1st Video ships bringing more video editing to the iPhone

There’s another entry into the iPhone video editing app category that has just hit the iTunes app store in the last day or so. VeriCorder Technology’s 1st Video (which I previewed here thanks to HandHeld Hollywood just after NAB) aims to one up the previous king of iPhone video editors, ReelDirector, by providing a bit more functionality and moving it beyond a novelty or a toy.

UPDATE: 1st Video has received an update to output better video:

This is good news if you’re planning on buying the app as the video quality was one of its weakest points.

Comparison of portable HD studios: BCC versus TriCaster TCXD300

Comparing the BCC and the TriCaster TCXD300 isn’t really about a price issue. If I included prices in the comparison chart you’ll see later in this article, it’s to show how close they are in price, not to let the price dictate your choice. The real factors that anyone who may be considering either one of these two fine tools should be taking into account are workflow philosophy and key features. In this article, I will emphasize those issues, and I will also explain why I designed the comparison chart the way I did.

MONOGRAM’s BCC is a portable studio that changes the rules of the game

When people first hear about MONOGRAM’s BCC (Broadcast Case) production TV studio in a box, some of them mistakenly assume that it is a copycat of existing portable TV studio systems that have been on the market for a while. However, as soon as they get closer or hear more about it, they realize that it is quite the contrary. I had never seen a touch-screen interface before on a vision mixer (“switcher”), let alone for an entire portable production studio with onboard audio mixer, character generator, 4:2:2 recorder, and H.264 video streamer. I had also never heard of one with an onboard intercom system, yet alone one that could even power the cameras over a unique combined camera cable, which unifies SDI (or HD-SDI), power, intercom, and even tally information in one very manageable enclosure. In this article, you’ll learn how unique and groundbreaking the BCC really is.

Tépper’s remedy for Flash-lovers who are still in denial

I have been quite surprised about the comments sent to me by Flash-lovers who are still in denial, of which a few have been public on the ProVideo Coalition website, and many more have been private, sometimes desperate sounding e-mails. In the past, people used to say that some Mac-lovers were religious fanatics. I now realize that some Flash-lovers are perhaps even more devoted religious fanatics. Some of these Flash religious fanatics have made terrible criticisms about Steve Jobs and Apple regarding their position about Flash, despite both Google and Microsoft backing that position. The purpose of this article is to help Flash religious fanatics who are still in denial to come to grips with reality and get through their “mourning” period as gracefully as possible.

Microsoft diplomatically backs Apple & Google’s position, favoring HTML5 and H.264

From my perspective, the issue began back in 2008, when I was inspired to write an article called Encoding web video in the age of the iPhone. Now, the situation has become as suspenseful as the final chapters of a Latin American telenovela. On April 5th, 2010, I published Tépper is glad that the iPad doesn’t support Flash. During the last week of April, Steve Jobs publishes his open letter about why he has disallowed Adobe’s Flash on all of Apple’s mobile devices, including iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Then Adobe refutes Steve Jobs’ statements in a video interview with the Wall Street Journal. Now, Microsoft diplomatically backs Apple’s and Google’s position with a blogpost by the Internet Explorer manager, stating that the future is indeed HTML5 and H.264, which has been my position since my original 2008 article. Ahead you’ll find links to all of the mentioned incidents.

Adobe CEO rebuts Steve Jobs’ Flash letter in WSJ video interview

As many of ProVideo Coalition readers read yesterday,  Steve Jobs published his open letter regarding Adobe’s Flash. Now, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen rebuts Steve Jobs’ letter in a video inverview with the Wall Street Journal. Ahead you’ll find a link to Steve Jobs’ open letter, to my article, and to the rebuttal interview from Adobe.

Steve Jobs’ open letter regarding Flash

I thank ProVideo Coalition reader WSmith for pointing out to me that Steve Jobs has published his open letter regarding Adobe’s Flash. WSmith wrote his comment in my article called Tépper is glad that the iPad doesn’t support Flash. I am glad to know that WSmith saw that article, and at this point, I don’t know whether Steve Jobs did too. Ahead you’ll find a link to Steve Jobs’ open letter, and to my article.

Why the iPad will dictate your shooting framerate & shutter speed

Back in 2008, I published an article called AppleTV, WDTV, or Blu-ray: Which one is best to distribute your HD project? In the few weeks that have passed since Apple’s launch of the iPad, it has become clear that the iPad will likely be a much more popular content consumption device than any of the other three. In that 2008 article, I explained that the highest HD resolution compatible with the AppleTV was 720p25, despite misinformation on Apple’s own multinational websites, which underrated it at 720p24 (and continue to do so). Fortunately, the iPad beats that, with a maximum published supported framerate of 30. This article is about how the iPad will now dictate your shooting framerate & shutter speed, especially if you want to have a consistent look on all possible outputs, including broadcast TV, the web, and the iPad.

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