DaVinci Resolve Studio 17.4.4 brings many enhancements, chief among them being support for encoding H.265 4:2:2 Main10 on Apple Silicon, the codec used to upload HDR video to YouTube and the most demanding operation on our M1 Max MacBook Pro with 32GB RAM. In order to determine exactly how much of an improvement the update... Continue Reading →
16″ M1 Max MacBook Pro: How Much RAM for Mastering HDR?
Several YouTubers have said that in 99% of cases, they saw no advantage to spending the extra money to upgrade from 32GB to 64GB RAM for the 16" M1 Max MacBook Pro. Our findings may surprise you. We'll begin with Final Cut Pro and Apple Compressor. Timeline in Final Cut Pro. Two ProRes 4444 4K... Continue Reading →
Compressor v.4.4.5 App Not Verified by Google
If like me you get this dreaded message at midnight when urgently trying to upload your latest masterpiece of cinematic art to YouTube from Compressor, follow the steps below. Update [12.12.2019] Updating to v.4.4.6 made no difference.