Serious video work has been possible on an iPad for quite a while now, with apps like DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or even Luma Fusion (see here). But until now, most professionals would consider the tablet for preparation while being off-base and not for finishing in a complete workflow. With the arrival of the M4 processors, which blow away most of the competition in the Mac mini or MacBook Pro, we'd like to have another look at the iPad Pro with such a processor.
It's tiny, but offers remarkable power. Reviewed hardware and its OS Apple kindly lent us a well-equipped iPad Pro M4 with 16 GB of RAM and 2 TB of solid state storage. We have been running it under iOS 18.4.1. For comparison, we use a Mac mini M4 Pro with 24 GB, 12‑Core CPU, and 16‑Core GPU. While we still like macOS Sonoma better, this one can only be operated under MacOS Sequoia, (currently in version 15.4.1). Our first part will be focused on their use for DaVinci Resolve.
Together with the "Magic Keyboard" the iPa...
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