 Glyph Production Technologies’ PortaGig 62 is a portable RAID data storage system. This diminutive unit (123mm W X 92mm D X 43mm H) is the offspring of Glyph’s larger desktop RAID, the GT 062E. The unit’s all-metal case contains two 2.5-inch hard drives (made by either Seagate or Hitachi) and is available in a variety of speed/size configurations:
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 As a video professional you need an editing platform you can rely on to connect to anything, anywhere; work with your favorite apps; and deliver high-quality video to all the devices your viewers and clients use - the web, mobile devices, Apple TV, Blu-ray discs, even tape. The award-winning Matrox MXO2 devices have you covered. You get highly-reliable, broadcast-quality video and audio input/output and HDMI video monitoring with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility as well as 10-bit realt
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 Along with the PCPer HWLB its self, you can also head to the PCPer Hardware Leaderboard forum! This forum is where you can discuss my selections and offer your own suggestions. It is also the place for you to talk about the new system build you are working on even if it's NOT based on anything here.
Our Dream System remains mostly unchanged from last month, the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z sports an NF200 chip which makes dual 16x SLI a possibility. A pair of XFX HD 6970 2GBs provide you wit
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 When Apple called a hurried press conference at this year’s NAB Broadcasting Conference in Las Vegas there was the usual feeling of excitement over an Apple announcement but also a question over the impromptu style of a major editing product launch – the announcement had to be to do with the next version of Final Cut Pro. When FCP X was finally shipped a couple of months later and received so badly by so many professional editors Apple’s editing competitors must have felt that their moment had a
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 Whether you're making the switch or just adding Adobe CS5.5 or Avid Media Composer 5.5 to your editing system you'll be happy to know that the Matrox MXO2 Hardware is "Triple-A rated" and Now Supports Apple, Adobe & Avid!
The Matrox MXO2 Mini with MAX was the FIRST I/O device recommended by the big 3 NLE vendors Apple, Avid and Adobe and the only one that gives you faster then real-time H.264 encoding! That is why we say Matrox MXO2 family of products are AAA rated. No other hardware compa
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 Clay wrote a version of this for FCP 7 last year in 2 parts that is on the La FCP Users Group site. AS FCP 7 is EOL and I am working mainly with Premiere Pro and Avid these days, I decided it was time for an update.
1. Set your Project Location & Scratch Disk when you create a new Project.
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 Since the beginning of Final Cut Pro Xmageddon (or should it be FCPXpocalypse?), I’ve been looking to see how the other post production software vendors would respond. It’s not often that a large corporation such as Apple would make itself so publicly vulnerable about a popular product. I believe the opportunity is there due to Apple’s long standing “no talkie to anyone from the public or apparently anyone who is editing a current film or television show and instead talks through trainers and wr
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 By working together, Intel and Apple were able to bring to market Thunderbolt, a new, high-speed I/O technology that offers bi-directional, dual-channel, 10Gb per second performance using a single cable. It is a dual-protocol technology, working with PCI Express and DisplayPort devices.
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 Mac users prepare to usher in a new generation of connectivity via Thunderbolt or dabble in USB 3.0 via third-party cards. PC vendors add USB 3.0 ports. Still, the majority of users are currently relying on storage connectivity via FireWire, USB 2.0 or eSATA. Furthermore, the ever-decreasing cost of storage, the ever-increasing need for capacity brought about by solid-state workflows and the demand for ever-increasing throughput due to higher-data-rate video formats make RAID a necessity.
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 WOW! It's been a crazy summer so far and things are just starting to heat up! Apple, Adobe and Avid are creating so much excitement and news in the NLE world.
A couple of weeks later and FCPX continues to frustrate professional editors, while offering exciting new technology and performance to others. You can follow all of the FCPX articles, reviews and discussions from all over the internet on the Videoguys blog
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 OSX 1.0. The $200 reduction in price for iPhone. iOS 3.0's buggy first release. The end of 99 cent songs. iTunes. App Store developer agreement changes. Antennagate. And now, Final Cut Pro X.
I could go and on and on about all the times people have suddenly boiled over in rage at Apple for the decisions they have made. It's actually kind of stunning to me the level of emotional vitriol that is leveled against Apple when they make a mistake,
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 was busy as hell for the early part of last week, crashing together a 30 minute doc. The footage for the programme was shot and delivered on a mixture of cameras and formats including HDCAM (tape), XDCAM HD (disc), an HDSLR (clips on hard disc). The tape and disc footage was captured into the edit system's direct attached local storage from one of a rack full of bloody expensive HDCAM and XDCAM decks (ingested via HD-SDI for audio/video, RS422 for timecode and deck control) and encoded using a
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 Let’s cut to the chase – Final Cut Pro needed to be re-written. It needed to be 64-bit, it needed to be Cocoa (esoteric, but basically that means it would have access to all the good stuff in the latest versions of Mac OS X, rather than being stuck with 2007 technology). It probably needed a more up-to-date user interface, though with 2 million existing users, that was bound to cause an uproar.
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 No, that title is NOT a snide or sarcastic remark. That’s an honest Thank You to Apple.
In 2000 when I opened the doors to Biscardi Creative Media my realistic three options for an NLE were Avid, Media 100 and Final Cut Pro. Obviously I went with Final Cut Pro in large part because of the cost, though it still cost me almost $30,000 to build an entire suite from nothing. I have proceeded to use that tool right up until today, some 11 years. What Apple did over that time was to rely on thi
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 New G-CONNECT Supports Five+ Devices, Wirelessly Streams up to Five Movies at Once, While Providing Shared WiFi Internet Access for a Hotel Room, Conference Room, Dorm, Office or Home. Now You Truly Can Take All Your Content with You and Access it from Multiple Devices!
Known for delivering premium external storage solutions engineered to meet the needs of the Apple Mac® community, G-Technology by Hitachi today introduced its G-CONNECT™ wireless storage solution, the first in a family of pro
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