M4 IPAD PRO Review for Video Editing and Digital Illustration

[@A10Jedi]

I’ll post a video of the 2tb 16gb top model soon. I’m editing a Bollywood / drama on it currently. And I won’t make faces in the video ;)

[@Arzidaz]

Thanks for this video. Would you suggest an ipad over a macbook as primary device for portrait photographers? Regards

[@DynamicPhil84]

Yes for editing photos I absolutely love and prefer the ipad over a Macbook or PC, but that is mainly due to the touchscreen capabilities. Working with Lightroom via touchscreen is a pure joy IMO. Overall for video editing, I would go with a Macbook because having a full keyboard and proper mouse for super precise timeline selection and functionality is better than on the iPad Pro.

[@Arzidaz]

@@DynamicPhil84appreciate the response, yes the focus is mainly portrait and product photography and probably short clips for IG 🙂

[@CreateGreatStudios]

Resolve works so well on this iPad, but you absolutely need a Magic Keyboard to use it properly.

[@CyberTom]

Which storage option is this?

[@DynamicPhil84]

I've got the 256 GB model which is more than enough space as long as you work with external drives for storing your footage and photos and work off of those.

[@jon4254]

That old ipados 8 wallpaper still looks great

[@mikesbruv]

I dunno whether you can talk about this but I am really interested in how the Fusion page functions with the m4 chip. Any feedback would be super appreciated. You can actually open up the other pages, and I've tried adding some Fusion effects on the m1 ipad air and it seemed to handle it really well.

[@DynamicPhil84]

Thanks for the question! I haven't explored Fusion on the iPad version too much yet, but I can confirm it does work in a fairly snappy manner! The magic keyboard is going to be essential though as Fusion uses a lot of keyboard shortcuts for best functionality. You can use touch/pencil but a lot of the icons and shortcuts in Fusion are not as visible as they are in the desktop version due to the smaller screen size.

[@mikesbruv]

@@DynamicPhil84 thanks heaps for the reply, ive actually asked this question on quite a number of other videos on the topic and received no response. I am very interested in purchasing an m4 ipad pro as a portable animation machine, and love being able to key frame and composite effects in Fusion.

[@DynamicPhil84]

@@mikesbruv I think it is a worthwhile investment if you want to be able to edit and animate on the go. The M4 chip is quite powerful and can handle a good amount that you can throw at it. But definitely make sure to get the magic keyboard as well. I've found that Resolve is difficult to use via touch/pen input alone. Also, it very annoyingly removes the additional pages that can only be added via keyboard shortcut when you close the app or if it crashes and has to be restarted or if you restart the iPad. Each time one of those things happens, you have to re-enable all of the additional pages as the Cut and Color page are the only two enabled by default. I'm hoping Blackmagic will provide a version 19 update soon as well, but probably won't happen until the desktop version is officially upgraded to 19 (right now v19 is still in beta).

[@mikesbruv]

@@DynamicPhil84 yeah great advice, as I said we have m1 ipad airs at work with a bluetooth keyboard, and they seem to handle fusion compositing and effects pretty well, even particles and 3d stuff, but yeah really really appreciate the feedback heaps, been looking for it for a while

[@DynamicPhil84]

@@mikesbruv Glad I could provide ya a bit of insight!

[@ramachandravamsi-pp3qs]

Could you let me know which one is better ipad pro 2024 11 inch or ipad air 13 inch 2024 for note taking

[@thomasorf7425]

For note taking you would probably be better off with the new ipad air and the bigger size version if you have the budget

[@ramachandravamsi-pp3qs]

@@thomasorf7425 but will that 60hz in air feels lag while note taking please let me know as pro is 120 hz? Will I miss smooth experience while note taking in air ?

[@DynamicPhil84]

@ramachandravamsi-pp3qs for note taking you don't need fast refresh rates. Honestly if that's all you need to do on a tablet, the iPad in general is far more powerful and expensive then what you need. Just get a cheap Android tablet for note taking.

[@KINGSNCROWNS]

How much ram? 8or16gb

[@DynamicPhil84]

@@KINGSNCROWNS I believe it has 16GB

[@beretta0222]

@@DynamicPhil84 256 and 500 have 8GB. 1TB and 2 TB have 16GB.

[@nicoparletrop]

Its 8gb because he chose 256 gb storage

[@BGroove-k1k]

Dang I really want one now... LOL

[@ramachandravamsi-pp3qs]

When I am writing with pencil pro lines are wobbling should I need to return ipad Or pencil? , how to resolve this issue?

[@DynamicPhil84]

Are you able to visit an Apple Store? If not then you may need to contact Apple technical support. It sounds like it could be a problem with the pencil pro or the ipad itself.

[@ramachandravamsi-pp3qs]

@@DynamicPhil84 I called them they said they will replacing it.