46 PRODUCTION SOUND & VIDEO – Winter 2022
THE M1 PRO & MAX THE M1 PRO & MAX
MACBOOK PRO'S MACBOOK PRO'S
FROM APPLE FROM APPLE
by James Delhauer
The digital revolution has certainly
lived up to its name over the last few
years.
It's odd to think that most of us working
in film and television today still remember a
time when the very concept of a digital workflow
was a pipe dream; something that aspiring artists did to
learn the craft. The first entirely digital film, Star Wars:
Episode II – Attack of the Clones, was released more
than twenty years ago using the earliest high-definition
processes. The files recorded on that film (a term that
doesn't
even technically apply) were revolutionary for the time but progress
marches ever forward. Today, hardware capable of producing higher
quality, images are available at your local Best Buy, and professional
sets utilize devices capable of recording uncompressed 4K, 8K, and
now even 12K images. All of that data needs to be processed. This
year's new MacBook Pro's might be the tool that Local 695 technicians
need to do it.
