AppleInsider reporting on a fouth M1 Chip which would be 12 Core for an updated iMac Pro

Malcolm Owen at AppleInsider is reporting on a Fourth M1 chip with 12-core CPU may arrive in updated iMac Pro. This would be something above the Apple Silicon M1 Max, which is 10 core (8 core with 2 efficiency cores), so this would likely be 10 core with 2 efficiency cores. This sounds like a last M1 before M2 chips come in.

Maybe this makes the iMac Pro a bridge between the current Mac Book Pro and the Apple Silicon Mac Pro which has yet to be announced. it had seemed that the dual and maybe quad M1 Max chips rumored for the Mac Pro would also be for the iMac Pro, but this might mean it is an in between.

Let’s hope the iMac Pro has more than the current 4 Thunderbolt ports, 8 would rock, but 6 would be helpful.

Canon releases the Hybrid EOS R5 C with Still and Video Modes

Canon has released it’s EOS R5 C with Video and Photo modes, and basically fixes the video modes of the R5, with a huge cooling system attached to the back of the camera. It is $4500 though, $500 more than the standard R5, but it doesn’t have time limits on it’s 8K Video Capabilities. And it actually has modes for video and still, where the camera reboots in between.

I will never know why they remove image stabilization from the body which is in the R5, and built in ND would have been nice since the BMPCC 6k Pro includes it at about half the price.

There are already some video reviews up.

Cut/Daily Premiere Pro Text Master Styles Tip

Cut/Daily has post number 196, Premiere Pro Text [Master} Styles Tip, which you will need to sign up for a free account to read.

Styles are certainly a quick way to get font styles in Premiere, so you can easily make changes, and have matching styles throughout. Now Adobe needs to implement the ability to batch change styles, like you can now see all the text in the text panel for spell check.

Premiere Pro February 2022 Release (version 22.2)

Adobe has released Premiere Pro February 2022 (Version 22.2).

Its new features include on-device Text to Speach which will be 3x faster on M1 and Intel Core i9 and 2x faster on other hardware, Remix powered by Adobe Sensei to intelligently remix music to match you video, faster 420 HEVC exports on Windows with NVIDIA GPU’s, more GPU Accelerated effects, support the the M1 MacBook Pro Notch and support for the Canon EOS RS C Camera.

You can read detailed info on each feature here.

Still in beta are the new Auto Tone feature in Lumetri Color, and improvements to the import mode, including project naming in the title bar.

I have been looking forward to REMIX, and am glad the new Import mode isn’t there yet, as I have not been a fan of it in the beta, I actually find it it a huge step backwards in usability. They seem to think hitting more buttons to do the same thing is better, and it just isn’t.

Scott Simmons at ProVideoCoalition on moving projects from Avid to Premiere Pro or vice versa

Scott Simmons has a great very tongue and cheek article on what your answer should be if asked to move your project form AVID to Premiere or Vice Versa.

And he is so right. Yes of course you can move sequences with varying degrees of success, but projects don’t move back and forth, and doing it is a bad idea. You should stay in the program that the project is started in.

I have of course ended up moving to Resolve, and then having to make edit changes there and wishing I could move the project (damn I wish they would bring back SpeedGrade).

9to5Mac on Automated workaround for overnight bluetooth battery drain on MacBooks in macOS 12.2

Ben Lovejoy at 9to5Mac posted about Jordi Bruin’s FluTooth App which disconnects Bluetooth when you close your macbook and engages it again when you open your macbook, so it won’t drain overnight.

Of course this isn’t a solution for people who use their MacBooks in closed position with bluetooth accessories this won’t work, so we will has to wait for an apple fix or manually turn bluetooth off and on at night.

Macworld on Apple Silicon Mac Pro

Jason Snell at Macworld has an article, Forget Everything you know about the Mac Pro which is speculation on Apple Silicon.

Of course we know some, like a bigger version of the M1 Max with more cores and more graphics cores and more memory.

And of course that means a smaller box than the current Intel Mac Pro.

And of course less expansion, because it is unlikely to have PCI slots especially since it doesn’t need an afterburner since it is built into the processor now, and only thunderbolt for expansion.

So really we are not saying anything new here. And sure it is all speculation.

I personally hope for more storage options. It would be great to have at least 2 banks of raided SSD’s, as I am sure there won’t be any room for spinning hard disks (though I would love a bank of 4, but am sure that will need external needs).

Honestly the New MacPro will likely be pretty damn small, but with some fans to cool the processors down for better performance.