Video from the ASSIMILATE NAB 2012 Press Conference

This year, ASSIMILATE took its first-ever booth on the NAB show floor and held its first NAB press conference. Steve Bannerman talked about what was next for Scratch and told everyone where they are taking the product and the company. Later, Vlade Lisboa gave a demo for the crowd to showcase what the software can […]

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Hear What’s so Exciting About Adobe Premiere CS6

Adobe revealed their Creative Suite® 6 Production Premium at NAB and there was plenty to say and hear about. Redesigned by and for video editors, Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 introduces a sleek, fresh editing environment. Users can edit more fluidly with a streamlined user interface, which puts an editor’s focus on the media and uninterrupted […]

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The Top Smoke 2013 Questions from NAB Part 2

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5. So does this mean I don’t need plugins? Smoke and the ConnectFX workflow has a lot of built in effects and effects tools built right in. So no, you may not need plugins depending on your needs. Smoke contains one of the best chroma keyers in any software, the Master Keyer, and even has […]

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The Top Smoke 2013 Questions from NAB Part 1

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NAB 2012 just ended but it feels like a lifetime ago. I had the pleasure of being one of the Smoke Experts demonstrating the New Smoke 2013 on Mac to the show public. I talked to people from Utah to Singapore to India, and content creators from one system editorial boutiques to large universities to […]

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Think Tank Announces First 4 Wheeled Camera Bag – The 4-Sight Roller

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Santa Rosa, Calif. – Think Tank Photo announces that in May it will release its first four-wheeled rolling camera bag, the Airport 4-Sight™. The Airport 4-Sight meets international airline carry-on standards. The roller's weight has been reduced dramatically through innovative design and by a strict focus on the features that photographers find most beneficial. {C} […]

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Shane Ross Reports from NAB on Post Production

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While we were bringing NAB to you with our extensive video coverage of the expo, editor Shane Ross was shooting interviews of his own with a focus on editing and post. His special report from NAB is engaging, informative…and funny. And he’s wearing a Della Luce shirt! Watch below. Also check out Shane’s audio podcast, […]

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NAB 2012: Apple and Final Cut Pro X

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Apple didn’t have a booth at the 2012 NAB show, and no one expected them to. Even though no one was surprised they weren’t there a lot of folks commented that they thought it would’ve been more appropriate than ever given that Apple now has a shipping version of Final Cut Pro X. But Apple’s […]

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AJA announces T-TAP, the US$249 palm-sized, self-powered bridge from Thunderbolt to HDMI or SDI

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As I have covered in great detail in several prior articles here in ProVideo Coalition magazine, the most complete and most reliable method of connecting your critical video monitor to your computer based editing system is via a professional a/v i/o interface, like those Thunderbolt models now offered by AJA, Blackmagic, Matrox, and now even […]

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Innovation and Inspiration at NAB

While walking the show floor last week at NAB (http://www.nabshow.com/2012/default.asp) it seems like just about every solution provider on the show floor is now offering a Digital Asset Management solution. But on further investigation, what some of them are really offering is not so much of a DAM solution as a file store solution – […]

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After Effects CS6 Tutorial: Targeting Properties in the new Ray-Traced 3D Engine

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In our preview of After Effects CS6, we spent a lot of time discussing the pros and cons of the new ray-traced 3D rendering engine, which includes the ability to extrude and bevel text and shape layers. When you start playing around with it, initially it may seem that you have only one color and […]

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