Posted on June 30th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
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This episode: Sunburn. We’ll have a video on waiting in line for the iPhone on iDay. And then, your first-look iPhone review video. Send your iPhone-related videos to the Mac MediaCast here.
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Posted on June 30th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
We’re interested in getting your impressions of the whole experience of getting the iPhone. Send all pics & stories to macmediacast at gmail dot com. Submit any videos in the Brightcove video submission below (requires a free Brightcove account).
We’ll feature the best stuff on an upcoming episode of the Mac Mediacast.
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Posted on June 28th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
Today we’re going to take a look at Apple’s 3 players in audio software– GarageBand, Soundtrack Pro, and Logic. Do you ever find yourself wondering what’s the difference between these apps? Which one should I buy?
This is the first in a 3 part series– next time we’ll look at Logic as compared to some other […]
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Posted on June 27th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
Walter Biscardi, guru over at Creative Cow, has a quick-look video comparing using the 3-Way Color Corrector in Final Cut Pro and the (more complex) workflow in Color. Very interesting, and a quick view.
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Posted on June 26th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
There is a lot of talk about codecs these days. We are viewing more and more video content every day– from the TiVo and AppleTV to the television, the DVD and digital cable, in iTunes and even on our iPhones.
But how is this content delivered to the end user?
The word CODEC is a […]
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Posted on June 26th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
From Ars Technica
“Color” is Apple’s newest addition to the Final Cut Studio club. Like a cheerleader at a comic convention, most of the editors I know that have upgraded to Final Cut Studio 2 have taken one look at Color and run the other way. I had a chance to attend a brief hands-on […]
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Posted on June 26th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
Ok, I’m sold! I had heard Walt had had his hands on an iPhone for a few weeks and was wondering when the review would come out. Great timing! Glad to hear it’s a great product (as expected).Stay tuned to the Mac Mediacast for my hands on video review once I can get my hands […]
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Posted on June 25th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
Tutorial: Getting the Most Out of MPEG-2 with Apple’s Compressor
So you’ve finished making a great video on your editing system. Now you’ve got to get it out to your clients or audience so they can watch what you’ve created. Unless you’ve got access to your own theater where people can come from all over to […]
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Posted on June 25th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
By Jonathan Greene @ NewTeeVee:
I just updated my AppleTV with the latest software to get access to YouTube and I have to say that the H.264 quality is excellent! We all know what the majority of YouTube video looks like, but this is something well beyond what you normally see and bodes very well for […]
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Posted on June 20th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
Are you ready for the world to see your masterpiece? In the world of YouTube, Revver, Brightcove, and the like, there are easy ways to improve the quality of your videos and set yourself apart from the rest of the (junk) videos out there.
This article will be the first in a three part series — […]
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Posted on June 20th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
Welcome to the Mac MediaCast Episode 4.
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This episode: Email Extravaganza - answering emails from our viewers.
Topics covered and links mentioned:
The Jon and John show
How to Make the Apple Reflection in Final Cut Pro
How to encode for YouTube
Keys to a good DV Key - Green Screen Tips […]
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Posted on June 19th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
There are all sorts of software plugins designed to get different and better “looks” or “film looks” out of DV footage. Here is a quick tip that you can utilize on your timeline to get some interesting effects with your footage.
Start with a clip on your timeline. Hold down Shift & Option to make a […]
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Posted on June 19th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
First let me differentiate between audio level compression, which we’re talking about today, and data compression– both of which can apply to audio.
Data compression is the removal of extraneous data by encoding a data file, generally resulting in a smaller file. Like compressing your audio into MP3 or compressing your video to MPEG2.
What we’ll be […]
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Posted on June 18th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
This was probably our most popular tutorial in the history of the Mac Pro Podcast. The concepts are simple and will work just as well with still images as with video.Click Here to watch the how to video tutorial in a pop up window.Click “read more” to read the full transcript.
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Posted on June 18th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
From Slashdot:
“Prior to its much-hyped launch on June 29, Apple has announced upgrades to its battery life (almost 40% more than originally announced) and scratch resistance (using “optical quality glass” rather than plastics). The announcement also includes a comparison chart pitting the iPhone against smartphones from Nokia, Samsung, Palm, and Blackberry.”
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Posted on June 17th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
I always get emails about how to get a good key on a green screen (especially on a budget). First off, I should mention that we shoot the Mac MediaCast on a green screen. Our format is DVCPro HD — if you can shoot in HD, that’s half the battle, because Standard Definition DV footage […]
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Posted on June 15th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
By Iljitsch van Beijnum, from Ars Technica :
A few days ago, Ars reviewed the new 17″ MacBook Pro. Most of that review also applies to the new 15-inchers, but there is one aspect to the latest incarnation of the 15″ MacBook Pro that warrants another look: the LED-backlit screen.
When I started up my new 2.2 […]
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Posted on June 15th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
From: Macenstein:
iChat’s video capabilities certainly are tops in their class, however who knew they’d be Hollywood quality?!
Faithful Macenstein reader Sean pointed us to a profile piece on Black Magic Design that we think both budding filmmakers and iChat users alike may find interesting.
According to the interview with visual effects supervisor Rob Legato, (Harry Potter and […]
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Posted on June 10th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
This video tutorial originally appeared in Mac MediaCast episode 3.
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Click “Read More” to view the entire transcript of the tutorial.
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Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
I got a couple of emails about all the programs in my OSX Dock that appeared in the Mac MediaCast episode 3 during the Final Cut Pro “Apple Reflection” tutorial. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the order (that’s how my brain works). Consider this my flavor-of-the-month “must have” software list (for […]
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Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
From Scott Gilbertson @ Wired:
When Steve Jobs takes the stage Monday at Apple’s programmers conference, he’s likely to give the world a glimpse of an upgraded Mac operating system that could herald the biggest changes to the machine’s interface in 30 years.
At the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Jobs will probably show off […]
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Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
Welcome to the Mac MediaCast episode 3.
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This episode, “Reflections”, a look at the impending iPhone release, a tutorial on how to make the Apple-like “reflection” graphics in Final Cut Pro, and Notes From the Blog. Notes from the Blog references the following articles:
Top 20 Plugins for Musicians and Songwriters
The […]
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Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
From GeniusDV:
Manipulating a Single Character on a Track in LiveType
When you have text on a track in LiveType, you can manipulate a single character on that track to give it a unique movement and look all of its own.
1 Add text onto the track.
2 Go to the Text Entry Field and select a single character […]
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Posted on June 6th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
This is a video tutorial, submitted by Jonathan from the Mac Tips Daily Podcast. This originally ran in Mac MediaCast Episode 2.
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Technorati Tags: apple, howto, ilife, mac, multimedia, digital photography, puppy, tutorial, video
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Posted on June 6th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
From Gina Fat-Saez at O’Reilly:
I am a plugin addict. As a studio owner, I own many of the popular audio plugins such as the Waves Gold Bundle, the Bomb Factory plugins, and Line 6 Amp Farm. Though I routinely use all of these “utility” plugins, it’s the more esoteric plugs that I turn to when […]
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Posted on June 6th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
Recently I listened to the Tim Verpoorten-produced episode of the Mac Roundtable podcast where he interviewed Paul Figgiani, Don McAllister, and Craig Syverson about podcasting.
Don mentioned an interesting project he’s working on called the Podcast Monetizer. The project seems to be designed to “enable new or existing independant podcasters create an automated membership-based infrastructure to […]
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Posted on June 6th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
From Gizmodo:
Apple’s elves gave me more details about the Santa Rosa Macbook Pro. Here’s some stuff you don’t know about the revision.
How much battery life does the LED Backlighting save?
30 minutes to an hour vs. the older models. (Including savings from Santa Rosa, so there’s no way to distinguish the improvements individually.)
Is there a full […]
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Posted on June 6th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
From NewTeeVee:
YouTube is getting ready to release an update of its embeddable video player. It’s currently being tested, as users seem to be stumbling across embedded clips featuring the new player somewhat randomly over the past week. Google Operating System posted the screenshot below, and Google Blogoscoped has more screenshots.
It seems that YouTube is getting […]
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Posted on June 6th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
From GeniusDV:
When you play back a Final Cut Pro sequence, you can tell which audio spots are hot by simply looking at the audio meter clipping into the red area, but you cannot pinpoint the specific problem areas within your audio clip so that you can address them.
You can detect specific hot spots in your […]
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Posted on June 4th, 2007 by Joseph Nilo
This is an overview of what’s new in the Final Cut Studio 2 suite from Apple. This originally appeared in the Mac MediaCast episode 2.
Click Here to view the tutorial video in a pop up player. Click “Read More” below for the full transcript.
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