NEWS FEED
Conner Productions Launches
May 23, 2013, 3:45 pm
Conner Productions, a Video Post Production Company launches in order to deliver high caliber video editing effects to amateur and hobbyist Video Editors through easy to use templates.
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iStopMotion 3.1 Turns Computers Into Movie Sets
May 17, 2013, 8:29 am
* Stop motion animation is the easiest way to tell a story in a movie
* Screen Capture allows users to create stop motion animations or timelapse movies using screen content in programs such as Photoshop
* Export to Apple ProRes video format if codec is installed, allowing for direct import in Final Cut Pro® X without the need to transcode
* Bug fixes continue to improve overall functionality
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Sell Apple Motion Templates on June 2013
May 15, 2013, 8:51 am
MotionElements announces the launch of Apple Motion Templates in June 2013 to address the continued appeal of video templates and potential growth of the Apple Motion userbase. In preparation, Motion template Authors are invited to upload their works to MotionElements to take advantage of its online marketplace.
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Where to now? ...ProMax
April 17, 2013, 3:06 pm
What happens when the Apple Computer you have been using for several years begins to die. The power supply gives out or the motherboard stops working. Most people would say, just grab another mac off the shelf...
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PC vs Mac?
February 19, 2013, 12:41 pm
If you want to start a giant flamewar online, you can always count on three things: HDR, Canon vs. Nikon, Android vs. Iphone, and PC vs. Mac. Try as people may, there still seems to be this lingering mindset that there are big differences in performance/productivity/creativity in owning one versus the other. There is also a great amount of debate that circles when we switch from one to another. For the most part – I get it. We are creatures of comparison, and we love being in tribes.
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How to Edit a 14 Camera Shoot in Final Cut Pro X
February 11, 2013, 2:04 pm
In this video from LACPUG, editor and producer Bill Davis shows how to edit a 14 camera shoot using Multicam in Final Cut Pro X. Watch below.
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Apple's "disappointing" quarter... BUT!
February 7, 2013, 12:51 pm
In many of the financial press accounts of Apple's Q1 2013 results, the terms "disappointing" and "flat" were used to describe the company's performance. Well, as you can see in the graphic above from Statista, Apple's performance was far and away better than that of any other US company.
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When is a console not a console?
February 7, 2013, 7:25 am
I found the announcement of the ProcutX iPad control surface from Pixel Film Studios interesting. It allows control of FCPX from an iPad using a simplified user interface based on “High-end film editing consoles” including a jog/shuttle wheel.
Check it out at: http://www.redsharknews.com/post/item/422-when-is-a-console-not-a-console
ProCutX for iPad links with Final Cut Pro X
February 6, 2013, 3:45 pm
Final Cut Pro X is already a pretty great piece of software all on its own, but there might be some video gurus who wouldn't mind adding a little touch-based action to their current workflow. Here's where ProCutX comes in: the iPad app's claiming to give Mac vid editors a canvas where they can easily have access to many of FCPX's editing tools, including color grading and auto-correct, quick keywording, compound clip editing and import / export / rendering shortcuts.
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Apple tells reseller, new Mac Pro is coming
February 6, 2013, 12:00 pm
Following the news that Apple is to discontinue its Mac Pro line in Europe due to new regulatory standards, Apple is reportedly prepping a new Mac Pro product for spring 2013. The news comes from Apple reseller France Systemes (via Mac4Ever & Macg.co), an Apple Authorized Reseller and Certified Education Center in France with 17 years in the business, which claimed in a recent newsletter to customers that Apple has confirmed the discontinuation of Mac Pros in the country would only be temporary.
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