After Effects Apprentice: Creating Transparency

March 24, 2011, 01:24 PM

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Although there’s always exceptions to every rule, one way to distinguish between them is the way a project is built: Editing projects tend to be arranged horizontally, cutting between different scenes over time; motion graphics projects quite often are arranged vertically, with multiple elements - including footage, text, and other graphics - appearing on screen at the same time.

ProVideo Coalition And NAB

March 24, 2011, 01:23 PM

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As the market prepares for the annual excursion to Las Vegas for inland sushi dinners, bright lights, loud slot machines and more video gear in one place than all three major networks combined...PVC will be ready to cover all the action.

Getting Going with Encore 2: Creating Menus

March 24, 2011, 10:31 AM

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In this second tutorial on Adobe Encore, Andrew Devis shows how to create both a standard menu from templates that ship with Encore as well as how to create a menu background based on your own image from a sequence in Premiere Pro.

3D Video Editing Technology for Android

March 24, 2011, 08:46 AM

http://www.schubincafe.com/2011/03/23/3d-video-edi...

HomeofAndroid.com reports that to go along with a suite of HD editing tools for Android which has been released last month, muvee Device Solutions Group launched 3D video editing for Android. As we know, muvee DSG is the pioneer and leader in video editing for mobile devices since it previously provided video editing for Symbian from Nokia.

Digital Production Buzz — March 24, 2011

March 23, 2011, 06:07 PM

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HEADLINES: Better ways to buy stock footage, a look at the new Nucoda, transfer files faster and safer, and an NAB preview — all this, plus Buzz Shout-outs!, on this week’s show!

The Fastest Connection To Your PC Experience

March 23, 2011, 06:06 PM

http://nlesystem.net/wp/?p=1990

Freddy’s Big List of Relevant Avid Links

March 23, 2011, 06:04 PM

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During my 11 years of working as Tech Support at Avid Sweden I have been continuously maintaining links for the most common and relevant questions regarding Avid Support, Video Tutorials, Downloads, Installation, Licensing, Compatibility, Workflows and Documentation.

Thunderbolt: Everything You Need To Know

March 23, 2011, 06:02 PM

http://nlesystem.net/wp/?p=1981

Formerly called Light Peak, this new way of connecting displays and peripherals is so much faster than its predecessors, it will probably take over as the preferred way to hook up drives, monitors and many other devices to Macs and PCs for the next few years. Here’s everything you need to know:

CS5 Tips and Tricks

March 23, 2011, 11:32 AM

http://www.videoguys.com/Blog/PL/0x65c13476b044a25...

Adobe recently published (with the help of Richard Harrington) a new collection of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium tips and tricks. This document was created to support DSLR workflows with Creative Suite Production Premium, but there are tips in here that are of use to just about everyone.

ProxyMill - the encoder that can encode...

March 22, 2011, 07:52 PM

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I don’t do a lot of XDCAM work. Before the Canon revolution it seemed there was a lot more Panasonic HXV200 shooting than XDCAM in my market. But that recently changed as two Sony EX-1 projects came on board. As I was figuring out workflow for the first time I was researching the best way to get the media to ProRes for a Final Cut Pro edit. It seemed it was a two step process: re-wrap the original media to XDCAM .mov files and then convert those to ProRes.