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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.
Features
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Final Cut Pro 7 and the rest of Final Cut Studio 3 unleashed: New features (part 1)
27/07/2009
Rick Young
It only happens every 2 years or so that Apple releases a major upgrade to its professional suite of post-production software. Now Final Cut Studio 3 is unveiled, and at the core is Final Cut Pro 7. New Features to Final Cut Pro 7 include: Expanded ProRes family, Easy export, iChat Theater support, New speed change tools, Alpha transitions, Improved markers, Native AVC-Intra support, Background export, Global transitions, Multi-Touch Trackpad and more
FCPUG Road Show in Hungary
13/07/2009
Gyula Kazari
Our UG is still in child's shoes. We are only a few months old organization with three co-founder (one from Budapest, Hungary, one from Antwerp, Belgium
and the other from Moscow, Russia) and besides setting up the website and posting news and tutorials we did not do much.
So pretty soon we thought it was about time to meet our members and really do something for them.
Blackmagic Design announce 16 new products at NAB, 2009
11/05/2009
Rick Young
At NAB, in April 2009, Blackmagic design announced a host of new products, several being built around fiber optic technology, the expansion of their own Videohub routers, support for 3Gb SDI and the introduction of the Ultrascope - the world's first PC-based 3Gb/s SDI and optical fiber SDI scopes designed for editors and colorists with true broadcast engineering technical accuracy.
Keylight and Furnace by The Foundry (parts 1 and 2)
14/04/2009
Rick Young
The Foundry are regarded as a major player in the plug-in market. Keylight is an extremely capable blue/green screen keyer, whilst Furnace provides high-end tools for editors and compositors. The Foundry has won an Academy Award for technical achievement for their technology, now available for Final Cut Pro users.
Apple's newest 24-in. iMac 'a sight to behold'
20/03/2009
Michael DeAgonia
Earlier this month, Apple completed a round of hardware updates to its Mac Pro, iMac and Mac mini lines, offering up modest speed boosts, some pricing tweaks and -- most importantly -- the Nvidia 9400M chipset for graphics.
15-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz
12/03/2009
James Galbraith
As far as upgrades go, the top-of-the-line 15-inch MacBook Pro's makeover is far from extreme. But we're not going to complain if Apple chooses to gently goose the processor speed a little bit without expecting a dime more for the effort.
Bruce Nazarian shows how to produce affordable Blu-ray
09/03/2009
Rick Young
When it comes to producing Blu-ray discs there are a whole lot of issues one needs to consider which have not faced the traditional DVD author. Simply put - replicating Blu-ray discs is very expensive, largely due to licensing requirements, compared to replicating 4.7GB DVDs. However there is a way to do author and duplicate Blu-ray affordably. Using regular 4.7GB DVDs one can produce high definition discs which will play in Blu-ray players. Bruce Nazarian reveals the secrets of how this can be achieved.
17-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz
05/03/2009
James Galbraith
The new 17-inch MacBook Pro arrived a little late to the unibody makeover party--most of Apple's laptop line switched to the thinner and lighter, precision-crafted aluminum design back in October 2008. But the new 17-inch laptop is not without under-the-hood innovation. The incremental updates that boost processor, system bus, and RAM speeds are all welcome, but the big news with the 17-inch MacBook Pro is its new battery design. Apple says the new laptop's battery is 40 percent larger than the battery in its 17-inch predecessor, allowing the new 17-inch MacBook Pro to run for up to 8 hours on a single charge.
Investigating Matrox MXO2
16/02/2009
Rick Young
The Matrox MXO2 is a well-thought out device which serves several key functions. One can monitor HD or SD video at broadcast quality onto a HDMI LCD or Plasma television - and one can convert formats. The ability to down-convert, up-convert and cross convert is provided, enabling transcoding of video in real-time. The MXO accepts a multitude of video inputs including HDMI, SDI, YC, Composite and Component. Both balanced and unbalanced audio is supported.
FCPUG Macworld San Francisco Supermeet, Jan. 2009: Blackmagic Design introduce DeckLink Studio
12/01/2009
Rick Young
Blackmagic Design Inc. have announced DeckLink Studio, a new model capture card specifically designed
as a replacement for standard definition cards, but with increased analog connectivity
for wide compatibility with older analog equipment as well as SD and HD-SDI for
the latest digital equipment. DeckLink Studio replaces the entire Blackmagic
Design standard definition product line while also adding HD support, at much
lower cost.
IBC Supermeet 2008: New Digital Cinema Technology from Quvis
03/01/2009
Rick Young
QuVIS, an imaging processing and Digital Cinema pioneer, introduces exciting new Digital Cinema technology for Final Cut Studio.
IBC Supermeet, 2008: Adobe Production Premium
03/01/2009
Rick Young
Adobe’s Creative Solutions Evangelist, Karl Soule will show how Adobe Production Premium can compliment your FCP workflow.
Best of MacVideo Movies 2008
22/12/2008
Rick Young
10 of the Best: MacVideo Movies. Jump back through-out 2008 to see highlights of video reports featured on MacVideo. These are edited versions of the original reports, including: shooting with the Sony HVR-Z7, working with Steadicam, Blu-ray for less than £200, filming with the RED One digital cinema camera, Ikonoskope and more...
