EditShare Ships New Ark Update

January 31, 2012, 08:32 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/13654.html

New interface and expanded tape library support offer users more archiving options and comprehensive automation for EditShare tiered storage and tapeless workflows...

Introduction to Artvark Studio

January 31, 2012, 08:31 AM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/11114/introducti...

As a creative professional I am continuously on the lookout for new contacts concerning my field of interest while being on the job (painting, videoproduction and music creation or sound editing) in a free creative modus, working by my own artistic routines, most of the time without any temporal pressure, deadlines etc, because in...

Last week in After Effects

January 31, 2012, 08:28 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ryoung/stor...

Open-Door Policy: Avid's Media Composer 6

January 30, 2012, 03:09 PM

http://www.dv.com/article/115662

Avid made the jump to 64-bit in November with its mainstream Media Composer 6, Symphony 6 and NewsCutter 10 software. This highly anticipated release includes 10 cornerstone features: 64-bit code, Open IO, ProRes integration (Mac only), Avid Marketplace, AMA support for AVCHD, a new DNxHD 444 codec, expanded stereo 3D tools, 5.1/7.1 surround mixing, Avid Artist Color control surface support and a modernized user interface. Avid has made significant architectural...

Mastering Replicators A tutorial w/M.Spencer

January 30, 2012, 03:07 PM

http://www.fcp.co/motion/tutorials-for-apple-motio...

Ripple Training have just published their latest tutorial, this time Mark Spencer takes on replicators in Motion5. A 15 percent off coupon code for FCP.co readers too!

FCPUG Changes Name to Creative Pro Users Group

January 30, 2012, 03:05 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=8433

Final Cut Pro users may have come to Friday's eleventh-annual SuperMeet in San Francisco under the Apple banner but they left with a very different identity. SuperMeet co-producers Dan Berube and Michael Horton (seen on stage, above) announced that the long-time user group... which has significant and influential chapters in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Boston and Europe, would now be known as the more generic Creative Pro Users Group (CPUG).

The Entertainment Industry Is Large and Growing...

January 30, 2012, 03:01 PM

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2012/01/the-entertai...

Strange how facts don't match the rhetoric. The Entertainment Industry Is Large and Growing… Not Shrinking. Actually this is no surprise. The traditional players – RIAA and MPAA – keep complaining about how their "industry" is shrinking, but in fact...

4K in the Home not OK

January 30, 2012, 12:45 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/freshdv/sto...

There's a nice, ranty article over at CNET entitled "Why 4K TVs are stupid" that talks about 4K TV's in the home, and coming marketing push from manufacturers. In the article, they summarize the mathematical reasons why our limited human eyes can't resolve the 4096x2160 resolution offered by 4K TVs, in average home viewing conditions. It got me looking for more info on this topic...

FCPX Plugin : Moods

January 30, 2012, 10:47 AM

http://www.aotg.com/techblog/2012/01/30/fcpx-plugi...

Noise Industry has released a new plugin for FCPX. They are well known for producing great plugins such as FXFactory Pro and StereoTool box 3D.This time they have released a new plugin for creating various color looks, and grading called Yanobox Moods. Moods can be used in Apple's FCPX, Motion, and Adobe After Effects...

Creating Motion Graphics with AE Hidden

January 30, 2012, 10:44 AM

http://masteringfilm.com/creating-motion-graphics-...

Another selection of "hidden gems" (and essential advice), this time from Chapter 24 of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. We're going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few "hidden gems" from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus...