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3/12/2010 4:17 PM

The VX-9 is a plastic-cased LED monitor which has maximum versatility through the inclusion of every possible I/O option. Up to this point, all LED monitors included component video inputs as well as SD options such as composite or S-Video. From that point, users could opt for those standard I/O’s and either SDI or HDMI. The VX-9 includes both SDI and HDMI. Note that there is a single SDI channel both in and out (loop through) while it only accepts HDMI in. Read More

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Mar

Focus Enhancements FS-H200 & FS-H200 Pro

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3/08/2010 2:41 PM

The workflow of today centers on tapeless acquisition. Yet we must remember that it was Focus Enhancements—through its FireStore Direct To Edit products—that led the way to tapeless acquisition even when everyone was exclusively shooting tape.

In short, the FSH units are wonderful devices for a format that is being superseded. The FS-H200 and FS-H200 Pro should be part of any HDV shooter's toolkit. For the $300 difference, the Pro adds some nice features, but even the $895 original unit pro Read More

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Dircect to Edit DTE Focus FS-100 FS-5 FSH-200 FSH-200 Pro

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Cool Gadgets HD and HDV Video Editing

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Mar

EZQuest Thunder RAID eSATA/USB 2.0 Portable System

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3/04/2010 1:15 PM

Macworld buying advice (4 mice)

The Thunder RAID eSATA/USB 2.0 Portable System is great for multi-stream video playback. The multiple RAID configurations give it an available degree of fault tolerance and reliability. At around 26 cents per gigabyte, we find the Thunder RAID well worth the few kinks we experienced during our RAID reconfigurations. Read More

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EZQuest RAID storage Thunder

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Mar

Videoguys Training and ESD Software Savings Spectacular! VASST's The Full HD book FREE with purchases over $200

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News and Sales Video Editing

3/01/2010 2:43 PM

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Feb

Creatvie Cow tries out the new MC Color controller from Euphonix

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2/25/2010 3:27 PM

In this article Walter Biscardi, Jr. tries out the new MC Color controller from Euphonix.

Apple Color has brought a powerful color enhancement tool to the masses much like Final Cut Pro did for editing when it was released. What was once possible with only a high end hardware based system, like daVinci, was now in the hands of anyone with $999 who purchases Final Cut Studio. What has finally started to appear on the landscape are reasonably priced hardware controllers that emulates the same Read More

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Color Colorista Euphonix FCS3 MC Color

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Feb

Sorenson Squeeze 6

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2/22/2010 2:42 PM

This is the dawning of the age of compression. Consider this: you produce an HD news story in 1080i; then you need to deliver an uncompressed version for broadcast, a compressed version for the station's Web site and a highly compressed version for iPhones and other handheld devices. Read More

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Feb

10 Vegas Pro techniques for power editing: Q & A

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2/19/2010 9:46 AM

The Vegas Pro Webinar, 10 Vegas Pro Techniques for Power Editing, now up and available for on-demand replay. This is a fantastic resourse for Vegas pro users of every level.

Sony has posted some fantastic Vegas Pro tips and tricks on their website. Here they are some for you to enjoy: Read More

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Feb

Matrox MAX Technology Revolutionizes H.264 Encoding Workflow at BrightDawn

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2/18/2010 2:58 PM

"The Matrox MAX technology has revolutionized our workflow. Our camera crews typically would record to tape or FireStore drives using our Canon HV20/HV40, Sony PMW-EX1, and Panasonic HPX500 camcorders. They would then ship the tapes or drives back to our facility where staff would transfer the footage to Final Cut Server. It would take us a day just to see it, then another three or four hours to add all the metadata so the editors could get to work. Once the editing was done we would output from Read More

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Compress HD Compressor CS4 FCS3 Final Cut Pro HDMI Matrox MAX MXO2 MXO2 Mini ProRes

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Feb

Euphonix Ships new MC Color Grading Surface

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2/18/2010 10:59 AM

Euphonix, a world leader in large-format digital audio consoles, media controllers, and peripherals for over twenty years, has started shipping MC Color, a color grading surface that offers unmatched control and integration with Apple’s Color 1.5.

The slim-line MC Color attaches to the Mac via Ethernet, and features high-resolution optical trackballs, trackwheels, displays, encoders and a host of programmable keys to speed up and enhance the Apple Color workflow. Read More

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Color Euphonix FCS3 MC Color

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Feb

Sorenson Squeeze 6 Reviewed

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2/16/2010 10:54 AM

Stand-alone compression tool to automate your work and package projects with advanced options - now with integrated delivery online, notifications, and review and approval process. Read More

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Feb

Some Olympic stats.

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2/16/2010 9:00 AM

The Olympics are in many cases, multiple Superbowls or World Cup events being staged at the same time. What does it take to produce all this?

Well, some stats being passed around on the production reveal it’s a huge undertaking, and I’m sure these stats don’t account for everything because those crews that come in always have to retrofit the stuff built out to “make it work right.” Read More

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HD NBC Olympics Vancouver

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Feb

Ideas for the Apple iPad in post-production

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2/08/2010 11:06 AM

With Apple’s announcement of the iPad there’s been tons of articles, tweets and blog posts about this upcoming piece of hardware. There’s also been tons of ink spilled about just how this little device could be useful in the filmmaking process as well, some right here on this site. I had decided not to write anything at all about the iPad since pretty much everything had already been said. But I got to thinking how this device might integrate more with the post-production side of the filmmaking Read More

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Adobe Apple Avid CS4 FCS3 iPad MC4

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Feb

The ikan V5600 Travels To The Colombian Dry Forest

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2/04/2010 3:57 PM

Director/Producer/Cameraman Federico Pardo used the ikan V5600 Deluxe Kit during the production of the documentary COTTON-TOP. In the following essay, Fredrico describes the challenges of shooting in the treacherous jungles of Colombia and how the ikan V5600 performs in the harshest of conditions. Read More

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7D Canon ikan V5600

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Feb

Time Lapse Video Secrets: HD and Beyond with your Digital Camera

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2/04/2010 10:06 AM

You already know that your digital camera has higher-than-HD resolution -- even higher than film res sometimes -- and the pictures can look amazing. It turns out that your still camera actually works better than an HD video camera for creating gorgeous time-lapse photography. Marco Solorio tells you how to put it all together. This article focuses on Adobe After Effects, but it works the same for many other applications. Read on for details. Read More

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5D Adobe After Effects Canon CS4 DSLR

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Jan

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