I almost bought a video editing app today for the ipad, but then I came to my senses and said, "I have Adobe Master CS5 why would I buy some crappy app that will proll render like $#!^..."

I don't, but I know some do. It would be like the music apps.... It is great for getting ideas, and structure... but of course will not take the place of a real studio.... I bet the video editing would be basic, but fun... and hopefully would allow exporting to Vegas or Final Cut or Adobe.... Of course a $10 app is not going to do everything a $500+ program is.... but could still be useful....

"It is great for getting ideas, and structure."

ya, thats one thing I haven't thought of, of course it would be useless if you weren't able to transfer project to one of the bigger and better video software programs...

it would also be cool if they had a storyboard app where you can create storyboards on the ipad. I think I seen a link of Michael Bay showing his ipad to someone while shooting on the set. A Storyboard app would be great cause you just have your ipad with you while your shooting the film..And even if that didnt transfer you can jot down the structure of the film in the storyboard app and just have ipad near your Mac or PC and then do the editing..

I bet Hollywood is really gonna take advantage of the tablets coming out, and they will have apps for all kinds of careers in filmmaking, including budget planning, editing on set, marketing, etc.

Originally Posted by Ultrimate

it would also be cool if they had a storyboard app where you can create storyboards on the ipad.

Don't have my Pad yet, but on PC, I have a storyboard blank I made in Visio or something and I use that as a base layer in SketchBook Pro, drawing and writing on one or more layers above.

I use ReelDirector. It's just ok as I can't get it to read any HD clips. I use it just to trim SD clips. I give it a 3 out of 5. It needs to be able to do HD and get clips from other sources, such as goodreader.