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jim
November 10, 2008 11:59 AM
Attention Final Cut Editors... Adobe Encore CS4 is the Only Blu-ray Disc Authoring Software for the Mac. This Workflow Report from Adobe shows you how to Create MPEG-2 Output Files for Blu-ray Discs with Adobe Encore in an Apple Final Cut Studio Workflow
As high definition (HD) has become the new standard for video, and Blu-ray Disc has won the high-definition format war for storing HD content, it's more important than ever to be able to author professional-quality Blu-ray discs. Included wit ( Read More)
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jim
August 4, 2008 1:53 PM
Videoguys' Top 10 Products of 2007 includes Adobe Production Premium CS3, Apple Final Cut Studio 2, Matrox RT.X2 with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and Encore CS3, Sony Vegas Pro 8, Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks & Colorista, Newtek TriCaster Studio, Pinnacle Studio 11 MovieBox Ultimate, Black Magic Intensity Pro, Pioneer BDR-202 Blu-Ray Disc Burner, Canon HV20 HDV Camcorder ( Read More)
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jon
May 13, 2008 11:24 AM
The feelings around this year's NAB Show were of apprehension, tension and excitement. With the announcements that first Avid, and then Apple had pulled out of the show, no one was really quite sure what to expect. When we hit the show floor on Monday it was a bit disorienting. No longer was Avid the first booth you saw in the South Hall, and nowhere to be seen where all the folks scurrying around the Apple booth. Instead, the show had a more open and even flow to it. While the traffic was defin ( Read More)
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matt
April 10, 2008 12:44 PM
Last spring we updated our DIY5 article to reflect the then latest round of Dual Core processors. Almost as soon as the article came out, we found ourselves bombarded with questions about Quad core CPUs. Back then you paid a pretty hefty premium for them, so we didn't feel it was necessary to build a DIY machine for Quad core. That pricing model held true until the end of last year, when Intel dropped the prices on their Quad core processors and made them just a slight premium over a Core 2 Duo. ( Read More)
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matt
February 20, 2008 1:50 PM
Edit-1-Media - Chris and Laura Randall have become known as one of the best high-end Event Videographers in the Seattle area. They currently shoot with Sony PD-170’s and rent Sony Z1U’s for HDV productions. They edit with the Adobe Production Studio Premium and Matrox RTx2 and RTx100 systems. ( Read More)
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jon
May 18, 2007 11:40 AM
One of the things I like best about NAB is the chance to see all the new hardware coming down the road for video editing and production. Over the past few years computers have become so powerful that we can edit DV footage extremely well with just software alone. With the move to HD the software can handle the footage, but it takes some extra hardware to get the job done right. This can be as simple as some additional storage, an I/O board or a hardware accelerator. At this years NAB there were ( Read More)
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jon
May 18, 2007 11:38 AM
This year’s NAB started for us on Saturday, April 14th, two days before the actual show opened! We spent our weekend attending dealer and user events for with our vendors. The advantage of these events is that you get to spend a good amount of time watching presentations about the road map and new products for each company. These meetings are very cool and they tend to set the tone for the coming week. While Adobe, Avid and Apple all had very exciting news to share, we walked away realizing tha ( Read More)
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matt
April 11, 2007 1:49 PM
As NAB2007 rolls around this April, we want to take the time and offer a DIY update article for you. Our DIY4 and DIY5 dual core machines are still an excellent recipe to follow. We still advise anyone planning on building a new machine (or having one built for them) to reference both these articles. We looked over the configs from those two articles and tweaked them a little, and then we re-priced them to reflect the most current pricing on the web. We ended up with 4 models all told. ( Read More)
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jon
January 18, 2007 11:46 AM
2006 was a transitional year for digital videographers. While we had several very new and exciting products, they were more evolutionary then revolutionary. In fact, my most revolutionary new product of the year isn’t even a video product. It’s the new Intel Core 2 Duo dual-core CPUs. With the introduction of these new CPUs, in both Apple and Windows computers, we are now getting an incredible level of CPU power and performance at very reasonable prices. With them we can take video editing and p ( Read More)
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matt
November 7, 2006 1:32 PM
Jake Giossi - Is one of the moderators in the Avid Xpress Pro and Avid Studio user forums. He has self-taught himself the skills and knowledge of video editing and production. In this article, Jake provides us with a summary of each part of the new Avid Studio Toolkit 5.6. ( Read More)
Posted by:
matt
November 1, 2006 12:01 PM
As NAB2007 rolls around this April, we want to take the time and offer a DIY update article for you. Our DIY 4 and 5 machines are still an excellent recipe to follow. We still advise anyone planning on building a new machine (or having one built for them) to reference both these articles. We looked over the configs from those two articles and tweaked them a little, and then we re-priced them to reflect the most current pricing on the web. We ended up with 4 models all told. ( Read More)
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jim
October 30, 2006 1:35 PM
Alex Alexzander - Alex has worked with non-linear editing software since 1996, and specifically with Avid for the last 3 years. He is an active member of the Avid Community Forums and co-founder of two Avid user groups, based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has published many how-to articles, primarily on the Creative Cow. He shares his experiences with the new Avid Studio Toolkit 5.6. ( Read More)
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jim
October 5, 2006 1:41 PM
Wes Cardone - Founder of W. Cardone Productions. Wes shares his story as a testament to how technology can help you create a truly professional DVD with just a modest budget. He uses the Adobe Production Studio to create professional videos & DVDs for the Encore Horse Trials. ( Read More)
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jon
May 23, 2006 11:43 AM
This year’s NAB show was very different from the last couple of years. Unlike the previous 2 shows, this year we saw a bunch of exciting new products that will be shipping within the next few months! That’s right folks, we’ve finally turned a big corner. We didn’t spend time looking at products we may sell in the future, we spent our time seeing products that our customers will be able to buy and use almost immediately. ( Read More)
Posted by:
jon
January 11, 2006 1:19 PM
2005 has been a very good year for Digital Videographers. We had some really magnificent new software, hardware and production tools come out that have all had a significant impact on producing video.
We've seen a bunch of new HD camcorders finally start shipping, and the NLE software guys are right on target with support for all of the new formats. In 2006 we anticipate Sony, Canon, Panasonic & JVC will be shipping several different HD camcorders each. Perhaps we’ll also see a couple of new ( Read More)
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