 “Sorenson Squeeze 8 empowers Avid customers to edit, encode and publish high quality video content more efficiently and effectively across any platform or device. Avid’s expansion of our long-time partnership reinforces Sorenson Media’s brand as the most respected name in the video encoding and transcoding market.”
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 Have you upgraded to Sony Vegas Pro 11? Use these tips to get the most out of the new features.
1. To deliver a high-quality video file for posting on sites like YouTube, Vimeo, or your own website, render to the MainConcept AVC format and use the Internet HD 1080p template.
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 If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this industry over that past 20 years is that no matter how much I think I might know what new technology is coming around the corner, the fact is, there’s always a few surprises when new stuff actually is announced.
Last Thursday (November 3, 2011), there were three major announcements from industry players, in this order: Avid, Canon and RED. To my surprise, none of the announcements played out as I would have expected. This is neither good or bad, it ju
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 Got FCP? Got Kona or Decklink or MXO2?
Crodssgrade to Media Composer 5.5 for $995 (while supplies last) and register before Nov 15th to get a FREE upgrade to MC6!!
Videoguys.com took advantage of a special purchase opportunity that allows us to offer Apple Final Cut owners the "crossgrade" to Avid Media Composer 5.5 for just $995 while supplies last and a FREE upgrade to the new Avid Media Composer 6. Here's how you can take advantage of this last chance offer:
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 Key Features Include Native RED Epic and AVCHD Support, ProRes Encode/Decode, and 4:4:4 DNxHD
Avid announced a new "Media Composer family" today, with a fresh 64-bit code base underlying Media Composer 6, Symphony 6, and NewsCutter 10. Key features in this update include an expansion of Avid's AMA, which now supports native AVCHD, native RED Epic, ProRes encode and decode, and a new DNxHD 4:4:4 codec. Support for Avid's Artist Color hardware interface has been beefed up, and Pro Tools roundt
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 With few buyers for the professional-grade Mac Pro and the onset of Thunderbolt technology that can help address their needs, Apple has little reason to continue selling its pricey machine
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 Dave Newman asked Shane Ramirez, our editing manager here at Media Design to relate his thoughts on the new Adobe Premiere Pro platform vs. our old version of Final Cut Pro (7). I asked him which platform he would be using for his latest project, since he was trained originally on Final Cut, and his answer was Premiere Pro CS 5.5, and with his comments, we can perhaps determine why.
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 Hurry! Time is running out and so are supplies.
Crossgrade from your exisiting NLE software at these discounted prices now thru 10/31!
Fantastic deals when you crossgrade to Adobe Production Premium & Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Sony Vegas Pro and Grass Valley Edius!! Save even more when you bundle you crossgrade with I/O hardware, storage, Blu-ray and more!!
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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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 Special program allows users of competitive applications to upgrade with little investment to the fastest, most format flexible HD editing platform in the industry
Grass Valley™ has announced that, as part of a special competitive upgrade promotion, users of Apple's Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, and Avid's Media Composer can now upgrade to EDIUS® 6 nonlinear editing program for just $399. That's 50 percent off the regular price.
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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!!
Avid Media Composer 5.5 "Crossgrade" Bundles
for Apple Final Cut Editors are Still Available at Videoguys.com
Your choice Avid Media Composer 5.5 Crossgrade with either Matrox MXO2 Mini or Glyph GTO62E 4TB for just $1,495!!
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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 We're getting a lot of calls and questions about our latest DIY recommendations - and requests for a DIY9 build! We've also been participating in some very hot discussions an the Adobe and COW forums about this. I wanted to put this article together to give some insight into why we pick the components we do and what our overall DIY NLE workstation philosophy is.
The bottom line is this. You need a balanced system for best results. Too much of one area at the expense of another hurts perform
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 Vegas Pro 11 was announced at IBC in September and is an exciting and much-anticipated upgrade to the cornerstone in Sony Creative Software's (SCS) media production line. There are some important changes afoot and in this review we're going to take a look at what's new, what's changed, what's missing, and whether or not you should upgrade from your current version.
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