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3/28/2012 3:03 PM

Our short and sweet blog post yesterday about switching to Avid MC6 for our broadcast work touched off a flurry of requests for yet more information on our decision. Folks want to know “what specific features did it have that the others didn’t.” “Can you break it down feature by feature, why you made the switch?” ”You seemed so gung-ho about Adobe early on in your switch.” Read More

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Mar

6 Films that Fueled the DSLR (R)evolution

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3/27/2012 1:54 PM

Our first blogger/filmmaker is Robin Schmidt. He is a great filmmaker, writer, and musician. His current personal project is a YouTube series called “Stenderz“, a weekly parody music video recapping that weeks episode of EastEnders, a soap opera on BBC One. I still have no idea what Eastenders is but I LOVE Stenderz, and look forward to seeing the how they pull of great productions every single week. Episode 9, The Katy Perry One went online last week and is arguably better than the original mus Read More

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Mar

Moving 2nd season and a new series to Avid Media Composer 6

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3/27/2012 1:37 PM

After lots of testing and comparing, we’ve made the decision to move two original series to Avid Media Composer 6. PBS series “This American Land” is starting up Season Two next week and in about a month or so we’ll be kicking off a new original reality series. Read More

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Mar

Adobe CS6 is coming soon. Buy now and save!

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HD AVCHD DSLR News and Sales Video Editing

3/26/2012 4:34 PM

Buy Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium® at Today's Low Prices & Get CS6 at No Additional Cost!
BUY NOW AND SAVE UP TO $1,000!

Attention Adobe Editors! Now is the time to make sure all of your existing software is up to date. Buy now to take advantage of significant savings and get upgraded to the new Adobe CS6 at no additional cost! Read More

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Mar

The Insider's Guide to NAB

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Video Editing Video Production

3/26/2012 10:31 AM

As Creative COW's associate editor, Debra Kaufman, is preparing to embark upon her 23rd visit to NAB Show, she shares some great advice for making your own trek a little easier. Read More

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Mar

Importing Canon C300 and MKIII Footage into Avid MC6

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3/26/2012 10:09 AM

Short tutorial on Media Composer 6.0’s quick AMA ingest for these new camera systems

Here are two quick tutorials by editor Dylan Reeve that will show you the simplicity of importing Canon C300 and Canon 5D MKIII footage into Media Composer 6.0. Watch below. Read More

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Mar

FFV SideKickHD now supports Avid DNxHD Codec

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Video Editing Video Production

3/22/2012 11:46 AM

FFV Now Offers Straight-to-Avid Editing Workflows for Avid® Users Through Support of Avid DNxHD® Codec

New sideKick HD™ and sideKick HD Studio™ Digital Video Recorders Enable Instant Import of Camera Footage Into Avid® Without Transcoding Read More

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Mar

Avid Nitris DX Hardware and Avid Symphony 6 Software Now Available at Videoguys.com

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News and Sales Video Editing

3/20/2012 12:48 PM

Avid Nitris DX Hardware and Avid Symphony 6 Software Now Available at Videoguys.com

Avid Nitris DX High-performance, dual link, customizable HD I/O and monitoring solution If you edit high-profile films, TV shows, or commercials for a living, you need a system that gives you the speed, flexibility, and confidence to take on anything. Customize and pair Nitris DX with Media Composer, Symphony, or NewsCutter, and you get the best I/O interface for working with HD, Panasonic AVC-Intra, RGB Read More

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Mar

Videoguys March Update

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Computer Hardware Video Editing

3/19/2012 2:23 PM

It's hard to believe that the winter is almost over and spring is around the corner! Over the past few weeks we've sent out a couple of Spotlight emails. Our 5% off coupon SOFT5 is active through 3/19/12 and you can use it for any purchase!

Check out the latest news, articles and guides on Videoguys.com!! Read More

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Mar

Hands on Mixing with an iPad – Avid Media Composer

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3/15/2012 11:25 AM

Now, Avid being Avid, the situation on Media Composer hasn’t been so easy. It was kind of driving me crazy as I spent much of the past year cutting on Avid again after a long time doing FCP job after FCP job. Every few weeks I’d troll the internet again looking for a way to do this; I’d re-read the Avid manuals and stare at all the menu options again and again to see what I’d missed. Media Composer 5.5 supports a few control surfaces – the Command | 8 , Euphonix Artist series, another Digidesign Read More

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Mar

Grass Valley EDIUS Helps Promote The Pink Floyd Sound

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3/14/2012 2:01 PM

“We are a band and enjoy playing, so I wouldn’t want the technology to slow us down or get in the way of our creativity. That’s what I love about the EDIUS system. It’s easy to use and allows me to work very fast. Then I can get back to playing music.”

Davide Stefanini, Guitarist & Video Editor Comfortably Numb Read More

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Mar

Sorenson Squeeze 8: Video Compression and Publishing Suite

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3/14/2012 12:38 PM

If you work with video, chances are that Sorenson Squeeze is one of your go-to items for compression and, as the hardware improves, it makes sense that the software moves forward with it. Sorenson Squeeze 8 brings performance without limiting you to making videos anchored to a desk. Getting your show on the road is what Squeeze 8 brings, because you can save your videos (with a high level of quality) to almost any device in a huge range of formats. Mobile quality must meet the demands of end-use Read More

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Mar

Videoguys Spotlight on Software: Upgrades and Academic Deals from Adobe, Avid, Sony, Grass Valley and more

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3/13/2012 3:46 PM

Why should YOU upgrade your video editing system and what is the best upgrade for you?

There are several reasons to upgrade your video editing system. Like most technological advances, the video editing systems available today are faster, more stable, easier to use, and capable of higher-quality then some of those made as recently as six-months ago!

Do you want to take advantage of the increased speed and productivity of today's 64-bit systems with more layers of video, realtime tra Read More

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Mar

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 for the Videographer

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3/12/2012 4:17 PM

Jeremiah is not much of a still photographer; his passion is in motion pictures, not stills. So a couple of years ago he saw Vincent Laforet's "Reverie" he knew that he would have to learn to shoot with a DSLR. He has found the process to be both fun and frustrating, expensive in some areas (priced a matte box lately?) and ridiculously cheap in others (reusable SDHC versus a case of tape). Read More

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Mar

Sony Vegas Pro 11 Advanced Editing Software Review

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3/12/2012 10:58 AM

Vegas Pro 11 is a welcome upgrade to this classic professional editing tool. Some software upgrades are about flashy new interfaces and sexy new features, and others have more to do with supercharging the engine under the hood in order to boost the overall performance. This past year, video editing tools have been working on the flashy side with support for working with 3D video, but the real focus has continued to be on the machinery - taking advantage of today's 64-bit architectures to work Read More

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