Designer Templates for Final Cut Studio

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Students, customers, and colleagues have been asking me for years to design templates for Motion and Final Cut Pro. I always resisted, because I didn’t want to do it unless I could do something that would really stand out. Over the past several months I have been working with Ripple Training and a professional design […]

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Sony upgrades 3G HDV camcorders to universal, for a small fee

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Readers of my recent articles in ProVideo Coalition, past articles in Latin American magazines, and those who have attended my seminars are aware of the many 25p production advantages over “24p” (23.976p) production, especially when the video is shot on HDV and the workflow is to take advantage of HDMI or HD-SDI capture. Up until […]

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An epistemological problem with folksonomies

I’m still mulling over Helen Longino’s criteria for objectivity in scientific enquiry (see previous post:Science as Social Knowledge) and it occurred to me that folksonomies are not really open and democratic, but are actually obscure and impenetrable. The “viewpoint” of any given folksonomy might be an averaged out majority consensus or some other way of […]

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The Coming Transformation of Broadcast Media

Here’s an interesting question: Is traditional media on a permanent decline? Will they ever recover in full when this downturn is finally over? The media companies are watching their life blood — advertising — erode at a rate not seen in a generation. No one knows how this will turn out as evidence of audiences […]

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CtrlChanges track all text changes in a document

CtrlChanges is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy users that require a clear and accurate solution to a common problem, to visually be able to see what has been changed in the InDesign document. CtrlChanges is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy users that require a clear and accurate solution to […]

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What role does cloud computing and DAM have in Web 2.0?

The implications of streaming content on a “on demand basis” would make process integration dependent upon the complexity and trust of the cloud. Some talk of sky computing to ease the fear of one cloud holding too much power with cloud sharing and cross pollination reaping the most benefits to stakeholders. And would you say […]

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RED Hot Mirror Shoot-Out

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Not all infrared or Hot Mirror filters are made the same, and not all work the same way on different cameras. In this test we looked at filters from Schneider, Formatt and Tiffen to see how they perform on the RED ONE. First, let’s review what the issue is with HD cameras and IR: The […]

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Quicktip Day 11: turn on settings in User Preferences

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Quicktip #11 (February 11, 2009) turn on settings in User Preferences I always want to see Though Edits, Duplicate Frames and Audio Controls in a Final Cut Pro timeline. By enabling these (and any other specific timeline settings you like) in the Final Cut Pro > User Preferences menu they will be enabled for every […]

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Zacuto Zwing-away Review

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In our coverage of CineGear 2008, FreshDV got a peek at an early mockup of Zacuto’s Zwing-away adapter, a 15mm rods accessory that converts a standard mattebox into a swingaway. We’ve finally gotten a chance to look at the production model, and posted a video review. Watch the review below or by subscribing to FreshDV’s […]

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