![]() Which, once you’ve memorised them, will allow you to edit merrily away, without taking your eyes off the screen. UPDATE – Although it’s in the video above, I forgot to mention that Ctrl+Console also works with gestures, which controls the main 11 things you would need to do as an editor, including shuttling, adding edits, in and out points and much more. But maybe with more practice, like touch typing, you would get used to where everything is on the layout without having to keep looking down at it. You also need to be looking at the app to use it, which often is fine, but as an editor who is used to laying his hands on the keyboard or a buttoned controller ( like the Logitech G13) and keeping his eyes pretty much fixed on the screen, it felt a little cumbersome to start with. Which means if you’ve heavily customised your shortcuts (like I have) then not everything will work out of the box as the in app mappings relate only to the default shortcuts. One tricky thing with the way in which Ctrl+Console functions, is that it needs to be working with the default keyboard shortcut set up within the NLE you’re using. I found I needed to restart the iPad/computer to iron out a kink but it worked perfectly from then on. The user feedback that you are correctly connected to the host computer is a hair-thin line at the top of the app (green for go, red for no), which could do with thickening up a little to make it more obvious to the first time user, what’s going on. The app is easy to set up, with a small server side app on the host computer. Once the connection has been made they are saved for future use and makes it easy to get up and running in a jiffy. These low cost options do allow you to dip your toe in the water with using the app, although you’re limited to UNDO/REDO and jumping to the next edits, but you do get to work with the shuttle wheel, which has a nice, spring-loaded feel to it. The EDITOR versions give you far more control and costs £22.99/$29.99 where as the more limited CONTROLLER interfaces only cost £3.99/$4.99. These come in a couple of levels of complexity and price. Not to mention another way to make use of your precious iPad.Ĭurrently there are two different consoles for both Premiere Pro and FCP7/FCPX. Throw in the ability to use multi-touch gestures on top and you have a very powerful interface tool for your editorial arsenal. Beautifully designed interface layouts, communicating with zero lag between your interactions on the iPad and the subsequent effects within your NLE. Ctrl+ConsoleĬtrl+Console, pronounced Control Console, (the + is silent apparently) is an iPad armed editor’s dream. The app supports AirPlay if you have an Apple TV, or you can output HDMI or VGA with the proper cable.As a editor it was essential you bought an iPad, you know for “work stuff.” Now that you’ve got iPad just lying around, isn’t it about time you did something more productive with it than surfing online and watching TV shows? Here are some useful apps that might just assist your day to day film editing workflow, some of which I’ve been experimenting with recently. You can't, of course, play files with DRM. Videos can be transferred over Wi-Fi from another computer, via an iTunes file transfer or from Dropbox. I should note that the browser is pretty primitive, and you'll have to type in some I'm told that issue will likely get sorted out in an update, hopefully soon. Perfect, and it overcomes a major limitation of the iPad. You can, for example, bring up IMDB information about a movie you are watching. I especially liked a new feature, which is the ability to split the screen in portrait mode with a video running at the top and a web browser on the bottom. HD playback at 720P is enabled, as well as subtitles. Audio formats include Dolby Digital Plus (AC3, eAC3) 5.1 and 7.1 audio support. It supports many video formats, including AVI, MOV, M4V, 3GP, MP4 and Xvid. CineXPlayer is like a Swiss Army Knife video app for your iPad.
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