AppleTV, WDTV, or Blu-ray: Which one is best to distribute your HD project?

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Even if your HD project isn’t destined to be broadcast over the air, you’ll still want to have your client be able to play it on an HDTV set, not just on a computer. The good news is that you have several options to make that happen, including Blu-ray, AppleTV, and the brand-new WDTV device […]

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How to Fix Apple Compressor

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If you’ve ever had issues launching Apple’ Compressor software, you’re not alone. The software seems to frequently get stuck and fail to launch. Fortunately, Digital Rebellion has a free tool to fix the issue called Compressor Repair. “Apple’s Compressor relies heavily on a service called Qmaster in order to work. Qmaster allows you to split […]

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Software Asset Management

US organisation to promote software asset management in Karnataka “The US-based Business Software Alliance (BSA), which promotes a safe and legal digital world, is partnering the state government to promote software asset management (SAM) among small and medium IT and IT-enabled services (ITeS) firms in Karnataka, a official of the trade organisation said Thursday.” The […]

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TRULY native Red support in Final Cut Studio…finally!

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Apple and Red have teamed up to support native (OK, rewrapped QTs, akin to how P2 is handled) .R3D support in Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 and Color 1.0.3. Red has a plugin to work with those new versions, including access to the 12 bit RGB data within Color…even letting you manipulate exposure, white balance, etc. […]

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MediaBank v3.5 Has Been Released

MediaBank is the leading Digital Asset Management solution used by hundreds of companies worldwide to manage and distribute their valuable digital assets. MediaBank is a Digital Asset Management (DAM) application designed to efficiently manage and distribute your file assets. MediaBank is one of the most tenured products in the industry and over the years has […]

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Why Pro Res Should Be Your Only Res & The AJA IoHD Part 1

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I thought that for this next article series, I would take a look at Apple's biggest addition to Final Cut Studio 2, and that is the inclusion of their newest QuickTime codec, Pro Res 422 (and Pro Res HQ). Most editors might think “Big deal, I can already edit in HD, so why would I […]

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HP, Autodesk and NVIDIA join to spur 3-D adoption

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 19, 2008 – HP, Autodesk and NVIDIA today announced they are collaborating to offer computer-aided design (CAD) professionals the compute power they need to migrate from 2-D to 3-D design. Autodesk is a leader in design innovation technology. NVIDIA is a leader in graphics processing. Together with HP, the three companies […]

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CHV releases Svengali Rays Lite (free) and Pro

Novemberer 18, 2008. CHV-electronics, software developer of plugins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion announced today the release of two new plugin packages. CHV’s Svengali volumetric light engine is different from the engines of any other light spill plugin. Svengali Rays produces a realistic looking 3D volumetric light effect that attaches the […]

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NVIDIA Tesla makes personal supercomputing a reality

SC08-AUSTIN, TX-NOVEMBER 18 2008- Today, scientific research is carried out on supercomputing clusters, a shared resource that consumes hundreds of kilowatts of power and costs millions of dollars to build and maintain. As a result, researchers must fight for time on these resources, slowing their work and delaying results. NVIDIA and its worldwide partners today […]

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