 Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that the eagerly awaited Matrox MXO2 is set to ship coincident with the opening of the 2008 International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) taking place September 12-16 at the RAI Center in Amsterdam.
Designed to streamline editing workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio on MacBook Pros and Mac Pros, Matrox MXO2 provides broadcast-quality input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion. Users can benefit from file-based workflows with XDCAM HD, an
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 The Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder software allows both Mac and Windows users to play Apple ProRes files through QuickTime. Apple ProRes is a visually lossless format that provides uncompressed HD quality at SD data rates. It is an excellent choice for mastering and can easily be transcoded to distribution formats like H.264. With new support for playback on both Mac and Windows computers, Apple ProRes can also be used for review and approval of Final Cut Studio sequences.
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 To sum up … Avid Media Composer 3 is a must update for Avid users. The speed alone makes it worth the price of admission. There are a number of upgrade options from early versions of Media Composer as well as Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Xpress DV. If you choose the download option there is also a download-able bundle of the 3rd party applications that come in the boxed version for $195. That’s worth it as you get Sorenson Squeeze and Avid FX, two applications that make the suite much more worthwhil
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 One of the most useful things I ever did as I began to master the Avid user interface was – I know this will be hard to believe – read the manual. Actually I read EVERY word of EVERY manual. The folks at the Avid Technical Publications department can confirm this, because I sent them many pages of corrections for which they sent me an actual one-of-a-kind “Deputy Tech Pubs” badge. Geeky? Yes. Should YOU actually read the manuals? Of course not! That’s what this series is intended to prevent!
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 Telestream, the provider of Flip4mac, Episode and FlipFactory content repurposing and workflow automation products, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of European-based Vara Software Ltd., a privately-held company. The acquisition adds the products, technologies and employees of Vara Software to those of Telestream, Inc., a privately-held US-based company. Vara Software brings successful, award-winning live production and streaming products to the Telestream product family. Th
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 Panasonic Broadcast announced today that new editing solutions from Avid Technology, Inc. offer import and native editing support for its AVC-Intra codec. The Avid® products supporting AVC-Intra include Avid Media Composer® software – Version 3.0; Avid Media Composer Mojo DX – v 3.0; Avid Media Composer Nitris® DX – v 3.0; Symphony™ Nitris DX – v 3.0; Avid NewsCutter® software – v 7.0; NewsCutter Mojo DX – v 7.0; and NewsCutter Nitris DX – v 7.0.AVC-Intra, the industry’s most advanced compressio
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 Wouldn't it be great to be able to push one button on your keyboard and instantly have your work environment reconfigured the way you like it for a specific task like capturing, sound mixing, color correction, effects work, etc?
And wouldn't it be great if at the exact same time that you selected a Toolset that other settings also became activated? For example, if you activated the Audio Mixing Toolset, wouldn't it also be great if at the same time your preferred Timeline View for audio mixin
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 Marrying Ease and Fun Together Version 12 of Pinnacle's popular Studio editing software offers 3 levels: Pinnacle Studio ($49), Studio Plus ($99) and Studio Ultimate ($129). Registered Studio users can upgrade to Plus for only $69 and Ultimate for $99. We tested the Ultimate version.
Pinnacle Ultimate 12 has lots of features that give you a big-time editor's look and feel, using templates and presets that add filters and effects without your having to do the math - good for beginners.
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 Avid Media Composer remains the standard package for the higher end of professional digital video editing. In the past, even the software-only version came with an astronomical price to match its professional image. This has prevented the application from filtering down to smaller independent videomakers, and Apple’s Final Cut Pro has been nipping at its heels.
Following a recent change of senior management, Avid has changed its policy. As part of the company’s new strategy, the latest versio
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 Seasoned Avid editors and those new to Avid are raving about the performance and handling of Media Composer 3.0. No other NLE taps into all of the power of your computer - multiple CPU cores and the GPU processing of your graphics card - to deliver an unprecedented level of real-time editing.
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 A complete, fully integrated hardware/software solution, PYRO A/V Link with Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 provides the best value and the best components for capturing, editing and exporting both analog and digital video in real time. PYRO AV Link with Premiere Elements 4.0 includes PYRO AV Link, an external box that connects to your computer via FireWire. With Composite, S-Video and Component connectors, capture video from any source.
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MediaCollege.com is a free educational and resource website for all forms of electronic media. Topics include video & television production, audio work, photography, graphics, web design and more.
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Avid Technology announced that it has been selected to implement an end-to-end editing workflow for NBC during the network’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Beijing, China August 8-24. This marks NBC and Avid’s fifth consecutive Olympic Games working together.
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Adobe CS3 Production Premium combines the latest versions of Adobe's video, audio, and design tools, allowing you to capture events directly to disc; work fast with precision editing tools; create blockbuster effects with Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional and Photoshop CS3 Extended software; create and match audio to your visuals with Adobe Soundbooth; and deliver content however your clients need it, whether on tape, DVD or Blu-ray Disc, the web, or mobile devices.
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five good, quick tips for all you seasoned and new editors to the software. These tips are not only good for the current version, but would be good for users all the way back to v. 5.5 of the original MC (and yes, I've been editing with MC for that long).
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