Review: Apple’s new Mac Pro and FCPX 10.1

January 22, 2014, 04:22 PM

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By Brady Betzel The day I was offered the opportunity to review the new Apple Mac Pro was one of the best days of my life as a reviewer. One day when I was a kid, my dad brought home some very large boxes — it was my family’s first computer, an Apple IIGS (the […]

Saving for Retirement

January 22, 2014, 04:21 PM

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The easy answer is, "As much as possible." The more nuanced (and realistic?) answer might be this:

PROMISE Technology Celebrates 25 Years of Innovati

January 22, 2014, 10:49 AM

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PROMISE Technology Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation in the Storage Industry MILPITAS, Calif., and HSINCHU, Taiwan, January 22, 2014 Building on its commitment to developing high-performance, customer oriented solutions, PROMISE Technology Inc. celebrates 25 years of innovation and leadership in the storage industry. Founded in San Jose, California by CEO James Lee, PROMISE has transitioned from a storage component designer and manufacturer to one of the industrys leading developers of st...

The Basis of Video Compression

January 22, 2014, 06:01 AM

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Driving Plates and Composites

January 22, 2014, 06:01 AM

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Driving Plates is a Premiere Pro tutorial by Eran Stern that uses Artbeats driving plates as backgrounds for composites of actors driving a car. Driving plates (also known as process plates, car plates, or vehicle plates) are POVs shot simultaneously from multiple angles, and sold as individual clips or as sets.

Get HitFilm 2 Express for free - HitFilm.com

January 22, 2014, 05:58 AM

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FXHOME is giving away the full version of HitFilm 2 Express, its hybrid video editor and visual effects software. The free download, worth $149, is only available until February 4th, so grab the download and get started on your own blockbuster movies.

This week’s #PostChat: reprogramming your muscle

January 21, 2014, 07:54 PM

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By Randi Altman Some people might argue that social media has made interaction less personal. But I don’t think anyone who participates in the weekly PostChat conversation on Twitter would take that stance. Wednesday nights from 9-10pm EST (6-7pm PST), a group of industry pros gather to follow #PostChat and talk about tools, techniques, trends […]

EditShare qualifies Mavericks for its shared stora

January 21, 2014, 02:43 PM

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Boston — EditShare is now offering Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) compatibility for all its shared storage, Flow media asset management and Ark archiving and back-up products. EditShare (http://editshare.com) customers using Mavericks with Avid Media Composer 7.0.3 and 6.5.4.1, Final Cut Pro X 10.1, and Pro Tools 11.1 can connect to EditShare shared storage systems via Thursby’s […]

Oscars nominations highlight Quebec talent

January 21, 2014, 02:42 PM

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Quebec's film scene is in the international spotlight after the 86th annual Academy Award nominations made several nods to Quebec talent.

Blog: The future of post — one man’s vision

January 21, 2014, 01:45 PM

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By Lucas Wilson Content is exploding, yet production and post production is crumbling. Those two statements put together make no sense if you’re stuck thinking about the market in the terms we all grew up with. The world of tentpoles and episodic television is doing what markets do: maturing, automating, and flowing to the lowest […]