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control surfaces for FCP …
new addition to the family notwithstanding, I didn’t know that color grading control surfaces were already working with FCP (5)?
this little snippet from https://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=59147
“The JLCooper MCS-Spectrum colour grading panel now connects directly to Final Cut Pro to create possibly the most cost-effective pro colour grading system currently available.
The MCS-Spectrum features the traditional triple trackball and ring interface allowing, for the first time, quick and intuitive adjustments to the Hue, Saturation and Value settings of Dark, Mid-range and Bright pixel via the dedicated three-way colour correction tab in the Final Cut viewer.
This powerful new capability may be further enhanced with the editing and timeline control of the MCS-3000 or editing, timeline and fader control of the MCS-3800. Control systems for Final Cut Pro can be built using MCS-Spectrum alone or as a pair either of the MCS-3000 or MCS-3800 controllers to give the maximum capability for the most demanding professional editor.”
anybody know anything about this, or can confirm or deny?
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5 Replies
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Andy,
Synthetic Aperature has a color box as well, but it’s for use with Color Finesse, but it ain’t cheap.
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“anybody know anything about this, or can confirm or deny?”
Andy,
I know that apple had systems set up with control surfaces at NAB, but I don’t know if the were JL Cooper or Tangent panels. Both of these companies make panels that work with Color. There is mention of it on the bottom right hand side of this page.
https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/color/
best regards,
jeremy
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“but it ain’t cheap.”
The JL Cooper and Tangent panels are not cheap either, however one is quite a bit more expensive then the other, but is supposed to be an outstanding panel.
best regards,
jeremy
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Andy,
I can confirm… yes.
Both JL Cooper and Tangent have had control surfaces working with FCP and (Then) Final Touch for over a year now.
Any DaVinci artist will tell you that much of the oerational speed they have comes from the ability to manipulate multiple parameters simultaneously. You can ONLY do that with a control surface.
Most people seem to prefer the quality of the Tangent panels, but the JL Coopers are cheaper. If you’re SERIOUS about COLOR, then I would plan on buying a control surface to go along with it.
mark
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thanks Mark, Chris and Jeremy
yes indeed, I’ve long been aware that colorist control surfaces were working with Color Finesse, Final Touch/Color etc, but the fact that they were also already working in FCP5 with the 3-way Color Corrector filter had completely escaped me!
color me surprised
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