If you need some consultance or programming for a project workflow based on the XML features of Final Cut Pro send me an email.

New sync options with the Ambient LancLogger

Was shown at LAFCPUG Supermeet at NAB 2009
Syncing the Impossible
5 P2 cameras, 6 wireless microphones, freestyle shooting, a Sound Devices 788T recording 8 tracks of audio, and less than a week from shoot to air. How would you bring this all together into Apple's Final Cut Pro?
Jeremy Garchow, Creative Cow Leader, Editor and Post Production Supervisor at Maday Productions, was tasked with the opportunity to organize and edit all of the elements to make a commercial for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Totaling over 6 hours of real time shot material to edit down to 60 seconds, Jeremy faced this challenge by having super-fast access to the native P2 media and auto-syncing with external audio, all with free run time code and a clap slate. MXF4mac and sequenceLiner fired it all over to Apple's Final Cut Pro, ready to edit through a workflow never seen before.

The presentation recording was published on macvideo.tv

LiveCut - The real multicam live production tool.
LiveCut uses the multiclip creation tool developed by Spherico.
Click the link above to learn more.

An automated play out setup
LA based Crosscreek Entertainment was looking for a workflow to automate clip order/sorting and naming in a timeline for play out to tape and DVD. We go it solved using Final Cut Pro XML and Apple Events.
Click the link above to learn more.

MI8 - Austria is going to have the most advanced multicam production
Multicamera Production Made in Austria
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Cambridge Public Art Project
Just another text to Final Cut Pro sequence custom application. It generates normal or split screen sequences just based upon a simple formated text file.
Click the link above to learn more.

TCR Plus
is a simple to use utility which allows a better and faster way for review and approval of cuts. It combines Final Cut Pro's XML power with a (free) Final Cut Pro plugin .

TextUp Pro and TextUp
are Final Cut Pro plugins/generators, which are especially useful for subtiles.

TitleExchange Lite and TitleExchange Pro for Final Cut Pro
TitleExchange Lite is a basic tool for easy and fast transfer of subtitles from Final Cut Pro to DVD Studio Pro.
New !: TitleExchange Lite will not be available any more as a seperate application. But you can download TitleExchange Pro and got the full functionality for 30 days for up to 50 titles. After that period only XML to STL conversion will work. So it will work as TitleExchange Lite before this change.
There is a great tutorial on DVD Studio and subtitles at Ripple Training (done by Steve Martin - thanks for that Steve!), to view it click here.

textViewer is simply a free tool which allows to view and modify STL text subtitles for DVD Studio Pro.
It will also display right to left reading languages in a way we expect.

TitleCleaner
TitleCleaner is a tool, which makes use of the Final Cut Pro XMLs to clean text from subtitles much easier and faster than it can be done within Final Cut Pro. It also allows to use the native OS X spell checker or some third party tools like Ultralingua.

markerTool
Is a small freeware which allows to shuffle around markers in Final Cut Pro sequences

sequenceLiner
Is a small freeware (this will change) which allows to lay down clips to a pre-defined sequence according to their timecodes.

readXML
readXML - as the name somehow says - does read Final Cut Pro XMLs.
You can load any kind of XML from Final Cut Pro, but only clips or sequences will be parsed dependent upon the user's choice what to process. See what it can do for you.

BWF2XML
BWF2XML allows to transport metadata from Broadcast Wave Format files into Final Cut Pro. This version is especially thought for QT 7 and Final Cut Pro 5.

SoundCount
SoundCount is the fast and easy way to calculate the total playtime of commercial sound in a sequence or project. SoundCount is a big timesaver if you are working with commercial sounds.

rotateClips:
rotateClips is a small helper application for people using the 35mm adapter with their camera. It allows to either "Flop" all clips in a project or rotate them in one single step - more than 2500 clips in a 64 mb XML were changed in about 10 seconds, where loading the XML into memory and writing it back to disk took most of the time. To learn more drop me an email

XML4Dailies
The easy way to bring some subtitling for dailies into Final Cut Pro or DVD Studio Pro. Export your sequence to a XML file, convert it with XML4Dailies, bring it back into Final Cut Pro just with a double click and you are ready to go.
For DVD Studio Pro you get STL files and a chapter marker list.
The new version allows better control of the XML output, i.e. the appearance of the titles in Final Cut Pro.

Free Plugins for Final Cut Pro
Basic Text: a simple modification of the original 'Lower 3rd' text generator. It has additional controls for horizontal and vertical position of the text, as well as text aligment.
Jiggler: a simple effect which jiggles the position of the frame randomly.

Playlist2Final Cut Pro
completely automates the transfer of audio tracks from iTunes to Final Cut Pro.
By leveraging the power of the Final Cut Pro XML format, Playlist2Final Cut Pro allows Final Cut Pro to seamlessly import iTunes Playlists, complete with Track Name, Artist and Album information into Final Cut Pro.

What's old:

BounceUsII
Lets you edit and convert BWF/SD2 multitrack files. The files can be bounced into a Final Cut Pro QT movie with timecode and reel (a XML will be generated to transport the files scene/take/etc settings into Final Cut Pro). If you are an Avid user you can choose the BWF output for the bounced file.
BounceUsII allows batch processing of files and folders. Files/Scenes can be reviewed and edited very easy.

CopyRestore SD2
A simple application that allows to transfer and glue SD2 files with their resource forks.

Shifter for Final Cut Pro
Shifter is a free plug in for Final Cut Pro which shifts the clip one video line down. So PAL DV25/PRO25/PRO50 and SD clips can be used in the same timeline. Also reverse speed will look much cleaner with this filter.

DupeDetective
Now is somehow obsolete with Final Cut Pro4.
More and more producers rely on cost effective video editing systems. Apple's Final Cut Pro meanwhile is used even in the film industry.
In this kind of production environment you can use Apple's Cinema Tools to organize your work. If do not need the all features of Apple's Cinema Tools, but just the 'Dupe' detection, then DupeDetective is the right tool.
It analyzes the EDLs and lists all duplicates, even through a series of EDLs. The list can be used to correct the edits or produce duplicates of the (negative) material.

Shifter (free)
Shifter - the tool to change video field order quickly.

Final Cut Pro Record Timer (free)
Final Cut Pro Record Timer is a basic solution for scheduled recordings with Final Cut Pro.

SyncTime (free)
AppleScript application to set the time with OS X 10.2.4.

First Cut (not released to the public yet)
The tool to speed up the editing process within an environment where video/film has to be linked with audio from another recording system.
You can use the tool to pre-edit lab rolls and sync them with the bounced audio, even out of sync lab rolls with sound can be easily resynced without loosing the TC information.
If you are interested in working with the current version please contact me.