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19th Oct 2010
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Recent reviews
Impressions of the Panasonic HPX-171
Just spent most of the last week shooting with Panasonic's HPX-171. For those unfamiliar with the Panasonic camera range the HPX-171 is the European model, the equivalent of the US model, the HPX-170. This camera shoots DVCPro HD, or standard definition DVCPro, or DV to P2 card. There is no tape drive on the camera, therefore the only option is to record to card. For those want the ability to record to tape, Panasonic also offer the HVX-201A.
Features
Blackmagic roll out DaVinci for $995
03/05/2010
Rick Young
Blackmagic Design has announced a revolution in high end color correction with new DaVinci Resolve 7.0 that includes support for the Mac OS X platform, upgraded user interface, improved video field support, a new EDL library, improved shared database support, as well as new pricing for all models starting from a very affordable $995. Recorded at the NAB FCPUG SuperMeet, April 13, 2010.
Adobe Unleash CS5: pure 64 bit cocoa
19/04/2010
Rick Young
Adobe has launched the fifth incarnation of its Creative Suite collection of professional applications for print and Web designers and videographers. This set of coordinated programs, popularly called Adobe CS5, includes new versions of 14 products and their associated apps, four new online services, and a brand new interactive Web design product.
Smoke on the Mac: San Francisco SuperMeet 2010
22/03/2010
Rick Young
Autodesk Smoke is billed as a comprehensive creative editorial system, offering visual effects capabilities. Smoke features a powerful 64-bit architecture and industry-leading tools for conforming, editing, audio, paint, tracking, character generation, graphic design, and visual effects creation in the Action 3D compositing environment, as well as Master Keyer and Colour Warper technologies. The software benefits from many of the advanced visual effects tools in Autodesk Flame software, as well as the ability to conform from EDLs, AAF, and Apple Final Cut Pro XML files, to potentially create more streamlined content efficiently.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prepare yourself for the 3rd dimension with M dot Strange
09/02/2009
Rick Young
"A lot of the time people are aspiring filmmakers. But realise once you pick up a camera and write something and shoot something and make a film you are a filmmaker. So realise that's what you are, and you can do it in any you want; that there are no rules; you can write your own rules and make them up as you go along" - M dot Strange.
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...
Best of MacVideo Movies 2008 (part 2)
21/12/2008
Rick Young
The Best of MacVideo Movies 2008 - part 2, featuring: Step into Blu-ray for less than £200, Story of the Cinesaddle, Death of a Camera, Red Giant bus Digital Anarchy video plug-ins.
Best of MacVideo Movies 2008 (part 3)
21/12/2008
Rick Young
The Best of MacVideo Movies 2008 - part 3, featuring: Working with the RED ONE digital cinema camera, Ted Schilowitz shows how to exposure correctly with the RED ONE camera, Ikonoskope - a new kind of digital cinema camera.
Angie Taylor shows off After Effects CS4
25/09/2008
Rick Young
Angie Taylor is well-known, respected and regarded as being an expert when it comes to Adobe Effects. She has authored several editions of the book "Creative After Effects", published by Focal Press, and produces animation, motion graphics and visual effects for production companies and broadcasters including the BBC and Channel 4 television in the UK.
Making the Supermeet happen - behind the scenes with Michael Horton
22/08/2008
Rick Young
Months of work go into producing the Supermeet event. Get a feel for the passion, the motivation, and the energy needed to produce the biggest digital event which takes place for NAB, Macworld and now IBC. Find out what goes into making this event happen and the community and sponsors which support the event.
