{"id":66715,"date":"2020-10-09T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=66715"},"modified":"2020-10-15T14:04:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T19:04:25","slug":"peter-wiggins-flex-8-multi-hyphenate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/66715-peter-wiggins-flex-8-multi-hyphenate\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Wiggins, Flex 8, and the Power of the Multi-Hyphenate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What do the OWC ThunderBay Flex 8 and Peter Wiggins, the FCP.co Editor-in-Chief, have in common? They are both multi-hyphenates that get a lot done. Peter recently had the opportunity to do a review of the Flex 8<\/a> \u2013 and in reading it, I was hit with this interesting revelation about the multi-hyphenate artist\/entrepreneur and the latest hardware release from OWC. Each of the Flex 8\u2019s three primary features is kind of a symbolic representation of one of Peter\u2019s jobs. I can think of no better way to pay homage to a man who has had such an indelible impact on the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Editor First<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First and foremost, Peter is a professional editor. For over four decades, Peter has been a professional in this industry, getting his start editing 1\u201d linear tape. Tons of formats and editing systems later, Peter is still going strong doing work for such outlets as the BBC and Channel 4 in England (Peter is based out of Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK, in the heart of England, about 16 miles north of Birmingham).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does every editor need more than anything (excluding an NLE, of course) is hard drive space. The Flex 8\u2019s ability to have up to eight drives (that\u2019s where you get the \u201c8\u201d in Flex 8), configurable in various RAID arrays, makes it an excellent partner for a veteran editor like Peter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undoubtedly, Peter\u2019s vast editing experience contributes to his success in his other two \u201chyphenates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter, Plugins, and PCIe slots (oh my!)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the hallmarks of Final Cut Pro X is its rich and wide plugin architecture. Through App Store purchases, or via the plugin marketplace FxFactory<\/a>, Final Cut Pro X allows editors to greatly expand power and feature set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From simple and free plugins that are as simple as providing the ability to easily grow or shrink images, to more complex color grading suites, the Final Cut Pro X plugin ecosystem provides a sea of opportunities for FCPX editors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It just so happens that Peter is a plugin developer and co-founder of Industrial Revolution<\/a>, makers of the popular XEffects plugins for Final Cut Pro (7 and X), After Effects, and Motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter started the company back in 2006, and in that time, he has been able to maintain a lean team of designers and engineers expert in using Apple technology. I have no doubt that if you\u2019re a Final Cut Pro X user, at some point you have come across one of Peter\u2019s plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like Peter\u2019s plugins extend the functionality of Final Cut Pro X, the Flex 8 PCIe slot can do the same for your computer set-up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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