 The 4.1 updater for Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder are fairly critical updates for the CS4 user. If you are using the CS4 Production Premium Suite, After Effects also has a new updater, 9.02. Below are some of the major changes in these updates. I’ve also listed some of the various bug fixes for Premiere Pro and After Effects. Take the time to scan the list.
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SUMMARY: "Swiss Army Knife" I/O device that allows for many different workflows from production to post. Can be used for live capture, monitoring, capturing and printing to tape. New software also supports a wide variety of up, down and cross conversion.
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 Offers further RED® camera compatibility, Avid interoperability and external hardware support fixes.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 version 4.1 provides a host of updated compatibility that advances Adobe’s leadership in enabling open, flexible post-production workflows, including improved interoperability with RED camera and Avid software workflows. The new version of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 is now available via the Adobe updater and from adobe.com at no charge for customers of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4,
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 Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox CompressHD™, the first implementation of Matrox MAX™ technology in an H.264 accelerator card for the Mac, is now shipping. Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for mobile devices, the web and Blu-ray discs. By using specialized hardware acceleration, jobs are finished with amazing speed and system resources are liberated for other tasks.
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 Don't settle for an HDMI and analog I/O card with messy cables when you can get all the features and more in a professional breakout box with Matrox MXO2 Mini. This sleek little device for Mac and PC also gives you the added advantage of portability. You can take it with you wherever you go. Use it with a laptop or a desktop system and your favorite applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop, and many more.
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 I spent four days at NAB last month, and this month I’ll describe what I learned in the key areas that I follow. In the first installment, I’ll describe camcorders and the editing market; in the second batch encoding, disc reproduction, and that all-important “other” category. Note that I didn’t meet with every company in every space, so my goal isn’t to be comprehensive. Rather, I’ll pass along what I learned and saw, and when appropriate, direct you to other resources to complete the picture.
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 Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO2 Mini1, a new version of the award-winning Matrox MXO2 I/O device is now shipping. Matrox MXO2 Mini can be used with Mac and PC laptop and desktop systems and popular applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop, and many more. It provides capture via HDMI, analog component, S-Video, and composite. Users can convert standard definition videos to high definition, or vice versa, while capturing or playing out, u
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 This will probably go down as one of our most successful NAB shows ever! We've picked up several new lines, the most significant one I can tell you about is AJA, but we will have more exciting news to share with you as the spring heads into summer. We also saw the launch of a new product line-up form Matrox, giving them affordable HD I/O devices at every price/ user level. Sony announced a new version of Vegas Pro (version 9), but the even bigger news was Vegas getting more attention and support
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 Welcome back to our presentation of how HP’s new Intel Nehalem-based workstations compare to older workstations when rendering from Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4). Briefly, in the last installment, I detailed the tests that I performed, and discussed the results for DV and HDV source materials. This time out, I present the results for DVCPRO HD, AVCHD, and Red and share how the Z400 and Z800 performed with Hyper-threaded Technology (HTT) enabled and disabled.
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 In the last few years, the makers of NLE plug-ins have become increasingly ambitious trying to pack in more capability and speed at a lower cost. In fact, some plug-ins have outgrown their host NLEs and employ interfaces of their own to provide maximum control over very complex tasks.
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 Filling a void for a true professional video card on the Mac platform, NVIDIA on Monday announced plans to begin shipping its Quadro FX 4800 ultra-high-end solution for the Mac Pro in May.
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 At NAB Adobe Systems changed the entire future of the scriptwriting game, profession and preproduction. At the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) conference in Las Vegas, Adobe announced “Adobe Story” a new collaborative scriptwriting tool for film, broadcast, and rich media.
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 COD’s latest production tutorial focuses on how to conduct interviews for the camera. The track was originally developed by Holtz as a presentation for trade shows after he realized it was a topic no one had really covered in depth. “Doing an interview is more than just setting up the camera and lighting a person properly,” says the COD president and CEO. “Whether you’re doing it for television or Web delivery, it’s your responsibility as the producer to prompt great answers from your subject.”
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 The NEW! Vegas Pro 9 interface provides a fully customizable workspace for accomplishing a wide range of production requirements. Dock multiple windows and save layouts to fit certain tasks; nest Vegas Pro projects within the timeline, design and save keyboard commands, and use application scripting to automate repetitive tasks. System-wide media management produces maximum efficiency. Network rendering saves time by using multiple computers and networked drive arrays to render complex projects.
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