Avid Upgrades Media Composer Yet Again, to v. 5.5

February 18, 2011, 10:42 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=5708

When talking software I think of new versions in two ways: updates and upgrades. Updates are more like the smaller "dot" releases that take a piece of software from version 2.0 to 2.0.1 or 2.1. Then there’s upgrades that move a full version from 2.0 to 3.0. Somewhere in between there’s upgradey-updates that move from, say, 5.0 to 5.5. Plus there’s the determining factor of what major features are added. The more and bigger they are, the more likely the release can be thought of as an upgra...

MANAGING CORDS WITH OFFICE SUPPLIES

February 18, 2011, 09:03 AM

http://lfhd.net/2011/02/18/managing-cords-with-off...

Simply brilliant... (Credit goes to ToksterJokester over on digg.com)

HPA Tech Retreat 2011 Day 3

February 18, 2011, 09:01 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/awilt/story...

Day 3 (by my counting; HPA calls this Day 2, because Tuesday’s Super Session doesn’t count) covered LTO-5, LTFS, IMF, HDSLR, OLED, FIMS, SOA, SLA, monitors vs. displays, file-based mastering, Hollywood in the cloud, and Disney restorations.

Why we want Final Cut Pro rewritten to Cocoa!

February 17, 2011, 09:34 PM

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2011/02/why-we-want-...

AlphaDogs Completes Online Edit Work on Discovery

February 17, 2011, 09:32 PM

http://www.videography.com/article/103094

Burbank-based AlphaDogs recently completed online editorial services for 10 episodes of Desert Car Kings, a new reality show for Discovery that follows the restoration process of classic vehicles as they are rebuilt for auction. The series airs Wednesdays on Discovery.

Avid 5.5 new features and what they mean to you

February 17, 2011, 09:31 PM

http://www.michaelkammes.com/avid/avid-5-5-new-fea...

Avid has unveiled the latest update to their editing suite family: Media Composer & Symphony 5.5, as well as DS 5.5. Below are some of the biggest features to the Media Composer and Symphony 5.5 releases.

WORKING WITH STILLS

February 17, 2011, 09:30 PM

http://www.elskid.com/blog/working-with-stills

Most people who read this blog are crossover stills people, this is your world, and you'll almost certainly want to incorporate stills into your films at some point. I have a love hate relationship with stills in video. Mostly hate, it has to be said, and I've spent the last two days artfully managing my still assets form a short film a client asked me to produce. I'll often be asked to create videos from the most random selection of materials, in multiple formats, often without any moving...

Avid Updates Media Composer, NewsCutter and Symph.

February 17, 2011, 09:28 PM

http://www.videography.com/article/103068

Avid has introduced new versions of its flagship editing systems—Media Composer version 5.5, NewsCutter version 9.5 and Symphony version 5.5—in response to customer requests for increased third-party hardware support, enhanced "in the box" functionality, and more open, collaborative workflows with added control integration and format flexibility.

AJA Io Express Supported by MC5.5

February 17, 2011, 09:27 PM

http://www.videography.com/article/103054

At Broadcast Video Expo 2011, AJA Video Systems announced support for Io Express in Avid Media Composer 5.5 and Avid NewsCutter 9.5. AJA Io Express delivers a portable, cost-effective video I/O solution offering high quality HD/SD capture, monitoring and output in Avid Media Composer 5.5.

TV Corner Pinning

February 17, 2011, 03:21 PM

http://library.creativecow.net/rofrano_john/Sony-V...

Map media to a specific area on a moving object using Boris Continuum Complete's Corner Pin filter in Sony Vegas Pro.