The Movie Inspector pane now shows you even more in-depth technical information about the currently opened media file. Nice to see QuickTime Player getting some love from Apple. So will it be possible to play a clip out of the FCPX browser by saying a number and play? Although these commands are aimed at people who maybe cannot control a mouse, it does open up some interesting opportunities when editing. We are yet to put it into action, but individual items in the GUI can be numbered. There are now many more ways you can control your Mac with Command Mode in Voice Control. It can work out what needs to be transcribed and what is said as a command. Speech-to-text transcription gets an upgrade with Machine Learning. There are two different modes that can work together or can be toggled off. Yes we are a step further to opening the pod bay doors. Yes we know the banner image isn't FCPX!Īlso, not only do you get Touch Bar support, you can use an Apple Pencil, which will be very handy if you want to draw a mask. Think of it as having the iPad as a broadcast monitor, although it probably won't show interlaced material. What we didn't realise though was that Final Cut Pro X can send a video out from the Viewer to an iPad, all without wires, up to 10 metres if you wish. There have also been a couple of third-party apps that have done this for a while. If you saw the WWDC Keynote, then using an iPad as second screen to a Mac isn't new news. There are many new features in Catalina, but we would like to touch on four: Sidecar Although the Pro Video Formats update hasn't been released yet, we expect it sooner rather than later. Great news for FCPX users who have to assemble programs from multiple sources. So before we hit the new features, what about supporting legacy codecs such as Avid's DNxHR and DNxHD? You might have missed it, but at IBC, along with the announcement that Avid will support ProRes RAW, they also said this:Īpple will provide 64-bit decoders for DNxHR and DNxHD codecs within the Pro Video Formats package that is available from Apple as a free download for all users. Or, when running the Catalina installer, the user will have the option to abort the install if any 32-Bit apps are found. First of all, if you look under Application in the System Information in 'About this Mac' from the Apple Menu, you will find all the apps installed on your Mac and also if the are 64-Bit or not. There are two ways to check if you have any 32-Bit apps left on your Mac. Metal will only run with 64-Bit apps and should give FCPX a good speed bump when rendering, compositing, real-time effects playback, and exporting. Final Cut Pro X has been 64-Bit from version 10.0.0. There has been over a decade of development from Apple with 64 bit apps, they bring better system performance and access to more memory. So why the update? Things have to move forward and although that means there are some casualties along the way, the new macOS brings benefits for all Mac users.įirst of all, we shouldn't need to say it, but don't upgrade anything mid-project and always make sure you have everything backed up before you do upgrade.Ĭatalina finishes off Apple's transition from 32 to 64-Bit apps. But the number one new feature for us is the ability for FCPX to output the viewer video to an iPad using Sidecar! We answer the questions about 32-Bit apps and legacy media using old codecs, especially Avid's DNX series. The updates to Final Cut Pro X and iMovie are also about fixing bugs.We have known it has been in beta for a while, but today, Apple released the next macOS - 10.15 Catalina. For detailed information about the security content of this update, please visit: Some features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices.
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