The Tiffen Company Launches Three Exceptional Davis & Sanford Tripods at CES 2014

The Tiffen Company, a leading manufacturer of award-winning digital imaging accessories, will be showcasing three new tripods from its Davis & Sanford brand at the 2014 International CES exhibition held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from January 7 – 10 (Central Hall, Booth 9143). “The Tiffen theme at CES 2014 is ‘Ahead of the […]

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Facilis Technology Launches TerraBlock 6.0 with Advanced User and Volume Management

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Today Facilis Technology announced immediate availability of TerraBlock 6.0, the latest iteration of its production-proven shared storage solution. First unveiled at the International Broadcasting Convention in September 2013, TerraBlock 6.0 features several improvements designed to augment usability, collaboration and performance – including Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)/Active Directory synchronization, volume size reduction on the fly, […]

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RØDE Rec audio app for iOS has come a long way

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RØDE Rec is the new name of an extremely powerful —yet inexpensive— audio app for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch I have covered previously, in several articles and ebooks back in 2012, by its original name. The renowned Australian microphone manufacturer (RØDE) actually took the core of the original app and invested a year of custom development to […]

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Avid Quick Tip Tuesday – Tip 1

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In the first of a new tutorial series exclusive to PVC, Kevin P McAuliffe shows all you Avid Editors out there, how to get back old audio effects that you thought were lost!   In the first of our Quick Tip Tuesday Tutorial series, Kevin P McAuliffe shows both Mac and Windows Media Composer editors […]

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Tracking gestures and screen replacement in After Effects

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trackFinger AE is new iOS app (on the App Store) that allows you to record the movements of up to 10 fingers on an iPad, and then send tracking data as keyframes in e-mail text to paste into Adobe After Effects. But wait, there’s more! […]

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iOS 7 expands digital USB audio use with iPhone/iPod Touch

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Although Apple apparently didn’t announce it as an official new feature of iOS 7, the recent update fortunately expanded the use of many more USB audio devices (i.e. USB microphones and audio USB interfaces) with the iPhone and iPod Touch, which was a privilege previously reserved only for the iPad and desktop/laptop computers, for many […]

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Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull continues to innovate with Adobe Creative Cloud

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Our friend and Adobe Creative Cloud enthusiast Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull was recently hired by Universal Studios to direct a motion comic as part of the marketing for 47 Ronin, starring Keanu Reeves. Working with the team at production studio DSF, HaZ created the animated short film 47 Ronin: The Samurai Spirit in the same style […]

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Get Started Fast with Avid Media Composer 7: Lesson 4

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If you've been thinking that Media Composer is a little to daunting to get started with, than part four of this five part series will get you up and running lightning quick! In the fourth of our Get Started Fast with Avid Media Composer 7 tutorials, let’s talk about taking your edit to the next […]

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HPA Tech Retreat Celebrates 20 years of Inquiry and Illumination

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For the past twenty years, the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) Tech Retreat has gathered a veritable who's who in engineering, technology, creativity, and strategic business together for a structured yet informal meeting of the minds; where top industry leaders engaged in all aspects of production, distribution, post production, film, television, web and related endeavors, gather […]

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Media Import Options in Final Cut Pro 10.1

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Welcome to our second MacBreak Studio on the brand new Final Cut Pro 10.1! In this episode, Steve Martin from Ripple Training walks us through the various media import options in Final Cut Pro X. These options have changed as of the 10.1 update as a result of the new unified library model. There are […]

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