture with the ability to record spatial video for Apple Vision Pro. Users will be able to capture precious moments in three dimensions and relive those memories with incredible depth on Apple Vision Pro when it is available early next year in the U.S.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/09/apple-unveils-iphone-15-pro-and-iphone-15-pro-max/

So it will be able to shoot 3D footage? Or is it 2D with a depth map, like Portrait mode, which could be very exciting for compositing.

I was actually wondering if they were going to use the depth map of portrait mode to make 3D photos for the Vision Pro since you can already make them 3D in Facebook, and since it is Apple photos, Apple must be able to do that as well.

Larry Jordan Commentary, What’s The Future of Apple Final Cut Pro?

What’s the Future of Apple Final Cut Pro?

I really agree with this. I was someone who bought Final Cut when it came out and got a refund after 2 weeks, but years later when the program was better I bought it and learned it and got really good and made a list of thoughts and bugs, many of which have not been fixed all these years later.

And it insane that they haven’t given FCP Enterprise features and started using it on their shows for Apple TV, but without a big investment in time and money it really isn’t made for that.

They will keep it around, and have brought out a feature cut (and subscription) version on iPad, but they really aren’t pushing it, like they were with FCP 7 when they had actually overtaken AVID.

Unfortunately FiLMiCPro 7 for iOS has gone subscription

Filmic PRO is easily the best app for shooting video for iOS. WIth many essential features such as shooting flat and working with stabilizers. I would say anyone shooting on the iPhone should be using FiLMiCPro. It is just too bad it had to go subscription.

As a former owner of FiLMiCPro I get a download from within the app of FiLMic Legacy which has all the old features, but won’t keep being updated, so will stop working before too long, but at least it works for now, and a discount off the subscription.

New Features of FiLMiC Pro 7

The Update does look great, and the subscription model had better mean a steady stream of new features (I would love them to figure out how to get 23.976 if that is even possible). And I love the manual control sliders vs the wheels it previously was.

I just honestly hate subscriptions, especially on IOS. I already have to have he full Adobe Suite, I have Maxon’s Red Giant Suite, and a few others, and I don’t need IOS ones.

Honestly I hope EU regulators get on this and force Apple to be able to sort the store by purchase vs subscription.

Larry Jordan asks What the Future of Apple Final Cut Pro?

What’s the Future of Apple Final Cut Pro?

The great Larry Jordan shares his thoughts on Final Cut Pro and it’s lackluster updates, as well as lack of response to old bugs. Apple is just keeping it running and adding new features, but not really dealing with old issues.

I have posted my thoughts on Final Cut Pro before, and it needs someone to really take control and steer this program to a professional future, one that Premiere and DaVinci are well on their way to. And it is weird that their is not an attempt for Apple to push it’s Apple TV shows to use it, which really says all you need to know about it’s professional capabilities.