For the love of God, can we kill interlaced?
In my day, my young ’uns, faster frame rates than the usual 23.97, 24, 25 and 29.97 frame rates were only useful if you wanted smooth slow motion. With Peter…
Serious Multicam problem in FCPX 10.0.4
Multicam may have been implemented in Final Cut Pro X, version 10.0.3, and improved in 10.0.4, but working on a show that’s destined to be broadcast to License payers, I…
Dying formats, emergent workflow
The only problem I’ve encountered with Final Cut Pro X during my first edit for broadcast TV involves anamorphic QuickTimes, but in solving it I found a new friend in…
A tape project in Final Cut Pro X
The only major complaint about Final Cut Pro X, now it’s in 10.0.4, left over from the .0 release’s Big Four—no multicam, no broadcast monitoring, no XML, and limited support…
Final Cut Pro X
So… Final Cut Pro X, eh? Lot of chatter about it. Lot of controversy. I bought it the day it came out expecting to jump in and find an editing…
Dannsa Episode 3, the music
Dannsa hits Episode the Third with a trip to Taynuilt, near Oban. Well, relatively “near”: Taynuilt isn’t near anywhere, which is sort if the point of Ballet West. In idyllic…
Dannsa Episode 2, the music
Following on from last week’s blog, here’s what I have to say for myself regarding the music choices in Dannsa, episode 2, which is on tonight at 10pm, BBC Alba.…
Dannsa Episode 1, the music
A new show TV started last Monday, 10pm on BBC Alba. It’s called Dannsa{{1}} [[1]]Gaelic for Dancing[[1]] and you’ll all be able to get it, because BBC Alba has just…
Good sport
Just realised that the edit which prompted the previous post will be the last sport programme I do for a very long time.