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November 7th, 2009
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| | | | Softron Media Services Announces OnTheAir Video Express
Mac Based Entry Level Professional Playout Application Supports All QuickTime Movie Formats including Reference Movies, Key Channel and HDV/H.264 Clips
Softron Media Services® will demonstrate OnTheAir Video Express® at its booth (SL08928) during NAB 2009 in Las Vegas, NV, USA on April 20, 2009. It will be available for purchase online or from authorized Softron resellers on the same day.
published 7 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | MXF4mac launches first wave of Avid MXF support
For the first time native media files from Avid systems are directly accessible by QuickTime in Mac OS X. The new release of MXF4QT Import provides extensive support for various Avid OP-Atom formats including all DNxHD variations.
published 11 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Softron Media Services Releases OnTheAir CG
Softron Media Services today announced immediate availability of OnTheAir CG to compliment its palette of professional broadcast applications. OnTheAir CG is a standalone application that is used for overlaying text, graphics, animated logos and bugs, clocks and crawls over live video.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Apple Releases Final Cut Express 4
Apple® today released Final Cut® Express 4, a significant upgrade to its powerful video editing software based on Apple’s award-winning Final Cut Pro 6, with a new low price of $199. Final Cut Express 4 adds support for the latest AVCHD cameras, allows mixing of standard and high definition content on a single timeline, includes the ability to import iMovie® ‘08 projects, and gives users access to hundreds of sophisticated FxPlug cinematic effects and filters.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | News: Apple Releases Final Cut Express HD 3.5
Universal Upgrade Delivers Powerful New Features & More Real-Time Effects
Apple® today released Final Cut® Express HD 3.5, a significant upgrade to its award-winning software solution for video enthusiasts, schools and small businesses that runs natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. New in Final Cut Express HD 3.5 is Dynamic RT for real-time playback of multi-stream effects, Soundtrack® 1.5 with a complete suite of professional level audio production tools and LiveType 2.1 with even more exciting animated text and titles.
published 3 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | News: AJA and 12 Inch Design Help Post-Production Professionals Tap into High-Quality, Royalty-Free Motion Graphics
Limited-Time Promotion for AJA Customers Offers 12 Inch Design's PowerBlox, ThemeBlox and ProductionBlox Graphics Libraries at 75% Off
AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced today a special discount for new AJA KONA, Io or XENA customers for the purchase of high-quality motion graphics collections from 12 Inch Design. 12 Inch Design offers a wide range of animated background and elements that are royalty free and ready to be dropped into a project to save time and enhance the overall look of a production.
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| | | | News: Intelligent Assistance releases two collections of Pro Apps Tips
Two new collections of tips for Apple's Pro Apps Users collected from the Pro Apps Hub
Intelligent Assistance today released the first two collections of Pro Apps Tips. Each collection contains 101 Tips originally published in the Pro Apps Hub software. Pro Apps Tips #1 and #2 are guaranteed to improve the productivity of users of Apple's professional video and audio applications. Each collection is provided as a printable pdf.
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| | | | News: The East Coast Final Cut Pro User Groups Premieres at DV Expo East
Technology showcase will feature latest digital innovations and noted industry leaders
The East Coast Final Cut Pro User Groups, today announced that their first ever meeting will take place at the Digital Video Expo East exhibition. This July 19 event offers industry professionals the opportunity to see the latest innovations from the Apple Pro Applications. Attendees will have a chance to learn about the powerful new features Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, and Livetype.
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| | | | | TUTORIALS: | | | | |
| | | | Broadcast Video
Bessie's New Tool Round-up
 There are a lot of new products designed with your heavy lifting needs in mind. Here are a few that have recently managed to catch our eyes.
Review by Cowdog on 08/19/2009 | | | | |
| | | | 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.
Review by Jiggy 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 Tutorial by Richard Harrington on 04/20/2009 | | | | |
| | | | 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 Tutorial by Richard Harrington on 04/13/2009 | | | | |
| | | | Broadcast Video
Broadcast Quality at Bargain Prices
 Brand new to the market and loaded with high-end features, Flanders Scientific has introduced four high definition LCD panels specifically developed for the pro market. With the help of the COW's Walter Biscardi, Jr. and senior telecine colorist Ron Anderson, Nick Griffin offers a first look at these high definition broadcast monitors from FSI.
Review, Feature by Nick Griffin on 04/10/2009 | | | | |
| | | | 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.
Tutorial by Jiggy 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 Tutorial by Richard Harrington on 04/06/2009 | | | | |
| | | | Motion Graphics
Media Management Nightmares? Game On!
 Here's how one team turns 14 hours of raw footage on the latest games into a 30-minute TV show every week, 40 times a season. In this Creative COW Magazine article Dustin Lau discusses some tricks for high end digital media management.
Editorial by Dustin Lau on 03/31/2009 | | | | |
| | | | Motion Graphics
Creating Interactive Games - Cine Bingo
 The team at Psychic Bunny worked on whatever interested them - perfect preparation for a job that even the client couldn't describe. In this Creative COW Magazine article Rick Castañeda gives you a behind the scenes tour of how they made cine bingo and teaches a few tips on interactive game making.
Editorial, Feature by Rick Castañeda on 03/31/2009 | | | | |
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| | | | THREADS: | | | | |
| | | |  | 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...
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| | | |  | Re: Send (back) to FCP (wrong sequence)
by David Cape in the Apple Color Forum
Walter, Thank you for the comments. Color never got the chance to send a copy - it crashed first. What I think happened was that I edited in FCP and sent to Color. While in Color I tinkered around in FCP and created two copies of the FCP project. When...
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| | | |  | Re: Color/tangent Wave bug or oversite?
by walter biscardi in the Apple Color Forum
Why aren't you just using the "Play" button to toggle playback? Walter Biscardi, Jr. Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author. HD Post and Production Biscardi Creative Media "Foul Water, Fiery Serpent" now in Post. Creative Cow Forum Host: Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business &...
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| | | | | Re: Send (back) to FCP (wrong sequence)
by walter biscardi in the Apple Color Forum
[David Cape] "I discovered that the a copy of the original sequence in FCP had somehow been substituted for the original sequence and that is probably why Color shut down on the command "send to FCP". " That's how the "Send to Color" command works. You get a duplicate copy...
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| | | | | Send (back) to FCP (wrong sequence)
by David Cape in the Apple Color Forum
Hi dear friends, I have color graded a sequence which originated in FCP. When color grading was completed I sent to FCP. Color shut down and the rendered files disappeared from the render queue and no green bands under the clips in the time line when Color was relaunched. This...
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| | | |  | Color/tangent Wave bug or oversite?
by Baz Leffler in the Apple Color Forum
I have mapped 'Toggle playback' to a function key. I use this in conjunction with 'Mark in' and 'Mark out' to 'loop playback' over a scene change. So when I have finished this 'loop playback' I need to go back to full timeline playback. But I have noticed that the...
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| | | |  | Re: Animating website screenshots
by Stephen Smith in the Apple Motion Forum
I use Snapz Pro to capture my screen and then animate it's 3D space. Here is an example in my Creating a Hologram tutorial. Hope this helps. 600 ? 600: true);" src="http://www.lonepeakproductions.com/img/cow/Steve_COW.jpg" align="right"> Stephen Smith Utah Video Productions Check out the Graphics Demo Reel I did. Check out my Motion...
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| | | | | Re: Moving with Motion by S. Smith
by Stephen Smith in the Apple Motion Forum
Sorry Bruce, the Sales Manager said that everything is working and that it most be something with a discrepancy with your account. The DVD will go off of sale I think tomorrow. You may wan to try using a credit card instead or click on this link to ask Pay...
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| | | | | Re: Change DPX header/frame rate
by Noah Kadner in the Apple Color Forum
Glue Tools- though I'd imagine there's also some sort of command line or hack you could find if you searched hard enough. But you can also simply change your frame rate in Color and DPX will fit to fill. Noah Check out my book: RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using...
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| | | |  | Re: need help setting RGB on my CRT
by Joseph Owens in the Apple Color Forum
"...and if possible, blue only. Doing this would get you pretty close. " As in... Hawaii is a sovereign state of the Union, so it must be "pretty close"? There is pretty much no way to set the overall light output without a calibrated probe. Well, you can turn it...
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| | | |  | Re: need help setting RGB on my CRT
by Loren White in the Apple Color Forum
There are no magic numbers you can punch in to achieve calibration. Is this a computer CRT...? Get a calibration puck and start from there, set to D65 and calibrate to bars, also use blue only (you won't have blue only as an option if this is a computer crt)...
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| | | | | Re: Apple Motion and vector images
by mark pigott in the Apple Motion Forum
"Sorry Mark, it opened up with no problems on my machine. I looked at the manual and it doesn't say that the file needs to be created on Mac version of the program. See if this AI file works. " I took the 366_test.ai from the desktop and saved in...
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In this article Walter Biscardi, Jr. takes an indepth look at the new Tangent Wave Control Panel.
