guys very special video today we're gonna pick up the brand new just announced loop tech CT the
next generation of editing panels and I'm super stoked because we're not just picking it up from
the local photography store or our post office know we are here at the airport to fly it out to
Finland and pick it up from Luke tech headquarters in Helsinki are you ready I'm ready let's go
okay I made it to Finland let's quickly address what the loop tech city actually is it is the
successor some might say the natural evolution of the popular editing console loop Tech Plus
which I featured recently in my color grading tutorial but guys it promises to be an absolute
game changer both in its form factor and in its capabilities in this video we will review what
the loop deck CT can do for filmmakers I give you my honest opinion how I feel about it and
and we get to talk to the founders of loop deck so let's pick up this brand-new piece of gear
thank you hey want to do some unboxing
this design for us greatest filmmakers photographers want to make the editing
process much faster more precise and also frankly a little bit more enjoyable so you may wonder does
it work with the editing software I'm using and the answer is possibly it works right out
of the gate with Final Cut Pro Premiere Pro Photoshop Lightroom classic and adult life
ok let's address the design it's clearly hitting the Nordic standards it's simple
and functional it's very slick to top here's all-metal the dials are also metal major
upgrade from the loot deck plus oh and then the other thing that really delighted me is
actually that the USBC cord is made out of fabric I mean it's a minor detail but it's
the small things that make certain products stand out so let's talk about the specs next
so this is what you're dealing with you have the 3d touchscreen interface up here where you can
have multiple pages of customizable buttons and on the side the to touch bars that you can flick
through as well in certain configurations and on the left and right you have the mechanical
dials with push buttons and then at the center you have the wheel it's the main control wheel
with a 240 by 240 touchscreen which is off course also customizable and you can flick
through various settings here it's a great way to grow through your timeline it's also
great for color grading because you cannot only precisely dial in the exposure and saturation
but you can also use the touch screen to adjust the colors the primary way to connect your loop
tech CD with your work device is through the USBs Kable but you can also use the CTS Bluetooth to
connect to your device you only have to hook up a battery pack to your CT to power it and
then you can wirelessly edit from there the editing console also comes with five gigabytes
of internal memory it's not a lot I know but you can use it for example to upload your favorite
nuts and/or preset so that you always have them with you when you're editing with you loop dick
so let's talk about how it actually works right out of the box it comes with default settings
for the supported software so that you can start editing immediately and explore this device the CT
can support you in the majority of the editing steps you take from organizing your footage to
actually editing it calibrating effects as well as sound each major editing step is combined in
a so-called workspace for example in Final Cut Pro you can use to organize workspace to import
your footage and review it and go through it to select your favorite Clips within each workspace
you can have multiple pages of tools that you need for your creative workflow and this is true
for both the buttons as well as for the dials to help you memorize the functionalities often loop
take plus each type of function has a different color assigned both on the loop deck as well in
the software so for example workspaces are per a green so for example workspaces are green actions
are purple and shortcuts and links to pages of view so this was a quick overview of the
functions of the loop deck CT and how it can integrate in your creative workflow but before
we get into the verdict and my review since we're in Helsinki why don't we why don't we talk to the
loop deck founders and get some inside scoop from them also the temperatures dropped over the last
few hours so let's change the attire let's go and use one of these antiquated elevators again
forget to mention an important detail the loop tech CT is available now for 549 US dollars or
499 euros if you want to buy one link is in the description below oh hey guys I know both of you
are busy but do you have time for 23 questions with ridiculously short answers I shake another
copy of Vogue oh absolutely please come in come in thank you so how do you say good morning and
finish hey stone Hannah we listen and how was your commute to work today how did you two guys meet
I know his wife okay what was then the reason why you decided to design editing panels the
current tools don't provide me the freedom that I wanted so that's why we designed a ludic okay
that's a really good reason and how many people are working now are you back today 23 tomorrow
24 my lucky number what's it like to live in Finland convenient it is so I did a little
research with a population of 5.3 million Finland has over two million saunas so I get asked do you
have one actually I have to overkill and what temperature is a Finnish sauna 85 degrees wow
that's 185 degrees Fahrenheit so how do you say we halfway through the interview in Finnish for
Savannah Samantha Paula Savalas Amanda hey let's go to the moon sure you have a really cool bride
office here really like oh sorry sorry I think we're kicking out someone but Felix tell me what
what is the loop deck CT tech city is the one tool that combines all your tools your way and how long
did it take you to develop an engineer the loop deck CT 13 months and now each of you what is one
feature of the loop deck CT that air is super proud of I personally love the design I love
the analog touch and who did you have in mind when designing the loop deck CT oh the creators around
the world who want to step up there anything game well that sounds like all you guys out there so
what's your favorite movie of 2019 so far Avengers end game 2019 I don't remember 2018 it was first
men let's broaden the scope what's your favorite movie of all time Batman not nice rises again
interstellar talking about the Dark Knight dicey question here Marvel or DC Marvel Marvel that's a
good one Star Trek or Star Wars Star Trek Star Wars split may the force be with you and who's
your favorite YouTube cred you come on guys you just joking let's move one what's it like to be
a tech entrepreneur hard way is hard but I like heart rollercoaster ooh and in this business who
inspires you my two kids and the creativity all the entrepreneurs out there so now with the loot
xct released what is next for loot tech tell us please haha only if you would know okay I
guess we have to wait so how do you say goodbye in Finnish estas de estas the guys buy us casa
it's getting getting chilly here now so I will explore Helsinki for another day and then see you
back in Chicago with my final thoughts on the loop dx/dt by then I will have had the chance
to try it out and add it quite a bit with it and give you my honest opinion about it the
good stuff and where I think it needs still some improvement so see you back in Chicago
hey hey future me here or present me I'm not sure now it's time to come to a conclusion and tell you
my honest opinion about it my verdict give you the real wheel so if you're spending a lot of
time editing and this could be either photos or videos and editing console like the looped xct
should be on your radar I mean frankly I've been editing videos and before that photos for years
without such console and without any problems but editing panels is one of those pieces of
gear where you only know what you missed once you tried it so let's talk about what I liked
about the libtech CD well first and foremost it holds up Wadud promises the CT makes my editing
process I would guesstimate 20% faster but also certainly more enjoyable but what's really dope is
this deep learning curve you have with this device while most editing consoles you have to freaking
memorize every single button and every single dial the cities touch screen that displays every
function at any given point in time is worth gold it just works the size and the design of the loop
Tech Plus are awesome and as mentioned earlier it's only a third of the size of the loop Tech
Plus but let's use the universal measure of size a banana so you know now how big this this loop deck
CD device is and unless you've mix it up with one of these mini bananas so here's an apple just for
you to know like how big and thin the loop deck class is the size makes it the ideal tool to bring
on travels and you can use it anywhere where you would usually edit your photos and videos also on
your laptop with I use it on a plane I used it in the airport on my couch and since you may be
using it in public or when clients are around it's also dope that it's beautifully designed
with a solid and premium build quality so thumbs up for that the last thing that delighted me was
how versatile and easy to set up the loop deck CTS and you just plug it in and you're good to go it
comes with default workspaces for each supported editing program but as mentioned earlier you can
adjust it to your personal workflow at any time in the loop deck software specifically for video
editing there are few features that in my opinion just don't work intuitively on this panel and I
mean that's not surprising given its compact form factor and adaptability so for example if you want
to adjust curves in your color correction process you first have to hover over your cursor over the
specific spot on the curve you want to adjust before using the wheel to move it well the wheel
is certainly more precise the constant jumping back and forth between trackpad and wheel is a
little bit too cumbersome for me to use it on a regular basis and since we are talking about
color grading I mentioned earlier that you can use the touchscreen on the wheel to tweak the
colors of a color wheel after trying it for a bit I had to realize that it is not as precise as I
would have loved it to be and I defaulted back to the RGB knobs here that you can use for it
eternally and just to set the expectations right the CT is not fully replacing your mouse trackpad
or keyboard and neither's are designed to do that it is engineered to enhance your creative process
and make it more precise than other tools that are at your disposal and the other piece that could be
seen as a little hurdle is actually the price tag of $549 do you think it's well invested money yes
if you are someone who edits on a almost daily basis one hundred percent it would definitely
save you time and time is money eventually I can perfectly see the loupe tech CT being a great fit
for indie film makers youtubers smaller production houses wedding photographers and filmmakers
so overall the loot xct which by the way stands for creative tool does what it promises I've been
using it mostly to sort through my footage build a rough cut and navigate through the
timeline and also my favorite part to color great and I don't think there's anything comparable out
there in the market right now there's obviously pallet gear which plays in the same price and
size category and is super flexible with its modular design I personally haven't tried it
but it seems a little bit cumbersome because you have to memorize everything and then on the other
side you have black magic the king of their editing panels and definitely the Hollywood
standard which have incredibly powerful and incredibly expensive editing panels but they
also have a consumer-friendly version with the micro panel which retails at about thousand
twenty-five dollars and compared to the loop tech CT it's definitely not micro by no means so
I would argue that Blackmagic is actually going a little bit after a different market than the
cts so it's really great to see the innovation that's coming from this little Finnish company
and they are filling a gap between the really expensive and the rudimentary tools for editing
that are out there ok so now I would love to hear from you what do you think of the loop tech CD
is there something that could be useful in your editing workflow and are using an editing panel
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