Ben Lovejoy at 9to5Mac has posted his "MacBook Pro Diary: M1 Max video editing is a breeze, but everyday use impresses me, too" So far it does look like everyone is pretty blown away by the M1 Max performance, so I can't wait for an iMac Pro and a MacPro based on Apple Silicon. I do still wish they would allow external GPU's, but I doubt that is in the future.
Scott Simmons at ProVideoCoalition has posted part 2 of his M1 Max 16 inch MacBook Pro Review for Editors this time comparing it with an iMac Pro. Very impressive results, especially since i have an iMac Pro, though I did get the Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16GB which might get a tiny tiny bit more performance. My hope for the Apple Silicon MacPro keeps growning, though it will certainly be expensive, especially if it is basically 2 M1 Max chips tired together (i know it is more complicated than that).
He covers the new features released at Adobe Max and a bunch of great videos and tutorials including some on Cavalry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJMfX9Kdmts Another great video from Chadwick shoults and this one showing just how fast the new M1 Max MacBook Pro is at DaVinci Resolve, which not only says allot about what Apple did, but also what Black Magic Design has done about getting DaVinci to really shine on Apple Silicon. Man I can't wait for an Apple Silicon iMac Pro and Mac Pro to really see what these chips can do, and if rumors are right they will likely be M2 Max chips, as the MacBook Air next year is likely to be the first M2.
Honestly I had wanted to post about these earlier, after I watched the presentations at this years Adobe Max conference, but here is an Adobe Blog post about the technology sneaks. Of course we know not all of these will see official release, but lets hope the majority do.
Starting with the Adobe Premiere Pro beta and it's redesigned header bar, which their is a discussion on about at the Adobe Support Community for Premiere Pro Beta. Where adobe moved the workspaces to under a single button with no display for what workspace you are in. And when us users gave feedback their seemed to be a fight back. Ann (and everyone else) – I hear you about the change in muscle memory and requiring 2 clicks instead of one. I really do empathize – change is hard. I was an editor for 10 years before joing the software game and the placement of buttons is cemented in my brain. I too didn't like the workspaces in the dropdown menu at first. But I have been using it now for a few months (yes I still edit constantly) and I've found that I prefer the menu dropdown. It's a much better use of space, a cleaner look, and you can see all your workspaces at once without needing the overflow menu. I ask that you give it a chance and push past the innitial discomfort and really try this new arrangement. Also remember that this is not the end of the road. And getting reactions like this is exactly why we put it in beta first before just releasing and forcing it upon everyone. This was my first instance of Adobe telling me that more than one click was better than one click (and in this case wasting space and not displaying the current workspace). Now in this instance at least Adobe seems to have relented and is going to allow us to display 3 workspaces in the title bar, though not by default. And then at the Facebook Premiere Pro Editors user group, which I have subsequently left since my posts had links to this blog and I was told users didn't like that, and I my tone had to be calmer and more deferential to Adobe employees who post on it, when posting about the now completely changed methods for dealing with the damn (see that is what would piss them off) ALEXA AMIRA LUT, I was told the new method was faster, when it takes more clicks, so obviously it is not. Previously I could select all my footage and right click and Disable Master Clips. Now I have to right click go to drop down menu and select Interpret Footage, then in the subsequent dialogue go down to color man agement and select the Embedded AMIRA LUT drop down menu and then select none. IN NO WAY IS THAT FASTER THAN BEING ABLE TO TURN IT OFF FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU. Now the first example they fixed after user feedback. The second is part of a re-designed Color Management System, that doesn't seem to be documented at all by Adobe as of yet (boy they could learn something from Black Magic Designs about manuals especially for release versions, ha again something that would have…
So I just wanted to post a couple of links to lists of the best Black Friday deals for Post Production. Here is one from Jonny Elwyn. And one from the ProVideoCoalition. Have a great Black Friday and if you are going out stay safe!
Emma Garofalo has an article at No Film School, What Are LED Film Lights, and how Do LED Lights Work? If you do any shooting this is well worth a read and has quite a few videos on LED lights and inexpensive lights to use for video.
MacRumors posted on Anandtech's Deep Dive in to the M1 Pro and M1 Max. And here is the AndanTech Deep dive. The chips here aren't only able to outclass any competitor laptop design, but also competes against the best desktop systems out there, you'd have to bring out server-class hardware to get ahead of the M1 Max – it's just generally absurd. Wow, this sounds amazing, as I have said, can't wait for the Apple Silicon iMac Pro and Mac Pro to see what they can do!
Filipe Esposito at 9 to 5 first reported on this, from a test by Andy Somerfield at Affinity Photohttps://9to5mac.com/2021/10/25/apple-m1-max-gpu-beats-6000-amd-radeon-pro-w6900x-in-affinity-benchmark/ https://twitter.com/andysomerfield/status/1452224945279340548?s=20 This is pretty amazing, beating a $6000 GPU from the 2019 MacPro! Wow. So the Apple Silicon iMac Pro and Mac Pro will certainly be impressive machines.