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May
1
Adobe vs. Avid vs. Grass Valley vs. Sony vs. Apple
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 5/01/2012 1:40 PM
What editing package do you use? What should I buy? Do I have to be an Avid editor to work on films? Is Premiere replacing Final Cut? I hear good things about Vegas. Should I try it? We hear these questions over and over. Read More
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May
1
Good, Fast & Cheap? Avoiding Some of the Pitfalls of Pro Video Editing
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 5/01/2012 12:05 PM
There’s an old saying, “if you want something done good, fast & cheap, pick two.” As video editors we often struggle to provide our clients with all three, minimizing the return on our time investment and costing us our sanity in the process! Read More
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Apr
5
How to Read a Vectorscope and Waveform Monitor
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 4/05/2012 10:46 AM
Once a new editor has learned the basics of editing video, there are a handful of tools that they should learn as they advance their skills. Oftentimes simple to grasp tools get left behind in favor of more flashy effects and filters. Today I want to talk about a couple of easy tools that will improve the overall polish of your video: the vectorscope and waveform monitor. While clicking around your editing software, you may have stumbled across these screens and quickly clicked away, intimidated Read More
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Mar
29
Does Cloud Video Editing Make Sense for Pro Video
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 3/29/2012 9:17 AM
It's hard to talk about software in 2012 without mentioning "the cloud". You've seen the ads from sofware vendors asking what your cloud strategy is? With all this hype, it's worth taking a look at the state of cloud video editing and the promise it could hold for Professional Video Editors. Read More
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Mar
22
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta available for download. It edits video too
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 3/22/2012 9:53 AM
Adobe have announced that the latest version of Photoshop, CS6 is now in beta and available for free download. Yes the interface has gone dark and yes it can edit video too. Read More
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Mar
19
Splice and Dice your Way to Better Video Editing
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 3/19/2012 2:07 PM
Video is, at heart, a highly artificial art form. Sure, a finished video looks natural, perhaps flowing so smoothly that even an experienced video creator finds him or herself starting to believe that the events on screen must have happened exactly as presented. But we all know that's not the case. It takes a million cuts and edits, so small and so quick that a viewer barely even notices them, to turn raw footage into the slick product you show to an audience. These articles will help give you t Read More
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Mar
9
Fix it in Post: The Top Six Unavoidable Video Disasters
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 3/09/2012 3:08 PM
You know why filmmakers and videographers always say “We’ll fix it in post“? Because there are some problems that you can’t avoid no matter how many years of experience you have behind the camera. You probably met these unwelcome guests the first time that you shot any video footage. And maybe you shrugged your shoulders and thought: Well, I’m just a beginner. I’ll learn to avoid these problems soon enough. Read More
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Feb
24
Videoguys' DIY9: It's Time for Sandy Bridge-E
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 2/24/2012 2:23 PM
March 2012 update with 3 recommended builds! You can mix & match components between the two DIY9 P9X79 builds (Hot Rod vs Videoguys' Choice). For those on a tight budget our DIY8 Sandy Bridge system based on the P8Z68 and i7 2600K processor is a fine choice. For our Videoguys' Choice DIY9 system we tried to get as close to $2K as possible for our system, but we went over. Read More
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Jan
30
The Future of Post Production — Post is Production
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 1/30/2012 12:17 PM
This last week was very eye-opening for me in a few ways. It’s not that any of these ideas are new to me; it’s just that I’m looking at them from a different viewpoint. Sometimes, you just take “facts” for granted. Sometimes you have epiphanies but you don’t give them all that much credence. I’m looking at these things anew. I’m “just” realizing the implications of this information and how it will really apply to me in my future and my future career path. Read More
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Jan
13
It’s More Than Just Words On The Screen – It’s A Message
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 1/13/2012 2:35 PM
Over the course of an edit session, you may spend hours or longer fretting over a number of edit choices. Tempo, music, colour tinting, which take to use…the list goes on and on. Let me throw in another decision that, whether you realize it or not, can have a huge impact on your project. Choice of font. Now, before you write this off as just a perfectionist nitpicking, have a quick watch of this video, then we’ll continue. Read More
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Jan
12
Top 5 Ways to Avoid Catastrophe in Production and Post
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 1/12/2012 9:40 AM
Before you lose it on set or fix it in post, follow these simple guidelines to keep everything moving smoothly It’s no surprise that rapid changes in technology and dramatic drops in budgets have forced many experienced producers out of their comfort zones and into uncharted waters. To make matter worse, networks and studios often still expect the impossible for a fraction of the budgets of years past. Read More
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Dec
14
HP EliteBook 8760w: A Notebook for Demanding Video Producers
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 12/14/2011 1:23 PM
Need a notebook for video or streaming production? Check out the HP EliteBook 8760w. This is one portable that can stand up to most single-CPU desktops on the market.

If you’re considering a notebook for video or streaming production, check out the HP EliteBook 8760w. In terms of capacity, graphics performance, screen readability, and overall throughput, it can dance with most single-CPU desktops on the market. Read More

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Dec
12
Rethinking NLE design
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 12/12/2011 10:39 AM
The launch of Apple Final Cut Pro X stood the editing industry on its collective ear. It also sparked some very interesting – and occasionally heated – discussions about what the design of a modern, nonlinear editing application really should be. NLEs that we all use today are a collection of terminology, tools, designs and workflows borrowed from different technologies. Read More
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Dec
9
Videoguys' DIY9 Sneak Peek: It's Time for Sandy Bridge-E
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 12/09/2011 3:14 PM
Over the past year Videoguys.com have taken some heat in some online tech forums and communities. We were very late to embrace the original Sandy Bridge processors and even when we did recommend one, it was with some caveats.

Videoguys now recommends the Sandy Bridge-E processor with X79 chipset! Read More

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Dec
2
For now, editing is a commodity and less a craft
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 12/02/2011 5:08 PM
fcp.co shared some tweets with Walter about CNN's layoffs due to the fact they can get reports from viewers with high quality consumer cameras for nothing. He's followed it up with this excellent article. We think Walter has expressed what a lot of editors have been thinking for a few years now, editing is now just a commodity. Many thanks to Walter for allowing us to reprint his article, we are sure it will spark off many good comments. Read More
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