Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
www.HDCameraLensGuide.com Enables Broadcast and Professional Videographers to Select the Correct HD Lens for Their Camera and Application
(Great Neck, New York–February 19, 2008) As High Definition video (HD) becomes the standard for broadcast and professional videographers, as well as a wide range of filmmakers, manufacturers are introducing a growing array of HD cameras that […]
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Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
Great article from the always-great KenStone.net about creating proper SD footage from the new Sony XDCam EX1. A good read whether you own the camera or not, and are interested in HD / SD workflows.
Whenever a new technology hits the market there are always teething problems. In the case of new video cameras there are […]
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Posted on February 24th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
Apple has a page available to help troubleshoot the (problematic at best) Compressor that we’ve all grown to love/hate. The most exciting adventure is the last step — Remove and Reinstall Compressor, which has you searching the depths of your system for all of Compressor and Qmaster’s little droppings. I’ve done this more times than […]
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Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
I came across this file while looking at my Libsyn backend. Man, they hang on to everything! I can’t believe that we used to do a show this robust every week (for no pay!). I particularly like this episode because Dan gets on camera for a segment and the outtakes at the end are particularly amusing.Mac […]
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Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
Another great Final Cut Pro Quick Tip from Genius DV:
Ever wonder what the color circle with the arrow in when you get to a color selection decision in Final Cut Pro. It is called the Hue Direction Control. What it does is control the direction a change in color […]
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Posted on February 14th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
We reported recently about P2 cards now shipping with HVX-200 Cameras, now (troublesome) P2 management just got seemingly easier. I found this blog post recently:
This is just awesome, Calibrated Software has a bunch of new plug-ins on tap that make it possible to work with MXF and DVCPRO HD codecs. This will streamline P2 workflow […]
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Posted on February 14th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
Here’s a quick tip on Audio Mixdown in Final Cut Pro that I found on the Final Cut Help blog.
When outputting material to tape, an Audio Mixdown feature was a recommended precaution to ensure you didn’t drop frames. Choose Sequence > Render Only > Mixdown (or press Command + Option + R).
You can also map […]
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Posted on February 13th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
I read about a great new and exciting (to me, at least) product from Gridiron Software called Flow. It has not yet been released, but it has won a “Best of Show” award at this past MacWorld 2008. Here is a great description of the product, but I recommend watching the overview video here:
“Flow is […]
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Posted on February 13th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
I found this great read over at Rougly Drafted Magazine, giving a great alternative viewpoint to the rumors that Apple might be selling its Pro Apps suite to a third party. A further interesting tidbit is the list below of the past release schedule at NAB’s gone by:
NAB 2000 Final Cut Pro 1.2.5 with support […]
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Posted on February 12th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
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Media Manager Overview
I realized recently that nobody ever talks about one of the most powerful tools in Final Cut Pro– the Media Manager. Here’s a quick overview on how to properly use the Media Manager:
Right Click on any sequence in your bin and choose “Media Manager”. The tool will pop up and give you information about your sequence and options for what to do with it. From top to bottom:
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Posted on February 12th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
Perian is a swiss-army knife QuickTime plugin (hence their friendly little icon) that allows playback of many non-native codecs in QuickTime.
The latest update touts the following fixes / additions:
Major performance improvements
TrueAudio, MP1, and DTS audio support
Slice-based multithreaded decoding for MPEG-1/2/H.264
Apple H.264 now handles AVCHD/interlaced vide
Compatibility fixes for QuickTime 7.4 and Leopard
Objective-C GC compatibility
Fixed a crash […]
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Posted on February 12th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
I found this great tip from David over at MacSparky.com:
Hitting the built in volume buttons on your Mac is great for quickly raising or lowering your volume but what about when you want to lower or raise the volume just a little bit. Once again Apple has a solution that they don’t tell anyone about.
Hit […]
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Posted on February 11th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
I was going to blog about this, but Don McAllister beat me to it:
Some breaking news!!
One of my favourite Mac podcasts has been off line since October last year, and that’s the Mac Roundtable. Joseph, Adam, Steve and Tim did a great job in bring mac news and opinions to the community, but due to […]
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Posted on February 11th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
[From Reference Movies | Weekly Tip | Final Cut Help]
Need to save some space? Reference movies allow you to work with your video clips or
sequence files in other applications. Think of a reference movie as a pointer back to the
original media, a lot like a link on a web page
Learn More
Reference movies are […]
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Posted on February 11th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
[From Studio Daily Blog » 16GB P2 card now included with HVX200]
Panasonic is now generously including a 16GB P2 card with every HVX200 purchase, a $900 value. Effective December 1, 2007, this offer requires no mail-ins or anything of the sort: all HVX200 cameras include the card in box, along with a copy of Barry […]
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Posted on February 8th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
We are not as divided as our politics would suggest.
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Posted on February 8th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
I found a great article over at Genius DV about sequence settings in Final Cut Pro and how that affects export quality:
Have you ever noticed that when working in Final Cut Pro with DV media, graphics and titles often have a poor quality look? There are two major reasons for this.
#1 DV media uses […]
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Posted on February 8th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
From the Editblog:
I’m sure by now everyone has heard of the drama surrounding the Quicktime 7.4 update and the havoc it causes with After Effects renders. If you have upgraded and need to downgrade then here are a few direct links to standalone Quicktime installers that I leave booked marked as it is sometimes hard […]
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Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
This is a great tip from friend of the Mac Mediacast Brian Gary over at the most awesome-est website, KenStone.net:
QuickTime is the engine that runs most (if not all) media related applications on the Mac, with Final Cut Studio being a prime example. You tend to hear often, “If QuickTime can open the file then […]
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Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
I am a huge fan of the Boris products and I don’t think I could live without my Continuum Complete 4 for Final Cut Pro. Here is a great review / overview of the new version of Boris’s suite of filters & effects. Yes, the review is centered around Avid and After Effects, but the […]
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Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
From Genius DV:
DVD Studio Pro allows the menu buton of your DVD player to have various control depending on what area of the DVD you are navigating from. A common mistake is to set Menu1 up as a short first play movie, but leave the overall disc control of the menu button to go to […]
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Posted on February 6th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
From Genius DV:
Drop Frame vs. Non-Drop Frame rate
I have been asked many times to explain the difference between Drop Frame and Non-Drop Frame. I found a fairly detailed explanation the will hopefully help you understand the difference. US TVs display 29.97 frames a second. When NTSC was defined, they found out there were some problems […]
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Posted on February 5th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
Great tip from GeniusDV:
Much of the Library of production elements that are used in Motion, can be brought right into Final Cut Pro. My workflow often takes me into Motion to do a simple composite with something from the Motion Library, and then one day it hit me to just drag what I needed right […]
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Posted on February 5th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
The Canon HV20 is a favorite of many Mac Mediacast subscribers — the HV30 is a promising upgrade, with, most notably, a HDD-based system with no more mini-dv tape.
Couple that with HDMI out and a pretty good picture for a cam in its price range, and you’ve got a top camcorder pic for filmmakers on […]
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Posted on February 4th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
From ProVideo Coalition.com: Camera Log by Adam Wilt:
The quirky first Handycam from Sony’s CineAlta group offers stunning performance.
The US$6500 (street price) Sony PMW-EX1 is a six-pound, high definition Handycam with three 1/2” CMOS chips. It resolves a true 1920×1080 image; shoots both interlaced and progressive; records 1920×1080, 1440×1080 (HDV-compatible), and 1280×720 formats; and offers variable […]
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Posted on February 4th, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
From Walter Biscardi’s Blog:
Amazon has put together a nice links page to update your HD-DVD and BluRay players. If you don’t already know, many machines require firmware updates to be able to play the latest discs, particularly the recordable discs, such as BluRay BD-R discs.
If your machine won’t play that latest HD disc, check to […]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
I saw this press release and had to blog it — I am an avid user of Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Look Suite:
Take Interlaced Video and Get the 24p Look of Film Right in Final Cut Pro, Motion or Premiere Pro
(San Francisco, California–February 1, 2008) Red Giant Software, developer and publisher of professional digital […]
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Posted on February 1st, 2008 by Joseph Nilo
Just found a nice read at a nice blog I’d never seen before:
MEDIA MANAGING TO SMALLER SIZES
The media manager in Final Cut Pro is a powerful utility that doesn’t get as much mention as the other, sexier features that the suite has to offer. It allows one to recompress footage for offline editing or manage […]
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