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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.
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FCPUG San Francisco SuperMeet: AJA show off the Ki Pro
08/03/2010
Rick Young
Recorded live at the FCPUG SuperMeet, San Francisco, February 5th, 2010. AJA Product Manager, Jon Thorn, shows off the Ki Pro. The Ki Pro by AJA is a portable hard disc recorder which records direct to ProRes standard or high quality. This enables one to bypass the compression of the affordable cameras and achieve superior results to those which can be achieved with highly compressed codecs.
MacVideo Live: The Future of Digital Video (Part 2)
28/02/2010
Rick Young
Part 2 of the live seminar recorded at BVE London, February 16, 2010. Topics covered: the ability to adapt and meet changing requirements; making the right investments; the importance of efficient workflows. Featuring Matt Davis, Producer and Director, MDMA; Christina Fox, Camera Operator, Trainer/Consultant, Urban Fox; David Fox, Journalist/Technology Writer; Larry Jordan - Producer, Director, Trainer. The panel is chaired by Rick Young of MacVideo.tv
MacVideo Live: The Future of Digital Video (Part 1)
22/02/2010
Rick Young
Part 1 of a live seminar recorded at BVE London, February 16, 2010. Topics covered: the ability to adapt and meet changing requirements; making the right investments; the importance of efficient workflows. Featuring Matt Davis, Producer and Director, MDMA; Christina Fox, Camera Operator, Trainer/Consultant, Urban Fox; David Fox, Journalist/Technology Writer; Larry Jordan - Producer, Director, Trainer. The panel is chaired by Rick Young of MacVideo.tv
Taz Goldstein: Hand Held Hollywood
15/02/2010
Rick Young
The idea behind Hand Held Hollywood is to explore how Apple's ubiquitous iPhone (and iPod Touch) can be used in nearly every aspect of film and video production. Hand Held Hollywood provides a destination for those wishing to discus and discover the latest techniques and technology; a place where every gadget obsessed writer, producer, director, cinematographer, composer, editor, actor, and otherwise can call home. The founder of Hand Held Hollywood is Taz Goldstein,
A look back at memorable SF SuperMeet Movies and more
31/01/2010
Rick Young
With the 2010 San Francisco SuperMeet about to happen, February 5, at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, we take a look at some memorable moment from previous SuperMeets, spectacular demos, and inspiring moments.
Testing the Editors Keys SL150 Vocal Mic
18/01/2010
Rick Young
Connected via a USB cable the Editors Keys condenser microphone SL150 is ready for action - in combination with the Editors Keys vocal booth this provides the means to produce affordable high quality audio. The SL150 features dual 22mm internal shock mounted diaphragms and is designed for recording singing vocals, speech, rapping, podcasts and musical instruments. Compatible with Final Cut, Premiere, Avid and After Effects and more.
Best of MacVideo Movies 2009 (parts 3 & 4)
02/01/2010
Rick Young
Featuring: Making Music Videos - Greg Hawkes; Independent Filmmaker - Claudio von Planta; The Frontline Club - Vaughan Smith; Playing for Change - Jonathan Walls; What You Need to Know About FCP7 - Michael Wohl; World-class Cinematographer - Dedo Weigert; Filming Underwater - Luca Coltri; Effects Production in Final Cut Pro - Rick Young; Steenbeck Flatbed Editing - Alive and Kicking in 2009; JVC GY HM100 and GY HM-700 - Rick Young and Semir Nouri.
DigitalFilm Tree, Hollywood
21/12/2009
Rick Young
When Walter Murch was investigating using Final Cut Pro to edit Cold Mountain, he and his assistant, Sean Cullen, visited a Los Angeles post facility known as DigitalFilm Tree to see what was possible. This resulted in a $999 piece of software being used to edit an eighty million dollar feature film. This high profile project well and truly put DigitalFilm Tree on the map as a facility able to handle major feature film work outside the established AVID way of working. In this piece we step inside DigitalFilm Tree, and Founder and CEO, Ramy Katrib shows us the facility and describes how it all works.
IBC SuperMeet: Final Cut Pro 7 Questions and Answers
14/12/2009
Rick Young
SuperMeet producers Dan Berube and Michael Horton decided to do something different for the IBC SuperMeet in September 2009. Hot off the announcement of Final Cut Studio 2 the floor was opened to questions from the audience. The result is a wide array of interesting questions which generated equally interesting answers. If ever an event shows the cohesion of the world video community, this is it. Featuring experts from the USA, UK, France and an audience from many different countries.
Box'a'tricks - investigating the Matrox MXO2 and MXO2 Mini with H.264 Max technology
23/11/2009
Rick Young
The MXO2 comes in several configurations: MXO2, MXO2 Rackmount, MXO2 LE and MXO2 Mini. All the MXO2 boxes essentially do the same thing, with the distinguishing factor being the inputs and outputs available. Each box provides for monitor calibration, up-convert, down-convert, cross-convert of video content, and optional accelerated encoding for H.264 using the Matrox Max technology.
Jason Levine; Share the love with Adobe's CS4
16/11/2009
Rick Young
In this demo recorded at the FCPUG NAB SuperMeet, Jason's charismatic style comes though as he shows off how simple it is to bring a Final Cut Pro project into Adobe Premiere Pro, to then work with this content in After Effects and to author Blu-ray discs using Adobe Encore. Jason clearly shows that CS4 and Final Cut Pro can be used to compliment one another.
Steenbeck editing tables: Alive and Kicking in 2009
09/11/2009
Rick Young
In 2009 Steenbeck is "alive and kicking" still manufacturing editing tables, now used by film archivists, film laboratories, and a dedicated band of film editors who refuse to move from the traditional way of cutting film into a more modern workflow. Steenbeck has stood the test of time and continues to produce and refurbish its machines which have become iconic in the world of film editing.
What You NEED to Know About FCP 7 - Michael Wohl (part 2)
11/10/2009
Rick Young
As part of the original development team for Final Cut Pro, Michael Wohl knows this application as well or better than anyone else on the planet. This demonstration filmed at the FCPUG IBC SuperMeet, 13, Sept. 2009, highlights some of the key features, and hidden features of Final Cut Pro 7. This video is Part 2 of a 2 part special.
What You NEED to Know About FCP 7 - Michael Wohl (part 1)
05/10/2009
Rick Young
As part of the original development team for Final Cut Pro, Michael Wohl knows this application as well or better than anyone else on the planet. This demonstration filmed at the FCPUG IBC SuperMeet, 13, Sept. 2009, highlights some of the key features, and hidden features of Final Cut Pro 7. This video is Part 1 of a 2 part special.
Tactile control for Final Cut Studio with Euphonix controllers
28/09/2009
Rick Young
For over 20 years Euphonix have been a leading manufacturer of large-format digital audio consoles, media controllers, and peripherals. The company is now offering to video artists a range of accessories which compliment Final Cut Studio and also work in conjunction with Logic Studio. The Euphonix line-up for digital filmmakers includes a professional sound surface for mixing audio, jog/shuttlec programable controller, fully-featured control surface for Color, all for tactile interaction between the Final Cut editor and computer.
Talkin' Codecs - The Ken Stone Sessions (part 3)
06/09/2009
Rick Young
Four giants of the digital video scene: Ken Stone, Michael Horton, Philip Hodgetts, Andrew Balis, get together and talk about what really counts when it comes to acquisition. What you need to know about and how to deal with issues such as frame size, codec choice, and what to look for when working through the myriad of acquisition and post-production codecs available to the modern filmmaker.
Syncing the Impossible with Jeremy Garchow
31/08/2009
Rick Young
5 P2 cameras, 6 wireless microphones, 8 tracks of audio, totaling over 6 hours of real time material to edit down to 60 seconds, Jeremy faced this challenge by having super-fast access to the native P2 media and auto-syncing with external audio, all with free run time code and a clap slate. MXF4mac and sequenceLiner fired it all over to Final Cut Pro, ready to edit through a workflow never seen before.
Wounded Marines Careers Foundation
31/08/2009
Rick Young
The current class from the Wounded Marines Careers Foundation in San Diego returns to the SuperMeet to show off thier latest work.
War Cameraman - Claudio von Planta
10/08/2009
Rick Young
For close to 25 years Claudio von Planta has been traveling the world and documenting the stories of those in conflict areas and hidden corners of the planet. This piece provides an overview of some of the Claudio's work including footage filmed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, the Congo, Turkey, Kurdistan and West Papua.
Final Cut Pro Killer Secrets with Martin Baker
03/08/2009
Rick Young
Digital Heaven boldly used Final Cut Pro to edit the UK's number one music program, Top of the Pops for prime-time television from 2003 - 2005, at a time when Avid was the accepted way of editing television content. Since then the company has become a prolific plug-in/software creator for Apple's Final Cut Pro. Most recently Digital Heaven have released an eBook titled Final Cut Pro, Killer Secrets - written by the force behind Digital Heaven, Martin Baker.
