Final Cut Pro: Video Scopes Tutorial

This tutorial video originally appeared on an episode of the Mac Pro Podcast. Feel free to bookmark, share, or embed on your site. Click Here to view the video in a pop up player. Click “Read More” for entire transcript. Technorati Tags: apple, HD, howto, mac, tutorial, video

Time Remapping In Final Cut Pro

From GeniusDV Time remapping, clips being played at variable speeds within a sequence, has become commonplace in television and film. Just think about it, every commercial promoting a car, countless music videos, In the post Matrix world what was once unique and curiously sleek has become a nut and bolt in every editor’s tool box. [...]

Roxio Releases DVDit Pro HD — DVD authoring software

(NOVATO, Calif.–BUSINESS WIRE –December 6, 2006) Roxio®, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ:SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today released DVDit® Pro HD, the latest version of the company’s pioneering DVD authoring solution, which now makes it possible for video professionals and enthusiasts to create high-definition Blu-ray Disc (BD) movies on their PC for [...]

HDV hits its stride

from Videoguys Blog: More cameras, more features, more choices–here’s a recap of how we got from a one-camera HDV market to a wealth of choices, and a breakdown of how the models differ from one another and the features of each that serve the event videographer best. (read more) Interesting article on HDV format and [...]

TiVoToGo DRM Cracked

From NewTeeVee: TiVoToGo, the software that allowed TiVo owners to watch saved shows on approved digital devices, has had their DRM shorts pulled down on the playground. Of course, the current crack is an uncompiled, command-line C program that isn’t exactly what anyone would call user-friendly. But as a proof-of-concept, it works on two levels: [...]

Apple buys asset management company Proximity

From Macworld: Apple has extended its stable of technologies with the purchase on Monday of Proximity. The company’s flagship product is artbox, an all-in-one asset management and workflow. Artbox manages clips, animations, stills and audio and is targeted at TV, news production and post-production workflows. Artbox integrates format conversion, storage, workflow management, and search and [...]

Nucleo Price Reduction

From Creative Cow – Read Post – News & Press Releases: (Ottawa, ON, December 4, 2006) GridIron® Software today announced a new lower price for the popular Nucleo Pro down from $495 USD to $395 USD. Nucleo Pro is a productivity enhancement tool that optimizes the workflow for visual effects artists working in After Effects [...]

The Rise of Flash Video, Part 3

I found this cool article on Flash video at Digital Web Magazine. I’ve been doing a lot of flash encoding lately for one of my clients, Harvest Eating.com Flash is such a great format, in my opinion. I think it’s the best bang for your buck as a balance between Quality (very good), Compatibility (cross-platform), [...]

Filling Your Text With Video Clips in LiveType 2

From GeniusDV.com: LiveType allows you to bring dramatic effect to your text by allowing you to insert images and even video clips inside of them. 1. Click on the track that contains the text that you want to fill with an image. 2. Go to the Attributes tab, click it, then click on the Matte [...]

A Couple of Audio Tips for Final Cut Pro

From GeniusDV.com: When editing audio [in Final Cut Pro] you may find it advantageous to have mutiple tracks visible with some muted. You may also find yourself needing to test various level settings and it would be a big help not having to remember each time which ones you were comparing. Go to the ‘View’ [...]