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Welcome to the Mac MediaCast episode 6.
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This episode: iPhone Hangover. Screencast episode - edited in HD and ready for your […]
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(London, England-July 12, 2007) FirmTek, LLC, a pioneer and leader in Serial ATA (SATA) storage solutions for Windows and Macintosh platforms, today announced that Macworld Magazine’s United Kingdom edition selected the SeriTek/2eEN4 as the best storage solution among all evaluated during the year 2006.
Macworld Magazine’s awards have become the primary recognition event in the Macintosh […]
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Baughan Productions is proud to announce its simple video stabilizer, “Levelcam”. Designed and manufactured in the USA, “Levelcam” is a valuable asset for amateur and professional videographers who use palm-sized camcorders.Small camcorders are perfect for grabbing quick shots, but they’re hard to keep steady. Abrupt movements like jerks, shakes and twitches spoil otherwise great video. […]
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From GeniusDV:
Restoring an Autosaved Project in Final Cut Pro
When you begin work on a Final Cut Pro Project, the first thing you should do is give your project a name and save it so that the autosave function can work. Autosave will not work until you have named and saved your project first. If your […]
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Quicktime Pro, Components, and the iPhone … at Podcast Academy
Paul Figgiani has written a great article at the Podcast Academy blog about some of the technical details regarding QuickTime video on the iPhone. As always from Paul, it is thorough, informative, and well-written.
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Tags: iphone, quicktime, video, apple, mac, macintoch
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HD For Indies has an article on in-field advice on using the Panasonic HVX-200 HD camera. This is the camera we use at the Mac Mediacast and recommend most to people asking about a great prosumer digital video camera. A great read!
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Aero Quartet has released version 3.1.1 of SimpleMovieX, the Mac OS X
movie editor. With a feature set roughly similar to QuickTime Pro,
SimpleMovieX extends editing capabilities to other popular video
formats AVI, Google Video, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. The main
advantage of native editing is speed and quality, since no re-encoding
is required to save edited movies.
This new version […]
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Understanding Digital Video Architecture from Videomaker Magazine
MPEG-2, DivX, AVCHD: These are just a few of the confusing acronyms of digital video. Let’s clear the air a bit
To understand Digital Video Architecture, you need to start at the beginning. The beginning in this case is known as Video Compression. That is the start of this article; […]
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Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that Boris Continuum Complete 5.0 for FxPlug (BCC 5.0 for FxPlug) is now shipping.
Developed specifically for Apple’s new FxPlug plug-in architecture, BCC 5.0 for FxPlug is a brand new member of the Boris Continuum Complete product family. BCC 5.0 for FxPlug […]
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Here at the Mac MediaCast we spend a lot of time talking about Final Cut Pro and Apple’s ProApps, but we’ve got to occasionally give some love to the industry-standard motion graphics powerhouse After Effects. I’ve compiled a couple of tutorials I’ve found lately into this post. For more great After Effects information and tutorials, […]
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Final Cut Pro Trouble shoot basics | IndiesHD
If Final Cut Pro isn’t starting up properly or performing normally, try these basic troubleshooting steps to remedy the situation. Please note that these steps aren’t exhaustive, and are not intended to cover any specific issue. They are fundamental, basic steps that are most effective in getting […]
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So I’ve been harboring a dirty secret for a very long time - I’ve been plagued with kernel panics and crashes for a very long time on my PowerMac Quad Core G5. They’ve been going on for a very long time. Sometimes I’d have up to five a day. I’ve always just chalked them up […]
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Soundsnap is a new online platform for finding and sharing free samples, sound effects and music loops.
Designed as a resource and community for musicians, sound designers, producers, film makers and web/video game developers, Soundsnap provides user driven content for use in virtually any kind of media production. Users can freely download and upload content to […]
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Apple Color: Auto Balance Feature
Walter Biscardi from Creative Cow gives us another basic-level tutorial on the Auto Balance feature in Apple’s Color. (don’t worry, I’m not going to accidentally podcast the video this time). A must see if you’re a Final Cut Studio user curious about the new powerful color-correcting application.
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from Wired:
The Apple iPhone was only released into the wild a little over a week ago, and some killer apps have already surfaced.While the handheld device lacks support for native applications — the kind users can download and install — developers have been busy building programs for the iPhone’s version of […]
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from macosxhints.com
I recently found this tidbit at Mac OSX Hintsthat I wasn’t aware of and wanted to share it with everyone:
I was shocked to discover that the Gmail Notifier, as distributed by Google, defaults to sending your Gmail password over the network in clear text every time it checks your inbox for new mail. This […]
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telekinesis - Google Code
A friend recently sent me a link to this program, which I immediately installed. It seems very cool and promising so far. Definitely (in my opinion) one of the best iPhone applications I’ve seen yet.
Here are its features:
• Stream music and videos from your computer
• Screen capture with mouse click and basic […]
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Greetings, all. I just wanted to make a quick announcement that there will be no Mac MediaCast this week. Life and business is getting in the way for all crew members. We’ll be back as soon as we can!
I just wanted to give you some teasers of some upcoming stories, reviews, and tutorials I’m working […]
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The iPhone hype train and subsequent hangover is beginning to fade. I thought I’d post my “2nd Impressions” now that I’ve had plenty of time to tinker with my little marvel. And yes, I am posting this from my iPhone.
My wife’s ancient Windows laptop has finally died, so I’ve turned over to her my slightly-less-ancient […]
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Tutorial From Creative Cow
When it comes to greenscreen compositing, most people know that a clean and natural-looking matte is crucial to getting good results. Hours are spent tweaking the various controls, and many cups of coffee are drained trying to get that “perfect” key. The truth is that our elusive “perfect composite” is rarely […]
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from Studio Daily Blog » A Case Against Color
There have been quite a few articles around the web on some of the bugs/issues/user experiences with Color. I have sat through several sessions on a Final Touch system and knew what to expect upon booting up Color for the first time. It looked pretty much […]
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I have a lot of podcasters as subscribers to the Mac MediaCast. One common question I get from them is “How do I get more people to subscribe to my podcast?”
I’ve had the privilege over my years (!) podcasting to have had a lot of subscribers, get featured in iTunes on many occasions, and, most […]
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From GeniusDV
When you first open LiveType, you will see within the Canvas Window a blue line representing an empty track. Type something into the Text Entry box located to the upper right of the Canavas In the Inspector Window.
Making a Curved Track
1 While pressing the control key or right clicking if you have a two […]
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From GeniusDV:
One of the new features in the Final Cut Studio 2.0 suite of programs is the ability to integrate motion templates directly within a Final Cut Pro sequence.
This new feature really enhances the integration between Apple Motion 2.0 and Final Cut Pro 6.0.
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I found this nice tutorial over at GeniusDV. This is […]
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I recently came across this article, and it got me thinking about the Ken Burns effect, a.k.a. animating still photos for video:
From Poynter Online - Meaning in Motion: Ken Burns and His ‘Effect’
Few of us will ever develop a technique distinctive enough to have it named after us, but most people serious about visual storytelling […]
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Building the Perfect HDV Key at Creative Cow
I found this great article / tutorial on the finer points of getting the best green screen key with your HDV footage.
Green Screening / Keying is quite an art in itself - I’m learning more and more every time we shoot an episode of the Mac MediaCast in […]
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YouTube is hot these days, and even hotter now that it is viewable on everyone’s iPhones. But how do you encode better video for YouTube?
As we’ve talked about on the podcast and on this blog, the big problem with YouTube videos is that you have to encode a lower-res version of your video to meet […]
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From Ars Technica:
Despite an apparent trend in positive reports about the iPhone, both from published reviews and firsthand accounts, there has been plenty of constructive criticism. Setting aside complaints related to hardware or the network (such as AT&T’s EDGE network), there have also been points made about software. John Gruber of Daring Fireball wrote […]
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From GeniusDV:
FCP, Avid, After Effects and Format Sizes and Megapixels
Once again a few people have asked me about format and pixels sizes of HD and what they mean. So I thought a good review might help. Some of our current project we have needed some still pictures for print that would accompany the DVD […]
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This is a continuation of a series of quick reviews and overviews of some of the audio applications available for Macs.
You’ll remember from my previous article on the subject, some of the great features of Logic Pro 7– Apple’s pro-level audio and music production program.
It includes the features pros expect, and more, including– Surround […]
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