Final Cut Pro 10.6.2 update with duplicate clip from Scott Simmons at PVC

Scott Simmons from Pro Video Coalition has the latest on 10.6.2 update of Final Cut Pro.

I can’t believe they finally added duplicate clip detection, I have though there was no chance, as it had been so long that this had been missing, when every other editing program has this. And it has 2 ways to see the clips.

Final Cut Pro updated to 10.6.2 along with all of the Apple Pro Apps and a big iMovie for iOS update

The AI based Voice Isolation also sounds very interesting.

And now we will hopefully really see performance on an M1 ULTRA.

Adobe announces an updated Premiere Pro and After Effects and included Frame.io from Scott Simmons at PVC

Scott Simmons has the news on Adobe releasing updated Premiere Pro and After Effects today with the new Import and Export Modes.

I have been trying these out in the beta since release, but I still think there are some issues with too many twirl downs for settings especially in exports. I am of the school of less button clicks is always better than more. Also I find Import and Export much less important on a daily basis than the Edit modes, of which you can only show 3 at all times, in the huge bay, which has so much wasted space. Oh well it is in release now, and at least you can show the 3 edit spaces (originally they hid them under the menu only).

The Frame.io for all is now integrated into Premiere and After Effects, with 100GB of space, which is great, though I don’t like that they are also raising the creative cloud rate by $2 a month, but it is still cheaper than a frame subscription.

And Auto Color, formerly known as Auto Tone in the public beta is much improved over the useless feature in previous versions. The AI makes for a great starting point.

And After Effects has moved it’s M1 Compatibility to the full version.

And built in AI powered scene detection is also huge. I use a script for it, so will certainly give this a try.

This is a huge one honestly. Looking forward to when I can take a look later today.

All the talk of the 5K iMac being dead, I bet it is more the parts shortage

I highly doubt the 5K 27” iMac is completely dead, sure it is dead for now, in favor of the much more expensive Mac Studio and Studio Display. The thing is that is a minimum $3500, much more than a base 5K Intel iMac. I think a 5K iMac isn’t dead, but with Studio Displays pushing towards a June ship time, Apple just had to chose one or the other. And especially if the Apple Silicon Mac Pro is pushed to 2023, the Mac Studio fills that high end gap much more successfully now, and once there is no supply shortage bet they do do the Apple Silicon 5K iMac that many have been waiting for.

TechCrunch says Congress should secure the app store supply chain and I agree

Jorge Grueul has a great article To protect consumers, Congress should secure the app store supply chain.

I so agree. The bills currently proposed do nothing to protect consumers from malware, congress people have so little tech knowledge. If we have unfettered access to an iphone with apps installing off a link, all cell phones will be compromised in a single day. If they just get rid of the walled garden and allow easy unfettered install, every iPhone will be compromised so quickly it is a joke.

And of course the App stores need more regulation, as how could Apple let through so many bogus apps?

We need security standards on new app stores that apply to all app stores.

RedShark has a sponsored look at the new ColourLab 2.0 Public Beta

Simon Wyndham at Redshark has a sponsored look at the the new ColourLab 2.0 Public Beta.

I have to admit the AI powers of ColourLab 2.0 look very impressive, and I love that they have added Adobe Premiere and Apple Final Cut Pro integration instead of just DaVinci Integration.

Colourlab is a subscription for creator which is $129 a year for Premiere and Final Cut, $299 a year for Pro which includes DaVinci or $599 for a permanent license, which is by far the best deal.