I'm not sure why the Multicam option is not available on the desktop version of Final Cut on MacOSX but it is on the iPad. To me it seems it's much easier to control several iPhones and Multicam from a full on desktop version on a MacBook Pro.
Love the breakdown with real life examples. They’re really trying to build around the ipad app. This can really speed up content creation. I personally don’t use iPad or iPhones for any project because of the small censor but this multicam feature is still pretty cool. Great work as always
You have a very knowledgable way of showing how things work. Just ran across your channel. I do agree with your issues with Final Cut Pro for iPad. As you say color correction workflow is vey clunky and I'm appauled the FC people did not catch it. Tom from NRH Texas.
Agree with your comments on limited to iOS devices. Would love to be able to add my Nikon Z7II and Osmo Pocket 3 to the mix. Still, this is a big step with us now able to take this into the field using only iOS devices
Great video! Watching from Puerto Rico. I suppose there’s no way to stream live to Facebook or any platform while using the new Final Cut Live feature?
How would your studio setup work outside the studio where only have Bluetooth? For example, if you are recording in a park. I think you mentioned that both WiFi and Bluetooth are needed to connect to your iPad.
I figured it out. You have to first create a multicam project to get the app connected to the iPad, then you can transfer clips from the app without creating a multicam project.
I got the new M4 iPad Pro and a iPhone 15…but won’t be doing FCP on the iPad. Can I still record through those devices using the new app and edit through my FCP on my MacBook?
Colour correction in multicam clips is difficult enough in the desktop version. The issues you highlight in your video make multicam an absolute no no for me in the iPad version.
The idea of mobile editing on the iPad sounds great but by the time you’ve bought an iPad with enough storage as well as all the accessories needed to be useful, you might just as well get a MacBook with ‘proper’ FCP! But I think the intended market is not established film makers like myself, but new, young, film makers who could indeed pool their iPhones to make a multicam video. It’s an evolution of the market the original FCP was aimed at, only back then, young aspiring film makers were grabbing the new DSLRs like the Canon 5Dmk2. All the other NLE software was designed for DV palmcorders etc and, suddenly, they were all ‘old hat’. So I think FCP for iPad will eventually be very successful and springboard a whole new generation of film makers.
