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UPDATED – Oct. 3 I was recently at a Final Cut Pro user group meeting where the screen you see here was discussed.  (You can find this for yourself by opening Final Cut Pro and going to Sequence > Settings …

Quite often I’m asked by readers if I have a MySpace page where they can visit us. So after discussing it with my team, we decided to expand our Internet presence and join the world of social networking! Kristi, our …

As part of my weekly podcast – Digital Production BuZZ – I get to interview some truly interesting people. Sometimes, when I prerecord these interviews, I get more material than I can use for the show. This was the case …

At IBC (International Broadcasting Convention) in Amsterdam earlier this month, Paul Saccone from Apple Inc. presented a technology preview of upcoming features for Final Cut Studio. Since I could not attend IBC and Apple rarely talks about future products, I …

Several months ago, Adobe gave us special access to the unreleased software in Production Premium CS4. Now that Adobe has released it, we can share what we’ve learned with you. I have retooled our workshop: “Integrating Adobe Products in a …

The folks at NVidia invited the guys from MythBusters (Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage) to explain the differences between a CPU and a GPU. NVidia also gave them an unlimited budget. If you’ve been wondering what the difference is.. and …

IBC (the International Broadcasting Convention) in Amsterdam has been the source of a variety of exciting announcements that I want to bring to your attention. (Thanks to Ben King for doing the legwork and filing this report.) First, Adobe continued …

Jesse sent me a note asking: I am writing to see if anyone would be able to direct me to a tutorial online about creating opening sequences (like 20/20 style news openings) in Final Cut Pro or Motion (or another …

Today, SmartSound released Sonicfire Pro 5 – a free upgrade to their already extremely useful music software. I’ve been using SmartSound products since about 1997 and have always enjoyed the flexibility they gave me in creating interesting and compelling music …

We began our PowerUP with Final Cut Studio seminars this last week — in fact, I’m writing this from the Denver International Airport as I’m traveling to Dallas and Washington DC this week to continue our tour. In spite of …

Apple today released QuickTime 7.5.5. In typical Apple fashion, all they said about this release was: “QuickTime 7.5.5 includes changes that increase reliability, improve application compatibility and enhance security. “This release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.” My recommendation …

Looking back on the old days of shooting standard-definition video… Life was easy, we only had two video formats — NTSC and PAL. Everything worked. No one complained.  (OK, so maybe there’s a rose-colored-glasses effect involved here. Stay with me.) …

The current issue of MacWorld (Oct. 2008 – www.macworld.com) has a lengthy article on computer security. While I agree with it, in general, one recommendation will cause problems for video editors. First, the section on virus protection recommends that if …

Wow! My article on the life-expectancy of magnetic signals on hard disks in this month’s newsletter has really touched a nerve! If you want to read it, we’ve turned it into an article, which you can read here: /articles/hard-disk-warning/   …

The worlds of digital video production and post-production are exploding, fragmenting, morphing, and recombining at a furious rate.  It is impossible to keep up with everything – even if you devote yourself to it full-time.  That’s where my blog can …