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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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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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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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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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.”

Technorati Tags: apple, business, iphone, [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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