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Sept
15
Avid Announces New Ongoing Crossgrade Offer for Final Cut Pro Users
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 9/15/2011 9:09 PM
Due to the tremendous response from the professional editing community for its current Final Cut Pro Crossgrade promotion, Avid® today announced that beginning October 1, 2011, it will offer a Final Cut Pro crossgrade price for qualified customers on an ongoing basis. The new crossgrade will allow Final Cut Pro users to purchase the industry’s leading professional editing solution, Media Composer®, for $1499 USD—making the benefits of fast, open, collaborative workflows more accessible than eve Read More
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Jul
14
Reviewed: Class on Demand – Avid Media Composer for Final Cut Pro Users
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 7/14/2011 11:12 PM
It’s already helped me make a quick transition.

With the recent release of Final Cut Pro X from Apple, it became quickly apparent that my facility was not going to be able to adopt the new software from them. This coupled with the fact that Apple has completely slaughtered their line of pro apps, it was clear that Final Cut Pro in general was a thing of history for us. Read More

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Jul
5
Matrox MXO2 Mini with Max and Avid Media Composer
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 7/05/2011 11:59 PM
MORE THAN JUST INEXPENSIVE HD MONITORING FOR AVID MEDIA COMPOSER - LIGHTNING FAST H.264 ENCODING TOO!

Avid's support of Matrox MXO2 Mini was the talk of NAB and IBC 2010, giving Media Composer users a very inexpensive HD monitoring solution. But that's not the only benefit Matrox products offer Avid users. Matrox MXO2 Mini with the built-in MAX H.264 encoding accelerator option lets you deliver H.264 files for the web, mobile devices, and Blu-ray at speeds up to five times faster than softwa Read More

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May
10
7 Quick Tips for More Efficient Editing
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 5/10/2011 9:49 AM
Editors are always being asked to do more in less time. But the answer isn’t to just work faster; we need to find ways to work more efficiently. Sure It helps us meet deadlines, but more importantly, working efficiently gives us more time for creative exploration.

Here are 7 quick tips to make you more efficient: Read More

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Apr
23
Avid Media Composer 5.5
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 4/23/2011 7:27 AM
Avid was first out of the gate in the run-up to NAB with its release of the Media Composer 5.5 update for this flagship NLE product line. Avid Media Composer 5.5 (and the associated Symphony and NewsCutter versions) marks a continued openness starting with the release of Media Composer 5.0 last year. That release demonstrated a major retooling, which drew mixed reviews from veteran Avid editors. The most recent version, 5.0.3.8, is very stable and has been tweaked to adjust the behavior of some Read More
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Apr
4
Kicking the tires on Avid Media Composer 5.5
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 4/04/2011 2:36 PM
It was a few weeks ago that Avid shipped another update to Media Composer, this time moving 5.0 to 5.5. It wasn’t the huge update that we saw in 5.0 but it continues to add features and bug fixes across the application. I’m guessing that since this was a smaller release Avid chose not to use NAB as the announcement/release for the upgrade (NAB is next week!) rather they’ll be showcasing it through out their booth. I was able to preview the upgrade before the official release and it felt quite st Read More
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Mar
29
Videoguys Insider News Update - March 2011
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 3/29/2011 2:07 PM
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NAB2011 is around the corner. The big trade show takes place April 10th-14th in Las Vegas. We'll be there checking out the hottest new technologies and looking for n Read More

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Mar
24
PluralEyes for Premiere Pro CS5 (Mac) reviewed
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 3/24/2011 2:21 PM
If you ever record dual-system audio or multiple camera angles without synchronized timecode, you’ll wonder how you ever survived without PluralEyes added to your editing software. Users of Premiere Pro CS5 for Mac who are aware of PluralEyes for other editing programs will be happy to know that a version of PluralEyes is now available for their preferred app too. This article will go over PluralEyes’ general features and then illustrate the specific workflow used with Premiere Pro CS5 compared Read More
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Mar
23
Getting Familiar with the AJA IO Express
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 3/23/2011 10:13 AM
I got my hands on an AJA IO Express and so far I am loving it. As I have explained before, I decided to go with a the 17 inch MacBook Pro for my home editing system because I usually work in other offices where Mac Pros are provided. The AJA IO Express is a great upgrade for my system. It’s takes it up a step or two in terms of making me feel like I have a complete system on the go or in the office. So far I have used it with Avid Media Composer 5.5 (seems that my H.264 AMA media is a bit more s Read More
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Mar
21
Avid 5-5 AMA & Exporting AAF Now Works
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 3/21/2011 9:13 PM
A little less than a year ago, I reviewed the new Avid Media Composer v5 software. Buried in that otherwise good review…at the bottom of the review…I mentioned that even though AMA was cool and nice, you couldn’t export an AAF or OMF from a project that contained AMA material. Read More
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