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ProDate DV, Automatic Duck
ProDate DV by Automatic Duck allows Final Cut Pro users to use a filter to access the date and time information recorded as metadata of a DV file.
Interviews
Bruce Nazarian: DVD, Blu-ray and distribution expert (part 2)
14/03/2010
Rick Young
Bruce Nazarian is regarded as an expert in DVD and Blu-ray technology. He is the President of the DVD Association, author of DVD Studio Pro 4 - the Complete Guide for Authoring with Macintosh (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006), a trainer, consultant and CEO of Digital Media Consulting Group Inc. He called "The Digital Guy" and is known for his knowledge and presentation skills, lighting up the room and inspiring and motivating like no other.
Bruce Nazarian: DVD, Blu-ray and distribution expert (part 1)
28/02/2010
Rick Young
Bruce Nazarian is regarded as an expert in DVD and Blu-ray technology. He is the President of the DVD Association, author of DVD Studio Pro 4 - the Complete Guide for Authoring with Macintosh (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006), a trainer, consultant and CEO of Digital Media Consulting Group Inc. He is known as "The Digital Guy." Also featured are two presentations from FCPUG SuperMeets, where Bruce's skills and presence lights up the room, inspiring and motivating like no other.
Best of MacVideo Interviews 2009 (parts 3 & 4)
02/01/2010
Rick Young
Featuring: Claudio von Planta - War Cameraman/Journalist; Jonathan Walls- Co-Director/Editor; Lenny Lipton - Independent Filmmaker; Michael Wohl - original Final Cut Pro Development Team; Vaughan Smith - War Cameraman/Journalist; Walter Murch - Feature Film Editor; Tom Ohanian - Founding team Avid Technology; Jerry Hofmann - Digital Video Pioneer; Ramy Katrib - CEO and Founder, DigitalFilm Tree; The Ken Stone Sessions (part 1).
Best of MacVideo Interviews 2009 (parts 1 and 2)
28/12/2009
Rick Young
Featuring: Tom Robotham - inventor of Blender light, Noah Kadner - digital video expert; Brian Valente - Redrock Micro; Bob Daniels - CDIA; John Rule - Rule Broadcast; M Dot Strange - filmmaker; Larry Jordan - 2-Pop Founder; Anthony Artis - filmmaker; Arthur C. Smith III - filmmaker; Glenn Kennel - Arriflex.
H.264 - the modern codec for distribution
23/11/2009
Rick Young
Wayne Andrews, Mac Product Manager from Matrox, talks in-depth about the importance of H.264 as a distribution codec and how 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. By using specialized hardware acceleration, jobs are finished with superior speed to the technology used by Apple in the creation of H.264 files.
IBC SuperMeet Preview - Dan Berube and Michael Horton
06/09/2009
Rick Young
The agenda is now set for the Second Annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet to be held Sunday, 13 September 2009 at The Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Dam Square, the heart of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Doors open at 16:30 with an FCP Showcase with 26 exhibitors; Presentations begin at 19:00 and continue until 23:30. Headlining the event is Final Cut Pro co-creator Michael Wohl.
Best of MacVideo Interviews 2008
22/12/2008
Rick Young
10 of the best of the MacVideo interviews featured throughout 2008. This two part special includes interviews with Walter Murch, Ken Stone, Ramy Katrib, Garrett Brown and more. These are edited versions of the original interviews, taken from the MacVideo archive. Hear some of the most influential people in the world of digital video tell their stories.
Best of MacVideo Interviews 2008 (part 2)
21/12/2008
Rick Young
Part two of this special includes interviews with Richard Marx, Graeme Nattress, Garrett Brown and more. These are edited versions of the original interviews, taken from the MacVideo archive. Hear some of the most influential people in the world of digital video tell their stories.
Abobe Interviews: Michael Coleman, Product Manager, Adobe After Effects and Simon Hayhurst, Sr. Director, Product Management, Dynamic Media
26/09/2008
Rick Young
Hear direct from the people at Abobe what the release of CS4 means for video editors. When CS3 was released this brought Abobe back to the Mac Platform for video editing. Now with CS4 Adobe takes another swipe at the market with new tools, new features, and new ways of doing things.
Live to Los Angeles and Boston - Michael Horton, LAFCPUG, Dan Berube, Boston FCPUG
22/08/2008
Rick Young
This week we cross live to Los Angeles and Boston to speak to the key players who organise the FCPUG Supermeet each year, for NAB, Macworld and now IBC. In this interview Michael Horton and Dan Berube talk about what has motivated them to bring the Supermeet to Europe and what to expect on the night of the 14th September in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Interview with David Helmly, Senior Business Development Manager, Video, Adobe Systems Inc., USA
20/06/2008
Rick Young
Adobe Premiere returned to the Mac in spectacular style in 2007. The program which was once the only affordable alternative for independents saw the demise on the Mac platform in 2003. However, when Apple moved to Intel chips Adobe ported what had become a PC only program back to the Mac. This is the story of what happened.
Interview with Grant Petty - CEO Blackmagic Design
25/04/2008
Rick Young
Blackmagic Design introduced 10 new products at NAB 2008 - in this interview Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design, talks about the new products along with a detailed discussion of video production past and present, codecs, workflows and what drives Grant to keep producing low-cost, high quality, broadcast and consumer devices.
Interview with Giles Baker, Senior Product Manager, Premiere Pro, Adobe
09/04/2008
Rick Young
The Adobe Production Premium suite provides a total solution for video editors who wish to work between Premiere Pro, After Effects, Encore, Soundbooth, Flash and more. In this interview Giles Baker, Senior Product Manager, Premiere Pro, explains how these applications have been designed to work together.
Interview with Pete Schlatter, Director of Marketing, G-tech
09/04/2008
Rick Young
G-tech specialise in producing hard drives solutions for video editing. They sell a range of RAIDS, portable high speed drives, and various options to ensure speed and reliability across their product range. Furthermore, they have some of the best looking drives on the market.
Interview with Steve Ruddock, Director of Communications, Filemaker
09/04/2008
Rick Young
Filemaker makes powerful data-base applications which can be used to locate data quickly and easily. In this interview Steve Ruddock, Director of Communications, Filemaker, describes just how this data-base software can be used in a post-production environment.
