More Avid Media Composer for the Final Cut Pro Editor

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Continuing on an article in the last Pro Video Coalition newsletter, The Basics of Avid Media Composer for a Final Cut Pro Editor, this article will look at a number of other functions and how they differ from Final Cut Pro to Media Composer. One of the main reasons why I’m writing these articles is […]

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Vince Pace Podcast, Part II

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From The Trenches recently brought you part I of my recent podcast conversation with cinematographer/stereoscopic camera guru Vince Pace about development of the Fusion 3D Camera System for James Cameron’s “Avatar,” and Vince’s views on how “Avatar” and modern stereoscopic systems like Fusion are impacting modern entertainment and media. In case you missed part I […]

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Digital Asset Management Is On The Rise

Digital Asset Management Is On The Rise :Snap Investing. These days, when people talk about business assets, in many cases they are talking about much more than the physical or tangible assets that have long been the primary measuring stick of a businesses value More and more often, businesses, especially those that engage in ecommerce, […]

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Geoff Boyle Chooses Mantis for Wallander

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Cinematographer Geoffrey Boyle recently finished another installment in the Swedish-language film series based on Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell’s fictional character Kurt Wallander. The ongoing series Wallander airs on Swedish and Nordic television channels, then moves to the BBC and is released on DVD. And, thanks to the addition of Element Technica’s Mantis camera support, […]

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SOUND DEVICES’ 302 MIXERS TAKE THE MYTH OUT OF AUDIO ENGINEERING ON LEADING TELEVISION SERIES

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Matt Jepson, production sound mixer for the Discovery Channel series, MythBusters, relies on Sound Devices’ 302 mixers (NAB Booth N6129) to get the audio right, the first time. Jepson is tasked with helping to profile special-effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman as they try to prove or “bust” popular urban legends using unique, and […]

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New 3G-SDI Multiviewer from TV One Now Available

The C2-6204, when used on its own, provides accommodation for four 3G-SDI inputs allowing the user to place up to four windows of any size in any position on one screen. Each window is powered by its own CORIO®2 scaling engine within the unit providing full Picture-in-Picture flexibility. A fifth DVI input is also available […]

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Band Pro offers new set of 4K “Mystery Prime” Lenses

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At the One World on HD event, Band Pro Film and Digital introduces a groundbreaking new brand of ultra-high performance PL mount prime lenses, designed to deliver optical performance for true 4K imaging and beyond. After three years of design and prototyping, the new T1.4 lenses, still code named “Mystery Primes” within Band Pro, are […]

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Everything is Amazing (and Nobody is Happy)

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Over at CanonFilmmakers, I ran across a good post that tries to inject a little perspective in all the technical discussions on VDSLRs, Red, and really filmmaking tools in general. The author links a (hilarious) Louis CK video clip in which Louis does a little bit about everything in life being amazing, yet nobody is […]

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