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November 20th, 2009
Adobe : Encore Home
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| | | |  NEWS: | | | | |
| | | | NCIS, CSI: NY, House, True Blood, The Good Wife: Autodesk Software Fills the Air
Many of This Season's Most-Watched Programs Feature Autodesk Technology
Post-production houses regularly turn to digital entertainment creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), to help bring movie-like visual effects into millions of homes in this season's most-watched television programs. Highlights include a 3D video game universe in "House," the evocative color finishing of "Mad Men" and the UEFA Europa League rebrand.
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| | | | 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 3 weeks ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Accelerated HD H.264 Encoding Now Available on Windows Products Featuring Matrox MAX Technology
Award-winning Matrox CompressHD card and Matrox MXO2 Mini I/O device speed up HD H.264 file creation for Blu-ray, Flash, YouTube, and the web
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Windows drivers for Matrox CompressHD and Matrox MXO2 Mini with the MAX option are now available as a free download from the Matrox website for registered owners. Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of HD H.264 files for Blu-ray, Flash, YouTube, and the web.
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| | | | Hollywood Post Alliance Announce 2009 Award Nominees
Gala Ceremony Scheduled for November 12th at the Skirball Cultural Center
Recognizing the abilities of the talented men and women behind the scenes who play a vital part in the creation of motion pictures, commercials and television, nominations have been announced by the Hollywood Post Alliance for the Fourth Annual HPA Awards. Winners of the prestigious HPA Award will be announced during a gala evening ceremony on November 12th, 2009 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California.
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| | | | Matrox Releases Support for New Final Cut Studio
Drivers now available for Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices and Matrox CompressHD H.264 encoder card
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that release 1.6 for Matrox MXO2, Matrox MXO2 Rack, Matrox MXO2 Mini, and Matrox CompressHD is now available as a free download from the Matrox website to all registered users.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Matrox MXO2 LE
Portable, Professional I/O for the Mac with Matrox MAX Technology for Faster Than Realtime H.264 Encoding
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Matrox MXO2 LE, an HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O device based on the award-winning Matrox MXO2 that streamlines editing with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. Matrox MXO2 LE provides all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy, portable breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity.
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| | | | Eye Scream Factory Releases DVD Art Professional Volume III
Customizable, Multi-Purpose DVD Menu and Packaging Design Templates
Eye Scream Factory, the Boston-based creative team providing time-saving design templates and royalty-free content for media hobbyists and professionals, today announced the availability of Eye Scream Factory DVD Art Professional Volume III.
published 3 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Matrox CompressHD H.264 Accelerator Card for the Mac Now Shipping
Award-winning product offers faster than realtime high definition H.264 file creation for mobile devices, the web, and Blu-ray discs at a breakthrough price
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox CompressHD, the first implementation of Matrox MAX technology in an H.264 accelerator card for the Mac, is now shipping. Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for mobile devices, the web and Blu-ray discs.
published 6 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | | TUTORIALS: | | | | |
| | | | Adobe Encore DVD
Encore: Frameserving From Adobe Premiere Pro
 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Jeff Bellune guides you on a trip from Adobe Premiere Pro to Adobe Encore using the Debugmode Frameserver plug-in. Adobe Encore CS4 added a new feature that allowed a live Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 sequence to be added to an Encore DVD or Blu-ray project. But what about Encore version CS3 or earlier? The Debugmode Frameserver lets you send a Premiere sequence to older versions of Encore without having to first render an intermediate file from Premiere.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial by Jeff Bellune on 10/22/2009 | | | | |
| | | | DVD Authoring
Designing the Neil Young Archives
 An inside look at the four-year process of creating the most ambitious multimedia Blu-ray experience yet, an immersive chronicle of 10 years in an amazing rock and roll life.
Editorial by Megan Mckenna on 08/18/2009 | | | | |
| | | | DVD Authoring
Blu-ray Today and Beyond
 Feel like Blu-ray's getting the better of you? Here are some of the tools that pro authors are using today, some that are coming soon - and at least one that might not be coming at all.
Editorial by Eric Pautsch on 12/12/2008 | | | | |
| | | | DVD Authoring
ILY SpartanPro
 Recently, CreativeCOW leader, David Roth Weiss purchased his very first CD and DVD duplicator. After a lot of research he chose the ILY SpartanPro, and it did not take him long to realize that he should not have gone so long without one.
Review by David Roth Weiss on 06/03/2008 | | | | |
| | | | DVD Authoring
Authoring 5.1 Surround DVDs
 You may not sell a million copies of your DVD... but at least it will sound like a million bucks. In this DVD authoring tutorial, David Roth Weiss explains how to author 5.1 surround DVDs with Compressor and Soundtrack Pro 2.
Tutorial by David Roth Weiss on 02/11/2008 | | | | |
| | | | Adobe Encore DVD
Adobe Encore 2.0 reviewed
 In this article, CreativeCOW.net leader, Greg Mulvey takes a look at the new Adobe Encore 2.0 and concludes that overall this is a great upgrade. ''...if you are using the rest of the Adobe Production Studio then Encore DVD 2.0 is going to be your best choice for most DVD projects.''
Review by Greg Mulvey on 03/24/2006 | | | | |
| | | | DVD Authoring
eDVD 4 from Sonic Solutions
 In this article, Dr. James Manz gives an overview and review of Sonics' latest upgrade of eDVD to version 4. This is a major upgrade that brings ''Hollywood-level'' capabilities of adding ROM content to DVD video to just about anyone who authors discs.
Review, Tutorial by James Manz MD on 02/20/2006 | | | | |
| | | | DVD Authoring
Alex Alexzander :: Review :: Sonic eDVD 3
 Many DVD authors are familiar to some degree with the various DVD authoring applications that exist. Most of these authoring applications allow the author to add DVD-ROM content. DVD-ROM content is typically how the author provides additional assets to the viewer. In this article, Creativecow's Alex Alexzander takes a thorough look at Sonic's eDVD 3 Web Enhanced DVD.
Review by Alex Alexzander on 02/23/2005 | | | | |
| | | | DVD Authoring
Designing DVD Menus: How to Create Professional-looking DVDs by Michael Burns - George Cairns
 In this article, CreativeCOW leader Alex Alexzander reviews Designing DVD Menus: How to Create Professional-looking DVDs written by Michael Burns and George Cairns, and published by CMP Books, 191 pages, December 2004, ISBN: 1-57820-259-0, and finds that... Designing DVD Menus is a book that fills exactly the gap left by the software publishers. This book doesn't specifically teach us to author DVDs using any one authoring application. Instead, this book is all about how to create professional-looking DVDs...This book is a lesson in creative design and intuitive navigation.
Review by Alex Alexzander on 02/02/2005 | | | | |
| | | | Adobe Encore DVD
Total Training Presents: Adobe Encore DVD Essentials
 In this article, CreativeCOW leader Alex Alexzander reviews "Total Training Presents: Adobe Encore DVD Essentials hosted by Daniel Brown. Alex concludes his review by saying that this training "...are among the better lessons I have seen on the market today. The instructor has a very good style and sense of humor that makes these lessons very enjoyable."
Review by Alex Alexzander on 10/19/2004 | | | | |
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| | | | THREADS: | | | | |
| | | |  | Re: Encore CS4 Crashes
by Evan Newsome in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
there is a known issue and a fix with Encore unable to select bu-ray or causes endless freezing http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/516/cpsid_51665.html Intel i7 920, Corsair 3x2gb= 6GB, Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P F8, NVidia 9800 GTX 512MB, CS4 bundle, Windows Win7 RC 64bit also PPro 1.5 on a separate WinXP HDD...
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| | | | | HD to MPEG2 Looks Bad
by Wade Threadgill in the DVD Authoring Forum
I am using a Sony PMW EX3 to record football games of my son's team. When I make a DVD they look very blotchy. I think I have isolated the problem to the transcoding from the native XDCAM EX codec to MPEG2. I can create beautiful digital files or BluRay...
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| | | | | but not always
by Bob Cole in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
Today, just a couple days after Adobe Encore (PC) CS3 forced a transcode of a Compressor .m2v file, Encore did not force a transcode of another Compressor .m2v file with the identical settings as the first one. Any clue as to why Encore sometimes, but not always, will force a...
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| | | |  | Re: Blu-Ray DVD Burning
by Mark Salloum in the DVD Authoring Forum
Hi Jon, thanks for the reply. We are actually looking for a Blu-Ray software to burn our HD stuff. We just started filming in HD this year but are just now at a point when we need to create a HD DVD, thus the reason for our search on the...
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| | | |  | Re: Blu-Ray DVD Burning
by Jon Geddes in the DVD Authoring Forum
Are you talking about burning Blu-ray content on a standard DVD? Or are you talking about burning a Blu-ray disc? I highly recommend using Adobe Encore for Blu-ray authoring, as it is the program of choice for our advanced Motion Menu Template products, which are designed for DVD and Blu-ray...
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| | | | | Re: dvd exporting using adobe encore
by Jon Geddes in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
Why would you "convert to exporting size" later? You should be authoring content that fits on standard sized discs, either single layer, or dual layer. Either reduce the content on the disc, reduce the bitrate at which it was encoded (based on how large your image is, I don't think...
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| | | | | animated stills go bad in dvd
by Russ Spencer in the DVD Authoring Forum
I have a full length doc made in FCP. Have output a self-contained quicktime movie, and made MPEG-2 with it, and built burned DVDs using DVD Studio Pro. My specs on output MPEG-2 were CBR 6.9. Problem comes because I have some still photos (JPEGs) that are very very simply...
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| | | | | Re: forced transcoding
by Frank Wylie in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
Yes, try it for a 4 title, 60 minute Blu-ray with animated menus. Slow death and it usually bombs after a few hours... Frank Wylie "The camera is a base instrument; you must do violence to it..." Orson Welles...
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| | | | | Re: forced transcoding
by Bob Cole in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
[Jeff Bellune] "You'll need an intermediate file exported from FCP to use in En." I tried this, and the visual results are fine, although I can't tell the difference between Encore's encoder and Compressor's. I didn't clock it, but Encore seemed to take a lot longer. So this is something...
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| | | | | Motion Menu
by Ken Calcaterra in the Adobe Encore DVD Forum
I created a background in After Effects, imported into Encore and created a link in the motion menu. When I add a few objects to act as buttons I loose my motion. New to Encore and not sure how I should proceed. Please advise....
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