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My Best Product for 2010
BlogJanuary 6, 2011, 9:35 am
Put simply, Plural Eyes syncs up your rushes for you: you can use it to sync up mulitple cameras or sync a main camera to audio which has been recoded separately. Using the camera mic. as a guide track you can sync up wild sound to picture much easier than it ever was in the days in Nagras and mag-tape.
Check it out at: http://www.macvideo.tv/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=3255437&blogid=100140&olo=rss
Chinese New Year
BlogJanuary 6, 2011, 9:33 am
"Gong xi, gong xi" (yay, congrats) as my Taiwan-born friend wrote me. Michael Wiese Productions, my publisher, has informed me that, after months of negotiating, Film Editing: Great Cuts Every Filmmaker and Movie Lover Must Know will be translated into Mandarin. In the next 12-18 months I will have the translation in my hot little hands.
Check it out at: http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=3330
Wireless SATA interface aims to topple USB
Technology NewsJanuary 6, 2011, 9:29 am
USB has become the I/O method of choice for most users, thanks to the many creative ways it has been adapted (and it has become a terrifying security risk for network managers thanks to the creative way it has been used in threats like the Stuxnet worm). At CES the USB-IF organisation will demo an incredibly large number of new manufacturers who have rolled out SuperSpeed USB applications and devices since the specification was launched about a year ago at the 2010 CES. SuperSpeed USB.
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Digital Vision Acquires Image Systems
Industry NewsJanuary 6, 2011, 9:28 am
Post production solution provider Digital Vision has entered into an agreement to buy Image Systems, a specialist provider of image processing and motion analysis, in a cash and stock deal valued at approximately $7.2m. The $7.2m purchase price represents a multiple of 1.22x Image Systems revenue of approximately $5.9m. Digital Vision is funding the deal with about $3.6m in cash, with the balance being comprised of 344 million new shares of stock, also valued at around $3.6m.
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Digital Vision to Acquire Image Systems
Industry NewsJanuary 5, 2011, 3:28 pm
The acquisition increases Digital Vision's stronghold in the post production and restoration markets while creating new opportunities for growth with complementary products, distribution and vertical markets currently serviced by Image Systems. The acquisition is subject to approval at an additional shareholder meeting.
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iMovie for the iPhone and iPod touch 4
ArticleJanuary 5, 2011, 3:28 pm
As you know, the topic of this column is Final Cut Pro Insider, but every once in a while, I stretch the envelope and go off on a slight tangent. This month is one of those times, where I’m going to look at the video recording capabilities of my new iPod touch and video editing on the iPod with iMovie.
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Humour
Why are we all worried Apple will abandon Us
BlogJanuary 5, 2011, 10:31 am
There seems to be a constant panic among Final Cut Studio users that Apple is "going to abandon professional video" because it isn’t the first thing that Apple talks about at every press conference or event. But it shouldn’t be. Pro Apps are a relatively small – but highly profitable – division within Apple. True the focus is on iOS devices, which turns out to be a great thing for professional video because...
Check it out at: http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2011/01/why-are-we-all-worried-apple-will-abandon-pro-video/
Colorista 2: Feel the POWER!
BlogJanuary 5, 2011, 10:29 am
When I first started color correcting in FCP I used the built in 3-way color corrector. When it first was introduced in FCP 3, it is what first drew me to FCP. And I have been able to do quite a bit with it. But when Magic Bullet Colorista by Red Giant Software came out, and I was able to push the colors further than the 3-way...take things more to the extreme. And lately, while I have been glued to COLOR, there are many instances...
Check it out at: http://lfhd.net/2011/01/02/colorista-2-feel-the-power/
Useful Tools Pt. 2 - For Editors
BlogJanuary 5, 2011, 10:27 am
Here are a few more of the tools I use all the time. Please do comment any of your own tips..
Check it out at: http://cutlertv.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/useful-tools-part-2/