GeekyMac NAB Pick – AJA’s T-TAP
While there were no shortage of product announcements this year at NAB, I found the most exciting to be the introduction of the T-TAP from AJA. This little Thunderbolt device is an inexpensive, but...
View ArticleMatrox Announces Special Promotional Pricing on MXO2 Mini MAX I/O Devices...
(Montreal, Canada–May 31, 2012) Matrox® Video Products Group has announced a special limited-time promotion on Matrox MXO2™ Mini MAX. Purchasers save $250 until July 31, 2012. Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX...
View ArticleApple Introduces All New MacBook Pro with Retina Display
SAN FRANCISCO—June 11, 2012—Apple® today unveiled an all new 15-inch MacBook® Pro featuring a stunning Retina™ display, all flash storage and quad-core processors in a radically thin and light design....
View ArticleApple “Kind Of” Updates Mac Pro
Very quietly Apple has kind of updated the Mac Pro. The Verge had this to report: It’s been two years since Apple’s Mac Pro has received an update, but today’s the day: as rumored, the 40-pound...
View ArticleFinal Cut Pro 10.0.5 Update Released
Final Cut Pro X, Compressor and Motion see minor updates, preparing them for the new MacBook Pro with retina display. Unfortunately there are no new features released in this update. Apple leaked word...
View ArticleFinal Cut Pro Tip #050 – Using Disk Images to Manage Media in Final Cut Pro X
Using Disk Images to Manage Media in Final Cut Pro X Final Cut Pro X has given editors some new methods for media management. It can be an obstacle to change from the pervious FCP (7 and earlier) way...
View ArticleMac Pro Users Gain Unprecedented Performance with NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Most Powerful Professional GPU Ever for the Mac Dramatically Accelerates Design and Content Creation Workflows AMSTERDAM-IBC 2012-Sept. 7, 2012-Mac professionals will benefit from dramatically improved...
View ArticleFinal Cut Pro Tip #051 – Create a Disk Image of your Camera Card
Create a Disk Image of your Camera Card I can’t begin to tell you how many times a shooter has handed me a drive with all the footage from a big shoot only to find out, they didn’t copy the correct...
View ArticleMatrox Announces Matrox MXO2 Dock
(Amsterdam IBC, Netherlands–September 8, 2012) Matrox today announced Matrox® MXO2 Dock™ , an accessory that allows users of Matrox MXO2 I/O devices and MacBook Pro or MacBook Air to easily create an...
View ArticleAJA T-TAP™ for Thunderbolt™-enabled Workflows Now Available
Grass Valley, CA (September 7, 2012) – AJA Video Systems today announced that T-TAP™, its compact, lightweight HD-SDI and HDMI Thunderbolt™-powered video device launched at NAB, is now shipping. AJA’s...
View ArticleLaCie Announces Fastest Mobile Product Ever: Rugged USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series
Sad news for CalDigit, not only can they not ship their alleged Thunderbolt storage, Everyone else is betting them to the punch. This new drive from LaCie is awesome. With SSD, any concern for...
View ArticleApple releases Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6
The latest version includes new features that improve every step of video post-production — from import through editing to delivery. Almost every missing feature has been added, this is a very, very...
View ArticleFinal Cut Pro X: Best practices for updating
From Apple Knowledge Base Article: HT5550 Before installing an update to Final Cut Pro X from the Mac App Store or performing steps in Final Cut Pro X: Troubleshooting basics, be sure you have a...
View ArticleFCPX 10.0.6 Adds ProRes LT Option
What now seams like decades ago, Apple introduced ProRes 422. This professional codec provided a 10Bit compressed workflow that allowed for high edit editing, without taking up massive amounts of...
View ArticleUsing MXF in FCP X 10.0.6
The 10.0.6 release of Final Cut Pro X brought a slew of improvements and new features. One of the most notable is support for native MXF support. MXF is a media wrapper that is used amounts many...
View ArticleApple Updates Final Cut Pro X, Compressor and Motion
Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.7 This update improves overall stability, performance, and compatibility. Updates include: The Letterbox effect “Offset” slider is restored. Fixes an issue that could occur...
View ArticleThe Colorado Film School is offering an Apple Certified class in Final Cut Pro X
Apple Pro Training The Colorado Film School continues to offer Apple-certified professional training for Final Cut Pro and Color. The classes are taught on the CFS campus by Jerry Hofmann, author of...
View ArticleApple aims to win over video editors
From Chris O’Brien, Los Angeles Times The redesign of Final Cut Pro editing software was met with derision in 2011. Now, after seven updates to the product, Apple is launching a marketing effort for...
View ArticleApple Updates FCPX
Final Cut Pro What’s New in Version 10.0.8 Support for Sony XAVC codec up to 4K resolution Option to display ProRes Log C files from ARRI ALEXA cameras with standard Rec. 709 color and contrast levels...
View ArticleFinal Cut Pro Tip #052 – Syncing Templates
Final Cut Pro X has given created a very powerful way to create templates using Motion. The drawback, however, is that it’s not easy to move the templates from computer to computer when working on more...
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