Adobe Debuts Photoshop.com Mobile for Android On-the-go photo editing and management made effortless with new Photoshop.com mobile application Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android™ software, extending Adobe® industry-leading digital imaging technology to users of the Google Mobile™ operating system. published 1 day agoread more
GenArts, Inc. Acquires wondertouch Acquisition Underscores Company’s Aggressive Growth Strategy and Broadens GenArts’ Product Offering to Include Particles Engine GenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today a definitive agreement to acquire particleIllusion™ and all related products and technologies from wondertouch LLC. published 3 days agoread more
Red Productions Eliminates Downtime with Small Tree’s Shared Storage and OS X Networking Capabilities Workflow Interruptions Cease at Full Service Script to Screen Company Frustrated by having projects continuously freeze up in the middle of editing sessions and having to rummage through multiple external drives to locate footage, Red Productions, a full service, script to screen video production and independent film development and production company, recently commissioned respected independent video engineer Bob Zelin to install a cost-effective Ethernet-based shared storage solution featuring Small Tree technology. published 3 days agoread more
Digieffects Launches Falloff Lighting Plugin for After Effects Provides enhanced lighting for After Effects' built-in lights Digieffects® a developer of visual effects software plugins, today announced that Falloff Lighting is available for purchase. Falloff Lighting provides enhanced lighting for After Effects' built-in lights. published 3 days agoread more
LaCie Network Space 2: Simplifying The Network Storage Experience LaCie today announced the LaCie Network Space 2, design by Neil Poulton – a leading-edge Network Attached Storage (NAS) and media server. The LaCie Network Space 2 combines the performance of a full-featured NAS solution, with a unique and customized way to manage the total experience. published 3 days agoread more
Boris FX XML Transfer brings Final Cut projects into Adobe After Effects Seamlessly Transfer Apple Final Cut Pro Program Sequences to Adobe After Effects Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris XML Transfer, a new Adobe After Effects plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects. Boris XML Transfer preserves all aspects of a Final Cut Pro project including effects, audio, media clips, transitions, and geometric transformations. published 4 days agoread more
Sorenson Media Launches Sorenson Squeeze 6 Higher Quality, Faster, and Now the First Total Workflow Solution for Video Encoding and Publishing Sorenson Media today announced the immediate availability of Sorenson Squeeze 6, a significant update to the gold-standard video encoding software application. Sorenson Squeeze 6 provides the first total workflow solution for video professionals, enabling customers to employ innovative tools – such as email and text notifications and a secure review and approval process – that simplify the overall workflow and allow them to more easily encode and publish video files on the Internet. Optimized video codecs and new filters have also been added, significantly improving video quality and encoding speed. published 4 days agoread more
Matrox MXO2 LE Now Shipping Portable, Professional I/O for the Mac with Matrox MAX Technology for Faster Than Realtime H.264 Encoding Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO2 LE, an HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O device for the Mac, is now available from authorized dealers worldwide. Matrox MXO2 LE streamlines editing with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. It provides all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy, portable breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity. published 2 weeks agoread more
Pegasys Sponsors 21-Day Filmmaking Competition and Philadelphia Filmathon Winners Received Prizes Including the TMPGEnc Super Bundle Software Pegasys, Inc., the company that makes digital video easy was a sponsor of ProjectTwenty1’s 21-day Filmmaking Competition and the Philadelphia Filmathon. The P21Fest, hosted by Project Twenty1, took place October 1-4, 2009 in University City, Philadelphia. Winners were announced on October 4 at the awards ceremony. published 2 weeks agoread more
Apple Motion Creating a 3D Text Fly In In this video tutorial series, Creative Cow leader Zak Peric demonstrates creating a 3D text fly in using Apple Motion. Tutorial, Video TutorialbyZak Peric on 09/17/2009
Apple Final Cut Pro Final Cut Studio 3 is here, and all is good! Our man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, likes to live for danger. He installed a major software upgrade mid-project, with virtually no preparation, just to see what would break. Lo and behold, it all worked! And the more Jiggy works with it, the better he's liking it. Join him in this Creative COW, Real-world, Real-time Report on Final Cut Studio 3. ReviewbyJiggy Gaton on 08/17/2009
Apple Final Cut Pro Trashing Preferences In this Final Cut Tutorial, Richard Harrington shows you how to clean up the Final Cut application when it starts acting up with bugs or other problems. Many times this can be caused by a corrupt preferences file or other user settings related to Final Cut Studio. These tips are also handy when performing an upgrade installation or reinstallation. Tutorial, Video TutorialbyRichard Harrington on 04/20/2009
Apple DVD Studio Pro Mac Subtitling Software Round-up: The COW's man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, gets asked all the time about subtitling DVDs -- and cringes every time: editing software suites just don't have that much to offer. However, Mac DVD authors have some standalone alternatives worth considering. Review, FeaturebyJiggy Gaton on 04/14/2009
Apple Final Cut Pro iChat Theater Review In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at video sharing via iChat Theater Review, a technique for online video review that allows you to quickly share video via iChat. This can be helpful for showing a preview of a video to a client or a project partner. Tutorial, Video TutorialbyRichard Harrington on 04/13/2009
Apple Final Cut Pro Get Your FCP Timelines in Motion with Final Cut Studio Having both FCP and Motion in Final Cut Studio means more options for effects creation with your video projects -- and FCS integration makes it easy to work with them together. Having Motion projects sitting on your FCP timeline even helps keep your projects organized! Our man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, shows just how easy it can be to take advantage of it all. TutorialbyJiggy Gaton on 04/07/2009
Apple Final Cut Pro Keyframing Color Correction In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at keyframing the three way color corrector in FCP. As details change in a movie clip you can have the filter adjust its values over time. This example uses a video of a bird starting in a bright sky and ending in water which is darker, the contrast transition is controlled by keyframing the saturation and color correction.
Tutorial, Video TutorialbyRichard Harrington on 04/06/2009
Apple iPhone iPhone, iTouch, and Playing for Keeps In this article from The Creative COW Magazine, Bob Stevenson, Chief Creative Officer for ngmoco (Next Generation MObile COmpany), imagines what's possible when iPhone and iTouch are seen, above all, as very advanced game devices. Editorial, People / InterviewbyBob Stevenson on 04/01/2009
Apple Final Cut Pro Make Your FCP Timelines Sing By Roundtripping to Soundtrack Pro The COW's Jiggy Gaton owns an audio studio -- but has created a tutorial for those of us who don't have an audio studio within earshot when editing video in Final Cut Pro. He's not sure if he's being lazy, or just efficient, to use an integrated Soundtrack Pro project inside FCP. Either way, read on to learn how to do it yourself. TutorialbyJiggy Gaton on 03/30/2009
Re: no preview on sony hvr mrc1 when transferring to FCP by Kevin Monahan in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Not much help here except to say It is the same for me. I have been posting for a few months about this product but so far yet to find any solutions. My issue is that you can only import video from the unit as HDV and not Apple Pro... 15 minutes agoread more
Re: An oversight by me - video clips jerky in my Motion 3 Curves template by peter dunphy in the Apple Motion Forum Think I've figured it - I didn't have the HD 1140 * 1080 selected in my project properties and had the wrong field order selected also! Duh! :o) Peter Dunphy 2 x 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3, ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATTO ExpressSAS R380, Sonnet... 1 hour agoread more
Ki Pro in 24p by Blase Theodore in the AJA Ki Pro Forum I'm using a Ki Pro for the first time and I'm feeding it a 24p signal which its reading as a 30i signal and recording as 30psf? I guess this is the old workaround where we record 24p to a 60i codec? Or am I just setting up my ki... 2 hours agoread more
Resize an Image by carlos castro in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Can you re-size or reposition and image in a drop zone? I have a master template that I'm trying to use with some JPEGS but its cutting of the top of the picture. I'd like to have it fill the drop zone better. Is there a way to manipulate the... 2 hours agoread more
Re: Editing in 23.98, delivering in 29.97 by Chris Tomberlin in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum We do this all the time. You can use After Effects which can add proper 3:2 pulldown when rendering, just pay close attention to the gamma of your footage changing after the render. PR-HQ in and ou should be fine, just keep an eye on it. Depending on your program,... 2 hours agoread more
Re: Editing in 23.98, delivering in 29.97 by Shane Ross in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Well, you have to output to betacam anyway, so getting a capture card like the Kona LHi (the Kona 3 is overkill unless you are doing 2K) or the Matrox MXO2 is necessary anyway. Just output via the capture card to betacam and it will add the proper pulldown. As... 2 hours agoread more
Re: Send (back) to FCP (wrong sequence) by Noah Kadner in the Apple Color Forum [David Cape] "Can I retrace my steps and present the original FCP sequence to Color after grading? Then Color would send it's color corrected sequence back to FCP (from color)." Nope- it doesn't work like that. Try reinstalling Final Cut Studio- that might fix your crashing. Noah Check out my... 2 hours agoread more
Re: Can you cut HDV on external Firewire Drive? by Zane Barker in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum [Dave Brandt] "Both USB and Firewire are adequate" WRONG, firewire is ok depending of the format of video, but USB is NOT. USB works in bursts of data where firewire is a constant stream. Not having a constant stream of data will be vary problematic for video. There are no... 3 hours agoread more
Re: Compressor 3.5.1 ProRes422 preset issue by Phil Muri in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Hi Arnie, The timeline setting is XDCAM HD422 1080p30 (50Mb/s). As is majority of the footage. So yes, I am trying to send a progressive video to Compressor. (Well actually I have made a reference movie and imported that into Compressor). Thanks for your help, -Phil... 3 hours agoread more
Re: Compressor 3.5.1 ProRes422 preset issue by Arnie Schlissel in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum What is the source of your video? What are your FCP timeline settings? It sounds like you're trying to send a progressive video to compressor. Arnie Post production is not an afterthought! http://www.arniepix.com/... 4 hours agoread more
Re: xporting quicktime coversion by keith mcgregor in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum As long as you keep all your project files and media you have it all saved. Just clone the drives to back them up. And like raf said check your hd space. Delete old render files for more space. -K Reality? What did you make it?... 4 hours agoread more
Re: Can you cut HDV on external Firewire Drive? by Dave Brandt in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Yes you can use an External Drive for HDV. Both USB and Firewire are adequate. It is only when you start using multicam features with 6 or more angles that you will find a bottleneck. For normal editing though it is fine. Dave... 4 hours agoread more
In this article Walter Biscardi, Jr. takes an indepth look at the new Tangent Wave Control Panel.
In this video tutorial series, Creative Cow leader Zak Peric demonstrates creating a 3D text fly in using Apple Motion.
Our man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, likes to live for danger. He installed a major software upgrade mid-project, with virtually no preparation, just to see what would break. Lo and behold, it all worked! And the more Jiggy works with it, the better he's liking it. Join him in this Creative COW, Real-world, Real-time Report on Final Cut Studio 3.
In this Final Cut Tutorial, Richard Harrington shows you how to clean up the Final Cut application when it starts acting up with bugs or other problems. Many times this can be caused by a corrupt preferences file or other user settings related to Final Cut Studio. These tips are also handy when performing an upgrade installation or reinstallation.
The COW's man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, gets asked all the time about subtitling DVDs -- and cringes every time: editing software suites just don't have that much to offer. However, Mac DVD authors have some standalone alternatives worth considering.
In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at video sharing via iChat Theater Review, a technique for online video review that allows you to quickly share video via iChat. This can be helpful for showing a preview of a video to a client or a project partner.
Having both FCP and Motion in Final Cut Studio means more options for effects creation with your video projects -- and FCS integration makes it easy to work with them together. Having Motion projects sitting on your FCP timeline even helps keep your projects organized! Our man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, shows just how easy it can be to take advantage of it all.
In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at keyframing the three way color corrector in FCP. As details change in a movie clip you can have the filter adjust its values over time. This example uses a video of a bird starting in a bright sky and ending in water which is darker, the contrast transition is controlled by keyframing the saturation and color correction.
In this article from The Creative COW Magazine, Bob Stevenson, Chief Creative Officer for ngmoco (Next Generation MObile COmpany), imagines what's possible when iPhone and iTouch are seen, above all, as very advanced game devices.
The COW's Jiggy Gaton owns an audio studio -- but has created a tutorial for those of us who don't have an audio studio within earshot when editing video in Final Cut Pro. He's not sure if he's being lazy, or just efficient, to use an integrated Soundtrack Pro project inside FCP. Either way, read on to learn how to do it yourself.
