 There are three constants in life—death, taxes, and oversized workstations. Why are workstations so large? They need breathing space for their powerful components, which could overheat if they aren’t cooled properly. As a result, no one had successfully designed an all-in-one workstation. Apart from squeezing everything into what is essentially the back of a monitor, there’s this vexing problem of how to disperse the heat. If the components are just inches from your face, you would have to liste
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 Affordable HDMI/analog video and audio I/O with Matrox MAX for Lightning fast H.264 encoding!
Not only does Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX give you affordable HDMI and analog video and audio input and output for your favorite editing app, it also turbocharges your H.264 encoding for deliveries to the web, mobile devices, and Blu-ray – all in a convenient, portable breakout box.
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 Clay wrote this originally for lafcpug in 2010.
Here is the updated version for Premiere Pro CS6.
1. Change your Scratch Disk.
By default, Scratch Disks follow the Project. (Users/Documents/Adobe/PremierePro)
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 WOW! It's hard to believe that May is here and that the NAB show was a full month ago! If you haven't read it yet, you definitely want to go over and check out our NAB 2012 Reflections Article. The industry is changing, and we go over some of the biggest shifts that have occurred and are ongoing.
Adobe CS6 is here!
Avid Symphony 6 for only $995!!
New Low Prices on G-Tech G-RAIDs!
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 by PNY Mail-in Rebates!
NewBlue Titler Pro for Avid, Adobe, Edius,
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 Asking a freelance director of photography about the codecs of their Panasonic cameras is like asking a mechanic about the engine of a car. Be prepared for a long technical answer. All you need to know is why a certain codec is important and correct for your shoot. Panasonic currently has two often confused codecs: DVCPRO HD and AVC Intra. The third codec, AVC Ultra, is to be released next year.
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 If you've been a fan or customer of Videoguys over the years, then you know that our go to recommendation for external video storage are the G-Tech G-RAIDs. G-RAIDs are stylish, external RAID devices that have unsurpassed reliability and performance. They attach to your Laptop or Workstation via eSata, USB2 or Firewire 800/400. G-RAIDs have been our top recommendation since they were first introduced and we awarded it Top New Product in 2004.
The G-Tech GRAID 4th Generation keeps up their
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 It takes well over a year to design, execute, deliver, and ensure the proper implementation of the roughly 5,000 or so assets it takes to get a CS release out the door (we’re already thinking about CS7). Along the away, there are innumerable institutional, technological, and political hurdles to overcome. It can be daunting, but we do everything we can to get it made with as few design compromises as possible.
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 NVIDIA Quadro 4000 by PNY Mail-in Rebates!
PNY has just launched a mail-in rebate program for the NVIDIA Quadro 4000 by PNY graphic boards. You can save an additional $60 on the Quadro 4000 for Mac by PNY ($799 - 60 = $739 after rebate) or $50 on the Quadro 4000 for PC by PNY ($799 - 50 = $749 after rebate). Videoguys recommends the NVIDIA Quadro 4000 by PNY for your NLE workstation running Avid (Media Composer or Symphony), Adobe (CS5, CS5.5. or CS6) or for power users who need the highest
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 Since its beginnings in 2002, Red Giant has become an increasingly important maker of visual effects software. The Beaverton, Oregon-based company publishes a range of different apps for filmmakers, broadcasters and other moving media creatives.
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 Crews Control University is a series of educational seminars on new technology, equipment, or software. The most recent Crews Control University was held at the Crews Control offices, and a couple representatives from Abel Cinetech gave demonstration of a vast array of mobile recording device. Mobile recoding devices are recording devices that attach to a camera and can record different formats, codecs, resolutions, and other options.
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 Dennis Kutchera went to Vegas with a goal - to be tantalized by the new colour-grading options - in essence, to cheat on his beloved Avid. What happens in Vegas, this time, comes back with some great stories.
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 We've been very active over the past few months in LinkedIn group discussions. There are several really great groups with very knowledgable professionals participating. Some of the groups you can find us in include Video Editors, Digital Video Editing, Adobe Premiere, Creative COW, Avid, EDIUS professional users, Film TV Professionals, Post Production Professionals, FCPUG Netwrok Community and Final Cut Pro Video Editing. What I like so much about Linked In groups is that they tend to be filled
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 Overall, with the release of CS6, Adobe have delivered us an awesomely powerful set of tools, with many useful, time-saving and creative features that far surpass what many other 'software suites' offer. The wheel has not been re-invented here, but the tyre's been upgraded, the rim strengthened and the alloy very much pimped! (Ed: please...no more metaphors!) Here at Fraktiv - and through our new venture at geebeebee media - we're already putting CS6 through its paces on several more edits
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 Adobe is making a big play for Final Cut Pro users with their CS6 release of Premiere Pro. It’s vastly improved over the Premiere Pro of old and is a lot like Final Cut Pro. There’s even a keyboard shortcut layout for Final Cut Pro users. But it is a totally different application than our old Final Cut friend and some things you’re used to in Final Cut Pro either aren’t there or just work differently. Figure out the differences and work with the changes as Premiere Pro CS6 is a great application
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 I know what you all are asking yourselves: “What did Shane edit that NAB wrap-up video with?” Plenty of you asked on Twitter, and I know you WOULD have asked on my blog in the comments…but I offered up the information before you could. Because I knew you’d ask.
So yes, I used Adobe Premiere CS5.5 to start the edit…mainly the inputting and organization part…and pulling the selects I wanted to use.
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