editing en pr@provideocoalition.com Copyright 2013 2013-05-09T13:47:54+00:00 Archiving Final Cut Pro X Projects and Media http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/archiving-final-cut-pro-x-projects-and-media http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/archiving-final-cut-pro-x-projects-and-media#When:13:23:00Z archiving fcp fcp x final cut pro final cut pro x macbreak macbreak studio mark spencer ripple ripple training

This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training talks about archiving your projects in Final Cut Pro X.

Once you've delivered your edit to your client, they've approved it and you've been paid, how do you go about saving that project and storing it... ]]> 2013-05-14T13:23:00+00:00 Premiere Pro (and all the Adobe apps) are going cloud only http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/premiere-pro-and-all-the-adobe-apps-are-going-cloud-only http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/premiere-pro-and-all-the-adobe-apps-are-going-cloud-only#When:21:59:00Z adobe creative cloud edit premiere premiere pro premiere pro cc software

It’s been an eventful few days in and around the general world of film and video post-production. If you haven’t heard (but of course you have) Adobe made the decision to move all of their software licensing to the cloud, their Creative Cloud, and charge $50 a month to access to everything they make. No more paying some $1,500 up front for the Production Premium and having a box shipped to your door. While it would be nice to have a less expensive monthly access to only those video-centric apps (I’m never going to use Dreamweaver, InDesign or Muse among others) you really do get a lot for that $50 (check out the pricing page for other price options that could lower your monthly bill to Adobe). 

]]> 2013-05-09T21:59:00+00:00 Adobe Moves Creative Suite To The Cloud - What You Need To Know http://provideocoalition.com/dcarr/story/adobe-moves-creative-suite-to-the-cloud-what-you-need-to-know http://provideocoalition.com/dcarr/story/adobe-moves-creative-suite-to-the-cloud-what-you-need-to-know#When:17:17:00Z Adobe Moves Creative Suite To The Cloud - What You Need To Know

Adobe announced this week at the MAX conference that Creative Suite will no longer be upgraded with new features, the future of all their creative software now lies firmly with the subscription service Creative Cloud.  Alongside this announcement they unveiled new versions of all their... ]]> 2013-05-09T17:17:00+00:00 Pro video seminars in Bogotá, Colombia on May 20, 2013 http://provideocoalition.com/atepper/story/pro-video-seminars-in-bogota-colombia-on-may-20-2013 http://provideocoalition.com/atepper/story/pro-video-seminars-in-bogota-colombia-on-may-20-2013#When:13:47:00Z Pro video seminars in Bogotá, Colombia on May 20, 2013

On May 20, 2013, attendees of Allan Tépper’s Bogotá, Colombia seminars will learn about: Cameras, Internet TV & progressive multicam studios, and Responsive (self-adaptive) websites. The camera seminar will not only cover how to choose the best cost-effective... ]]> 2013-05-09T13:47:00+00:00 Text Animation in Motion http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/text-animation-in-motion http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/text-animation-in-motion#When:13:08:00Z apple motion behaivors fcp fcp x final cut pro final cut pro x keyframes motion motion graphics ripple

This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training a few tricks for animating text in Motion.

Text, like shapes, particles, replicators, cameras, and other objects in Motion, has a dedicated set of behaviors available for animating it in various ways. In... ]]> 2013-05-07T13:08:00+00:00 Useful Tools for Editors: After NAB Edition http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/useful-tools-for-editors-after-nab-edition http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/useful-tools-for-editors-after-nab-edition#When:02:10:00Z edit editing editing fcp fcpx final cut pro fx factory fxfactory plug-ins plugins

Another NAB has come and gone so things can begin to get back to normal. With that end to NAB let’s have a new entry into the Useful Tools for Editors category with our After NAB Edition. We talk PCs, relinking, keyboard emulators, slideshows and (of course) FxFactory.

]]> 2013-05-06T02:10:00+00:00 Visualizing hard drive speeds with the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/visualizing-hard-drive-speeds-with-the-blackmagic-disk-speed-test http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/visualizing-hard-drive-speeds-with-the-blackmagic-disk-speed-test#When:11:27:00Z blackmagic edit editing editing firewire hard disk hard drives hardware mac storage

I was having a discussion with some students recently about hard drive speeds and why it’s important to have a fast drive for editing. All the discussion of data rates and different types of connections can only go so far as students new to editing need to see that speed in action. The Blackmagic Disk Speed Test (Mac App Store link) is a good way to visualize drive speed but we didn’t have that handy so here’s those big speedometers scaling from USB up to a very fast Thunderbolt connection.

]]> 2013-05-03T11:27:00+00:00 Creating a DVD - Without the DVD http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/creating-a-dvd-without-the-dvd http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/creating-a-dvd-without-the-dvd#When:13:18:00Z dvd editing editing fcp fcp x final cut pro final cut pro x mark spencer ripple ripple training

This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us a neat trick for creating a "diskless" DVD straight from Final Cut Pro X.

Although DVDs are becoming less prevalent due to the rapid rise in web-delivered HD video, some clients still require them. Plus,... ]]> 2013-04-30T13:18:00+00:00 Using Behaviors in Motion http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/using-behaviors-in-motion http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/using-behaviors-in-motion#When:13:06:00Z animation apple behaviors final cut pro final cut pro x keyframes mark spencer motion motion 5 ripple

This week on MacBreak Studio, I talk with Steve Martin from Ripple Training about using behaviors instead of keyframes for creating animation in Motion.

Almost everything in Motion can be animated either with traditional keyframing methods or by using procedural objects... ]]> 2013-04-23T13:06:00+00:00 Rubén Abruña tests his Blackmagic Cinema Camera with waterwheel short http://provideocoalition.com/atepper/story/ruben-abruna-tests-his-blackmagic-cinema-camera-with-waterwheel-short http://provideocoalition.com/atepper/story/ruben-abruna-tests-his-blackmagic-cinema-camera-with-waterwheel-short#When:14:37:00Z Rubén Abruña tests his Blackmagic Cinema Camera with waterwheel short

Rubén Abruña (who now lives in Zurich, Switzerland) recently received his new Blackmagic Cinema Camera which he had ordered in July of 2012. Rubén decided to take a one-day break from the grading of his La Casa Ausente documentary to test his new camera and its... ]]> 2013-04-22T14:37:00+00:00 NAB 2013: X-Keys http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-x-keys http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-x-keys#When:13:26:00Z edit editing editing hardware keyboards mac x-keys

I know I probably shouldn’t get excited by something as simple as a bunch of buttons but I have to say that one of my favorite things that I saw at the 2013 NAB show were the X-keys Sticks from P.I. Engineering. These things are just a strip of 4, 8, or 16 buttons that I envisioned as an extra set of function keys. I know it seems silly but boy did I immediately see a big use for something like that. I’ve tried so many different input devices over the years but nothing seems quite a nice as buttons.

]]> 2013-04-18T13:26:00+00:00 NAB 2013: The TitaniumZ-5 from Small Tree http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-the-titaniumz-5-from-small-tree http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-the-titaniumz-5-from-small-tree#When:13:00:00Z edit editing editing mac nab small tree storage titaniumz-5

Not everyone in post-production has the need for shared storage and probably even less of those need portable shared storage but if you’re one of those that do look no further than the TitaniumZ–5 from Small Tree. It’s got some impressive specs and an eye-catching, yet useful form factor. It looks like it would be the perfect fit for certain editing situations.

]]> 2013-04-17T13:00:00+00:00 Mark, Replace, Slip http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/mark-replace-slip http://provideocoalition.com/mspencer/story/mark-replace-slip#When:13:21:00Z editing editing fcp fcp x final cut pro final cut pro x mark spencer replace edit ripple ripple training

This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us a cool trick for performing a particular kind of replace edit in Final Cut Pro X.

Replace edits are quite powerful tools for swapping out one clip in a project for another or adjusting (slipping) an... ]]> 2013-04-16T13:21:00+00:00 NAB 2013: The ProMAX ONE and ProMAX ONE+ powerhouse PCs http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-the-promax-one-and-promax-one-powerhouse-pcs http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-the-promax-one-and-promax-one-powerhouse-pcs#When:12:00:00Z adobe apple avid mac media composer production promax promax one promax one+ software

One thing I noticed when walking the South Hall of the 2013 NAB show was there are quite a new more PCs in the various booths running various software demos. There were also quite a new vendors offering fast, customizable PC workstations. One of those vendors is ProMAX and their very MacPro looking machines are called the ProMAX ONE and One+. I loved the description of the machine from the ProMAX rep I talked to: It’s like a “higher end MacPro … it doesn’t run OSX.”

]]> 2013-04-16T12:00:00+00:00 NAB 2013: Version 11 of Pro Tools finally cures its Achilles’ heel http://provideocoalition.com/atepper/story/nab-2013-version-11-of-pro-tools-finally-cures-its-achilles-heel http://provideocoalition.com/atepper/story/nab-2013-version-11-of-pro-tools-finally-cures-its-achilles-heel#When:20:32:00Z NAB 2013: Version 11 of Pro Tools finally cures its Achilles’ heel

Forget about its brand-new engine, 64-bit architecture, and expanded metering. The most important improvement I see in the palindromic version 11 of Pro Tools is that with this update, the renowned audio editing tool from Avid will finally cure its Achilles’ heel. I am talking... ]]> 2013-04-11T20:32:00+00:00 NAB 2013: Avid Media Composer 7 and Lightworks for Mac http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-avid-media-composer-and-lightworks-for-mac http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-avid-media-composer-and-lightworks-for-mac#When:16:20:00Z We’ve already talked about Adobe and their next version of Premiere Pro but the other NLEs on the show floor creating buzz were Avid Media Composer 7 (here’s my take from their press conference) and … wait for it … Lightworks for Mac. That’s just an early alpha of the Lightworks Mac but it was running and I played with it. It’ll be fun to watch how the biz takes to it when the Mac version finally ships which should be later this year.

]]> 2013-04-11T16:20:00+00:00 NAB 2013: G-Technology and CalDigit http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-g-technology-and-caldigit http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-g-technology-and-caldigit#When:15:50:00Z Trying to get an idea of what’s new in storage we stopped by both the G-Technology booth as well as CalDigit. There were a lot of storage companies on the floor but these two are the brands that I use the most. G-Tech’s new G-DOCK ev is a very interesting product for the USB3 / Thunderbolt we live in.

]]> 2013-04-11T15:50:00+00:00 NAB 2013: Red Giant’s BulletProof and Digital Rebellion http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-red-giants-bulletproof-and-digital-rebellion http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/nab-2013-red-giants-bulletproof-and-digital-rebellion#When:14:05:00Z While roaming the NAB 2013 show floor with the FreshDV guys we stopped by the Red Giant Software booth to get an up-close look at the new data wrangling tool BulletProof. And the it was waaaay down to the back of the South Hall to visit Digital Rebellion and see their new online collaboration review and approval tool Kollaborate.tv.

]]> 2013-04-11T14:05:00+00:00 NAB 2013: Blackmagic Design Part 2 - 4K Switchers and Resolve Color Correction http://provideocoalition.com/bjohnson/story/nab-2013-blackmagic-designs-4k-switchers-and-resolve-color-correction http://provideocoalition.com/bjohnson/story/nab-2013-blackmagic-designs-4k-switchers-and-resolve-color-correction#When:17:24:00Z Pat 2 of the Blackmagic booth tour shows off 4K live production capability and the improvements made to the DaVinci Resolve color correction tools.

 

 

]]> 2013-04-10T17:24:00+00:00 Velarium is a new entry into the DIT data wrangling tool http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/velarium-is-a-new-entry-into-the-dit-data-wrangling-tool http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/velarium-is-a-new-entry-into-the-dit-data-wrangling-tool#When:02:50:00Z 5d cameras canon data wrangler datamanagement dit dslr software

While not tool in a booth on the NAB show floor Elklight Software’s Velarium is another DIT -centric tool for the offload and transcoding of file-based, mainly DSLR, media. It takes a different approach than Red Giant Software’s BulletProof. Velarium is a more focused tool that presents a single-window approach to its task. The developer is based in my hometown of Nashville and I’ve been having a number of discussions about the tool and what I, as an editor, would expect in the files I receive for editorial. It looks like a promising product that’s going to be trying to find its way in the growing DIT offloading tools.

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