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Simon Morice replied to the discussion AI and video editing in the forum DaVinci Resolve

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:14:18 +0000

This thread reminds me how often we’ve been here before. Whether it was the shift from film to video, or the move to digital that has all but erased the role of the assistant. I started on 16 and 35mm film back when syncing rushes, logging and managing trim bins was half the job. We’ve lost something, (some brilliant visualisers who thrived w…

Simon Morice started the discussion OSX Sonoma kills ExFAT drives in the forum Adobe Premiere Pro

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:48:33 +0000

OSX Sonoma kills ExFAT drives

Maybe kill is a strong word, but the 14.1 update caused problems with my Macbook Pro Max when I plugged in a Crucial X10 Pro. First, it made the drive unmount and disk utility couldn’t repair it. My old late 2013 Mackbook Pro was able to repair the drive – for the Pro Max to kill it again.

In a discussion with Apple Support, who had not come…

Simon Morice replied to the discussion The existential angst of white on black in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro

Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:23:00 +0000

Reply to The existential angst of white on black

Thanks for your thoughts, Mads. I had a look at the specs of my laptop – an M2 Macbook Pro. I was interested to discover that you are right about power usage. The difference in energy consumption between black-on-white and white-on-black is between 10% and 20% – according to Bard. But I’d like the choice since I can bring or generate sufficient…

Simon Morice replied to the discussion FCPX transcription capabilities? in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:12:25 +0000

Reply to FCPX transcription capabilities?

Trint.com is an AI-powered transcription service with useful capabilities. Amongst other things, you can do paper edits and string outs. I believe it will emit an xml you can load into several edit apps.

Simon Morice started the discussion The existential angst of white on black in the forum Apple Final Cut Pro

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:03:16 +0000

The existential angst of white on black

I have a really big bugbear with a lot of contemporary software, but I’ll vent here about FCP. White text on a black background is harder to see than black text on a white background. That’s why astronomers look at negative photos when star counting or whatever.

The reason for a dark UI is clear to understand – colour timing and forth needs a dim…