 Many of us have been editing with FCP for a few years now and were exited when Apple finally decided to re-write FCP from the ground up finally giving us a 64bit architecture, FCP only works on the Apple Mac so if you are intrenched as most of us are in the Mac platform the alternatives are AVID and Adobe’s Premiere Pro.
Sadly, Final Cut Pro has been haemorrhaging professional customers to AVID and Adobe since the introduction of FCP-10. Walter Murch reckons he has finally reached the end of
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 Here are some Holiday shooting tips to make your family videos more enjoyable to watch. (Holidays 2011 update - with Video Montage and new HD DSLR shooting Tips)
Each year around Thanksgiving we update and publish this guide. We've been doing it for over a decade. Today you can shoot video on not just a camcorder, but your iPhone or cell phone, still camera, webcam, or pocket size solid-state digital video cameras. No matter what you shoot with, you'll find the tips in this guide helpfull
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 Yes it’s true. Josiah has finally converted from a Premiere and FCP fan to an Avid maniac. Josiah loves this NLE.
Premiere and FCP pale in comparison to the speed, ease of use, intelligence, and incredible support that Avid. On top of all that About 90% of all of your favorite feature films and prime time television programs are all cut on an Avid system.
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 Avid Media Composer 6 began shipping last week after being announced just under a month ago. The release has seen quite a bit of press as it was teased back in the summer and a large part of that tease was letting users know what they could expect when this version came along. I haven’t had a chance to really pound MC6 as of yet since it just shipped but I have been kicking the tires on it for the last few days. Keep an eye on That Post Show for upcoming episodes all about MC6.
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 Hell froze over with Avid’s launch of Symphony 6, Media Composer 6 and NewsCutter 10. Not only are these the long-awaited 64-bit versions, but one huge feature is Avid’s new open I/O architecture, which permits full implementation of third party hardware. Simultaneously support was announced by Matrox, MOTU, AJA, Blackmagic Design and Bluefish444 for their popular capture cards.
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 Well I’ve been deliberating, experimenting and talking to other editors over which NLE to adopt following the launch of FCP-X. I’ve played with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 which is really easy to transition to from FCP as it has a similar interface and editing style. I’ve experimented with FCP-X, which is very fast but has so many missing features and forces you to work in ways I don’t always like
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 Today was the day for the Avid webcast where they announced a new version of Media Composer. Version 6 will ship on November 15 and may be one of the most important releases of Media Composer since … well version 5.0. Version 5 ushered in the big change that is the Smart Tools and caused quite a ruckus amongst old timers. Version 6 will see an updated interface.
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 We’ve got the purple kool-aid, and we’ve got the firehose: New. Avid. Releases.
Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can share with you dear readers a comprehensive list of what is new and groovy inside the latest offering from Avid. Like what you see? By far, the biggest news is the open I/O architecture. From day 1, virtually every release of Media Composer has relied on Avid branded I/O. And while this closed eco-system allowed for a high level of tight interoperability and thus incr
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 Over the past year the hard drive producers have been hit by a one-two punch that has them scrambling to find ways to produce enough hard drives to satisfy demand. Hard drives prices are expected to jump up by 20% or more over the next week, with no end in sight.
Back in March the Japanese earthquake and Tsunami created massive supply chain issues.
Then this October another natural disaster struck Asia. Thailand has been hit by massive flooding. Thailand as a country is the second-la
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 Hurry! Time is running out and so are supplies.
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 Award-Winning NLE Software Provides Comprehensive GPU Acceleration, NVIDIA 3D Vision Support and New Titling Technology
Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, today announced the latest upgrade to its Vegas™ editing technology. Vegas Pro 11 adds significant performance improvements to the award-winning NLE, courtesy of OpenCL™ and highly optimized GPU hardware acceleration for video processing and rendering. Vegas Pro 11 is the
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 Media Composer is Avid’s Non-Linear Editing (NLE) suite for video and film post-production. It’s one of the four heavy weights next to Final Cut Pro, Lightworks, and to a lesser degree Adobe Premiere. Media Composer is a total solution for editors: it has powerful video editing capabilities, but also powerful integrated audio tools, and even special effect capabilities.
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 Mac + Thunderbolt + MXO2 + Adobe, Avid or Apple = AWESOME!! The latest iMac, Mac Mini and Macbook Pro are now very powerful NLE platforms – for every level of video editing - even for professional post. With the addition of the new Thunderbolt hi-speed connectivity port, these machines will give you the ability to add the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices for professional workflows!
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 Crossgrade price will increase to $1,495 as soon as we sell-out! $995 Only While Supplies Last!!
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Are you ready to upgrade your Mac? If you're a Final Cut Pro editor in need of a new editing program. or a former Avid editor who made the switch to Final Cut and w
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 On 9/20/11 Apple released their first update to FCPX 10.0.1. While it shows some progress, it doesn't address the main issues and reasons so many Pros have left Apple for Adobe and/or Avid. Below is the original blog post, with new FCPX information added to reflect the latest information.
We first published our Options for Final Cut Pro owners back on June 6th. Two weeks before FCPX was released. We had high hopes for FCPX, based on the Sneak Peak at NAB, but as time wore on, and we heard
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