Final Cut Pro freebies for a better edit experience By Mike Jones
It seems no matter how mature and complex creative software tools become, particularly non-linear editing systems, there always seem to be the extra things you find yourself wishing for. The technology trickle-down effect has seen enormous changes over the past decade where the tools that were once the sole domain of high-end turn-key systems - with appropriate astronomical price-tags - are now stock standard.
...Read More »
Australian conservationist and adventurer Malcolm Douglas By David Hague
Conservationist, adventurer and raconteur Malcolm Douglas is well known to most Australians and many overseas via his Channel 7 films on Australia and the stunning Kimberley in particular. David Hague took a spin through Broome recently and caught up with Malcolm for a chat.
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Steve is back - and with new iPods!
Steve Jobs stepped back into the spotlight for the first time in nearly a year on Wednesday, drawing a standing ovation before unveiling new and cheaper iPods for Apple Inc.
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Apple updates Final Cut Studio
Apple has updated its Final Cut Studio suite of professional creative applications with more than 100 new features, as well as new versions of its Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color and Compressor applications.
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Apple refreshes MacBook Pro line By John Virata
Apple, Inc. today introduced a refreshed laptop line starting with the MacBook Pro line that starts at $1199 for a 13-inch MacBook Pro with 2.26 Core 2 duo with 2GB RAM, 160hard drive and a SD card slot, the first for an Apple notebook. The top of the line 17-inch model ($2499) features 4GB DDR3 memory, a 500GB hard disk drive, and NVIDIA 9400M or a 9600M GT and an ExpressCard slot.
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Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots from Stardust and DDB Chicago
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" created by Stardust debuted on May 10 during high-profile U.S. primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely.
...Read More »
Stardust Delivers Ice Breakers Spot for ArnoldNYC
Under the direction of EVP and senior creative director Sig Gross and his colleagues from ArnoldNYC, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a colorful spot for Hershey Canada's Ice Breakers Mints.
...Read More »
Graeme Nattress By Heath McKnight
I've known Graeme Nattress, creator of Nattress Filters for Final Cut Pro, Color, and Motion, for a few years now. He has helped me with technical questions (he's one of the smartest people in the world when it comes to video and computer-related tech), we've had conversations about the future of digital filmmaking, and he's just an all-around great guy.
...Read More »
Keying virtual backgrounds for "Hellevator" By Heath McKnight
In the past two to three years, I've been relying more and more on using green screen and chroma keying for my film and video work. After working with visual effects (FX) artists, I began to realize there is nothing complicated when using software to key virtual backgrounds and sets in.
...Read More »
Yosemite National Park. . .in High Definition 3D By John Virata
While 3D films have been around since at least the 1950s, the technique of creating 3D movies gets revisited quite often. Back in the mid 1990s at SIGGRAPH in New Orleans, Sony showed a 3D film at one of its after hours parties at the Aquarium, to the delight of all who were invited to screen it. At this year's NAB trade show in Las Vegas, all the major camera manufacturers were showcasing 3D displays and some had 3D camera demonstrations in their booths.
...Read More »
Shooting under the (Communist) radar in Shanghai By John Virata
While China has become an economic powerhouse, imposing its will in virtually all aspects of the global economic and political spectrum, it remains a communist country. And as such, making movies, and more to the point, gathering footage in China can be a challenge.
...Read More »
AJA Video Systems debuts Ki Pro at NAB
At NAB 2009, AJA Video Systems was showcasing its new Ki Pro video transcoding/recorder that records files to Apple's ProRes 422 Codec straight from virtually any video camera. Priced at $3995 and expected to ship in June 2009, KI Pro provides virtually instant access to Apple's 10-bit full raster ProRes codec straight from the camera. What Ki Pro essentially does is eliminates the need to re-render video footage to a format that Final Cut Pro understands. Once the footage passes through Ki Pro, that footage can be dropped directly onto FCP's timeline.
...Read More »
Under Armour "Instinct Fast" Spot from Shilo
The filmmakers from creative production company Shilo recently directed and produced a dramatic new spot for senior creative director Marcus Stephens, art director Brian Boring and brand manager Colin Clark, the in-house creative team of performance apparel originator Under Armour (NSYE:UA). The national :30 ad, in which New York Mets All-Star shortstop and base-running phenom Jose Reyes introduces Under Armour's new Heater lightweight baseball cleat, debuted in Texas last month and recently began airing in the Northeastern U.S.
...Read More »
64-bit Performance White Paper: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium
Modern production workflows benefit tremendously from applications such as Adobe CS4 Production Premium that are architected and optimized for 64-bit operating systems. HD workflows can show 50% to 200% speedup moving from 32-bit with 4GB of RAM to 64-bit with 16GB of RAM
...Read More »
Introducing the Red Bull Big Tune Webisodic Series and BET TV Special
Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is very proud to detail its opening titles and custom graphics package created for the Red Bull Big Tune documentary webisodic series, and for the forthcoming Big Tune Documentary Special set to air in April on BET.
...Read More »
Managing Media: Adobe CS4 Metadata Part 2 By Mike Jones
Soundbooth had a shaky start to life, seemingly being designed as an audio 'tweaker' specifically for those who know nothing about audio production (Flash and website designers seemed to have been the primary demographic). Subsequently the original Sb 1.0 was a hobbled, simplistic, under-powered waveform editor. Adobe already have in place the superbly powerful Audition (built on the firm foundation of Sytrillium's Cool Edit Pro which Adobe acquired a few years back) and so the place of Sb seemed to be only for those who weren't brave enough to open Audition.
...Read More »
Managing Media: Adobe Metadata: Part One By Mike Jones
The most profound shifts in creative technologies can often be distilled to distinct keywords; idea-terms that encompass a range of tools, techniques and technologies. In the current age of digital software suite packages, that keyword is Metadata.
...Read More »
C4DTeam Studios - Italy (English) By Vladimir Vaslijevic and Ko Maruyama
Recently, we had the opportunity to speak with Paolo Lamanna and Pasquale Lanzieri from C4DTeam. Just like so many startup design/animation studios around the world, they find themselves working on all kinds of animation.
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Bluetooth headsets have become more and more popular throughout the years and now more and more cell phones have been able to take advantage of this technology. In this review we'll be looking at a brand new Bluetooth headset from iTech, the SolarVoice 908, one of the first solar charging headsets on the market.
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Thank goodness you're a pack rat! You know, have to grab, keep everything that flies by...ok everything except that report or news item or YouTube yuck you saw last week and now desperately need. Can't find it it save your behind. And still you don't have enough storage...there are new worlds to conquer, new worlds to destroy or take home with you. Don't worry Flash will always be there for you Dale!!!!
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On this Veteran's Day 2009, as we honor those who served and gave their lives for America, there are stories about man's best friend being told by those who fought alongside their "War Dogs of the Pacific." Most Americans have no idea that dogs were trained to sniff out the enemy during World War II, 549 to be exact fought with the U.S. Marines on Guam, Saipan, and other battlegrounds of the Pacific Theater.
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Did you hear? Microsoft is releasing a new version of Windows - should you buy it? Windows 7 is here. In this article you will find out if Windows 7 is worth the wait and whether or not you should upgrade. Or is Windows 7 just another Vista?
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Diana's Top 10 Final Cut Pro 7 Features #6 - Apple ProRes Formats
Apple ProRes is not new to Final Cut Pro 7. It was introduced in Final Cut Pro 6. But with FCP 7, the ProRes family has been expanded to include 3 new-and extremely useful-formats.
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Final Cut Pro freebies for a better edit experience
It seems no matter how mature and complex creative software tools become, particularly non-linear editing systems, there always seem to be the extra things you find yourself wishing for. The technology trickle-down effect has seen enormous changes over the past decade where the tools that were once the sole domain of high-end turn-key systems - with appropriate astronomical price-tags - are now stock standard.
...Read More »
Australian conservationist and adventurer Malcolm Douglas
Conservationist, adventurer and raconteur Malcolm Douglas is well known to most Australians and many overseas via his Channel 7 films on Australia and the stunning Kimberley in particular. David Hague took a spin through Broome recently and caught up with Malcolm for a chat.
...Read More »
Steve is back - and with new iPods!
Steve Jobs stepped back into the spotlight for the first time in nearly a year on Wednesday, drawing a standing ovation before unveiling new and cheaper iPods for Apple Inc.
...Read More »
Apple updates Final Cut Studio
Apple has updated its Final Cut Studio suite of professional creative applications with more than 100 new features, as well as new versions of its Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color and Compressor applications.
...Read More »
Apple refreshes MacBook Pro line
Apple, Inc. today introduced a refreshed laptop line starting with the MacBook Pro line that starts at $1199 for a 13-inch MacBook Pro with 2.26 Core 2 duo with 2GB RAM, 160hard drive and a SD card slot, the first for an Apple notebook. The top of the line 17-inch model ($2499) features 4GB DDR3 memory, a 500GB hard disk drive, and NVIDIA 9400M or a 9600M GT and an ExpressCard slot.
...Read More »
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots from Stardust and DDB Chicago
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" created by Stardust debuted on May 10 during high-profile U.S. primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely.
...Read More »
Stardust Delivers Ice Breakers Spot for ArnoldNYC
Under the direction of EVP and senior creative director Sig Gross and his colleagues from ArnoldNYC, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a colorful spot for Hershey Canada's Ice Breakers Mints.
...Read More »
Graeme Nattress
I've known Graeme Nattress, creator of Nattress Filters for Final Cut Pro, Color, and Motion, for a few years now. He has helped me with technical questions (he's one of the smartest people in the world when it comes to video and computer-related tech), we've had conversations about the future of digital filmmaking, and he's just an all-around great guy.
...Read More »
Keying virtual backgrounds for "Hellevator"
In the past two to three years, I've been relying more and more on using green screen and chroma keying for my film and video work. After working with visual effects (FX) artists, I began to realize there is nothing complicated when using software to key virtual backgrounds and sets in.
...Read More »
Yosemite National Park. . .in High Definition 3D
While 3D films have been around since at least the 1950s, the technique of creating 3D movies gets revisited quite often. Back in the mid 1990s at SIGGRAPH in New Orleans, Sony showed a 3D film at one of its after hours parties at the Aquarium, to the delight of all who were invited to screen it. At this year's NAB trade show in Las Vegas, all the major camera manufacturers were showcasing 3D displays and some had 3D camera demonstrations in their booths.
...Read More »
Shooting under the (Communist) radar in Shanghai
While China has become an economic powerhouse, imposing its will in virtually all aspects of the global economic and political spectrum, it remains a communist country. And as such, making movies, and more to the point, gathering footage in China can be a challenge.
...Read More »
AJA Video Systems debuts Ki Pro at NAB
At NAB 2009, AJA Video Systems was showcasing its new Ki Pro video transcoding/recorder that records files to Apple's ProRes 422 Codec straight from virtually any video camera. Priced at $3995 and expected to ship in June 2009, KI Pro provides virtually instant access to Apple's 10-bit full raster ProRes codec straight from the camera. What Ki Pro essentially does is eliminates the need to re-render video footage to a format that Final Cut Pro understands. Once the footage passes through Ki Pro, that footage can be dropped directly onto FCP's timeline.
...Read More »
Under Armour "Instinct Fast" Spot from Shilo
The filmmakers from creative production company Shilo recently directed and produced a dramatic new spot for senior creative director Marcus Stephens, art director Brian Boring and brand manager Colin Clark, the in-house creative team of performance apparel originator Under Armour (NSYE:UA). The national :30 ad, in which New York Mets All-Star shortstop and base-running phenom Jose Reyes introduces Under Armour's new Heater lightweight baseball cleat, debuted in Texas last month and recently began airing in the Northeastern U.S.
...Read More »
64-bit Performance White Paper: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium
Modern production workflows benefit tremendously from applications such as Adobe CS4 Production Premium that are architected and optimized for 64-bit operating systems. HD workflows can show 50% to 200% speedup moving from 32-bit with 4GB of RAM to 64-bit with 16GB of RAM
...Read More »
Introducing the Red Bull Big Tune Webisodic Series and BET TV Special
Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is very proud to detail its opening titles and custom graphics package created for the Red Bull Big Tune documentary webisodic series, and for the forthcoming Big Tune Documentary Special set to air in April on BET.
...Read More »
Monkeyhead Delivers Feature, TV Titles for Tanner Hall's "The Massive" from Red Bull Moving Images, Trainjump Entertainment
Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is proud to showcase its latest artistic endeavors: the opening titles for Red Bull's "The Massive" feature film starring seven-time X Games gold medalist skier Tanner Hall and his fellow all--stars from the world of extreme skiing, and a second opening title sequence for the forthcoming "Making Of: The Massive" TV series.
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Managing Media: Adobe CS4 Metadata Part 2
Soundbooth had a shaky start to life, seemingly being designed as an audio 'tweaker' specifically for those who know nothing about audio production (Flash and website designers seemed to have been the primary demographic). Subsequently the original Sb 1.0 was a hobbled, simplistic, under-powered waveform editor. Adobe already have in place the superbly powerful Audition (built on the firm foundation of Sytrillium's Cool Edit Pro which Adobe acquired a few years back) and so the place of Sb seemed to be only for those who weren't brave enough to open Audition.
...Read More »
Managing Media: Adobe Metadata: Part One
The most profound shifts in creative technologies can often be distilled to distinct keywords; idea-terms that encompass a range of tools, techniques and technologies. In the current age of digital software suite packages, that keyword is Metadata.
...Read More »
C4DTeam Studios - Italy (English)
Recently, we had the opportunity to speak with Paolo Lamanna and Pasquale Lanzieri from C4DTeam. Just like so many startup design/animation studios around the world, they find themselves working on all kinds of animation.
...Read More »
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