Philip Hodgetts is back again with another insightful blog post about FCP X. Detailed and a little technical, this blog entry takes us back to the days before Colorsync and brings us forward to it's present day use in FCP X. Color management is a touchy subject with regards to FCP X because of it's current lack of support for external monitoring. Philip explains why that may not be necessary.

From the DocumentaryTech blog comes this post exploring documentary funding in the 21st century.

How Much Money Does It Really Take To Make  Documentary?

Philip Hodgetts examines the relationship between complexity and perceived professionalism in this post from his blog.

Why Is Making Software Smarter "Dumbing It Down"?

Recently I posted a tutorial by director/editor David Battistella on the Red workflow in FCP X. In it he uses Red footage he shot of an Italian sport called Calcio Storico Fiorentino. In what looks to be a "sport" in a dystopian Sci Fi movie, this real life chaos is a combination of Greco Roman wrestling, rugby, boxing, and soccer.  

Never used Qmaster? Don't even know what it is? Well, then you've been missing out on an easy way to significantly speed up Compressor. This video tutorial from creativecow.net will show you how.

QMASTER TUTORIAL

In what seems to be a move to counter the bad press surrounding the release of FCP X, Apple has restored updates to past versiuons of Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Studio. The updates run through FCS2 but do not include FCS3. FCP and FCS were removed form the Apple store when FCP X was released. At this time they can only be bought from third party vendors.