MPEG-2 basic training, part 2

November 6, 2011, 05:43 PM

http://broadcastengineering.com/infrastructure/mpe...

Is MPEG compression your friend? Of course, the answer to this question is that MPEG compression is your friend, unless it's not working properly. When that happens, it's our job to make it friendly again. This "Transition to Digital" tutorial continues the discussion from the preceding mid-October "Transition to Digital" tutorial about monitoring and evaluating MPEG-2 streams.

Improving FCP X

November 6, 2011, 11:28 AM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/impro...

A short while ago I started a thread at Creative COW entitled, "What would it take?" My premise is that Final Cut Pro X has enough tantalizing advantages that many "pro users" (whatever that means) would adopt it, if only it had a few extra features. I'm not talking about turning it into FCP 8. I think that’s pretty unrealistic and I believe Apple is going in a different direction. The point is that there...

I Can Do My Job Better Than You

November 6, 2011, 11:25 AM

http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2011/i-can-do-my-job...

The proliferation of inexpensive cameras and post-production tools in the last decade has resulted in a lot of jacks of all trades. It also has increasingly led us to focus on the the technology as if it is some magic bullet. Art Adams has written a great article on the subject at ProVideo Coalition...

Bluefish444 Announces Future Support For Avid

November 5, 2011, 10:33 AM

http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/2011/11/04/bl...

Bluefish444, manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards, has announced future support Avid Media Composer 6, Symphony 6 and NewsCutter 10 through its high-quality SDI I/O, available on Windows and Mac.

Thought Equity Motion and Avid Form Partnership

November 5, 2011, 10:32 AM

http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/2011/11/04/th...

Thought Equity Motion, Inc., a leading provider of video platform and footage licensing services, has announced a partnership in which the company’s footage licensing and cloud-based storage services are integrated into the latest edition of Avid’s flagship editing systems, Media Composer version 6, NewsCutter version 10 and Symphony version 6.

CoreMelt Complete V2 2.5 now supports FCP X, Motio

November 5, 2011, 10:31 AM

http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/2011/11/04/co...

Designers of filthy fast effects for editors with better things to do. CoreMelt‘s mission is to design the fastest visual effects plugins possible, so creative editors like you can have a life away from the screen. Coinciding with the release of CoreMelt plugins on FCP X and Motion 5, CoreMelt has bundled an extra 8 new plugins into the package.

Using Markers to Log Footage

November 5, 2011, 10:30 AM

http://www.larryjordan.biz/tips/tip333.html

The first thing to keep in mind is that all editors hate to log footage. The process is both time consuming and depressing. Anything that speeds this up is a good thing.

The new Avid Media Composer 6

November 5, 2011, 10:28 AM

http://neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-avid...

Just after the Canon EOS C300 announcement came the announcement by Avid on their new Media Composer 6 editing software. New interface but not radically new Fully 64bit so better use of RAM and faster performance especially for large projects.

An Epic Shopping Spree

November 5, 2011, 10:24 AM

http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2011/an-epic-shoppin...

So is there anything that the C300 does better than the #Scarlet, which is half the price and higher-res? -Jonas Hummelstrand on Twitter. This was the common meme on Twitter after the Scarlet launch, but just like the Sony F3 is the same price as a RED One assumption – it's really not true. If you're [...]

Adobe really is open

November 5, 2011, 10:24 AM

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