Post Production

Exclusive News from Autodesk at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 18, 2013

Marc Hamaker, Senior Product Marketing Manager - Creative Finishing at Autodesk, took the time to talk to us about the big news surrounding Autodesk at NAB 2013. He tells us about how people have been utilizing Smoke since its recent release and shares some news about a technology partnership... Read More

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NAB 2013: X-Keys

They're just a bunch of buttons but boy do they look handy.

By Scott Simmons | April 18, 2013

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.

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Codex Shows off Its Tech at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 17, 2013

Sarah Priestnall, VP for Market Development, talks to us about what Codex has to showcase at NAB 2013. She tells us about the company's emphasis on its vault products, which work with a number of currently-available cameras.

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NAB 2013: The TitaniumZ-5 from Small Tree

Need portable network storage for up to 6 editors?

By Scott Simmons | April 17, 2013

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.

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Dolby Announces Collaboration on No-Glasses 3DTV

By Kurt Gardner | April 16, 2013

Dolby Laboratories' Giles Baker, The Foundry's Simon Robinson and Cameron Pace Group's Vince Pace talk about their collaboration on the advancement of 3DTV without glasses. Each of them share their insights and expertise surrounding this exciting development. 

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Big Announcements from Blackmagic at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 16, 2013

At NAB 2013 Blackmagic had a number of announcements that were once again the talk of the show. We stopped by to talk with Stuart Ashton, Director at Blackmagic Design, to hear about some of the details. He discusses their three main themes and explains how they will impact and change the... Read More

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Check out the Innovative Ways People are Using SCRATCH

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 16, 2013

At NAB 2013 Steve Bannerman, VP of marketing at Assimilate, took the time to show us an exciting development that allows filmmakers to take SCRATCH into remote locations in order to watch dailies and process footage. He gives us an up-close look at an office space that's been created inside... Read More

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Mark, Replace, Slip

On this week's MacBreak Studio

By Mark Spencer | April 16, 2013

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... Read More

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NAB 2013: The ProMAX ONE and ProMAX ONE+ powerhouse PCs

They're not MacPros though the look like one and are probably much faster

By Scott Simmons | April 16, 2013

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.”

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Slideshows in After Effects

A Roundup

By Rich Young | April 16, 2013

Despite the clunkiness of Adobe features for creating slideshows (or because of it), there still a steady stream of interest. Traditional slideshows can be easily built with audio in Lightroom and Encore DVD, and with only a little more work you can pull them off in After Effects and Premiere, and go beyond into creative motion graphics. Read More

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Take a Look at Hitachi’s End-to-End Media Solution from NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 15, 2013

At NAB 2013 Hitachi Data Systems showcased their end-to-end media solution which lays out how various partners technologies intergrate with Hitachi. Dwight DeClouette, VP of Communications, Media and Entertainment, and Jeff Greenwald, Marketing and Subject Matter Expert Communications,... Read More

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Three Big Announcements from Panasonic at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 15, 2013

NAB 2013 saw a number of announcements from Panasonic. Steve Cooperman, Product Marketing Manager - P2, Production Displays, talks to us about their new 4K monitor, their PX5000 and their new micro P2 cards.

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Boxx TV Rolls Out Some New Products at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 15, 2013

Scott Walker, Technical Director for Boxx TV, tells us about their new product called Zenith, which transmits to an access point that can be plugged into anoher dish to transmit across vast distances. He also shows us their new battery which is designed specifically for the Alexa and other high... Read More

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Ciphertex Shows off Their Technology at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 15, 2013

Jerry Kaner, President at Ciphertex Data Security, talks to us about the need to protect data and showcases the various ways Ciphertex products are able to do that. He takes us through their numerous products and explains how Ciphertex ensures your data is protected.

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Bexel Has Two Major Initiatives for NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 15, 2013

Tom Dickinson, Bexel Chief Technology Officer, tells us about the two major initiatives Bexel had to showcase at NAB. The first revolves around the rebranding of their three key divisions and the other involves developments made to their exisiting technologies.  He talks through both... Read More

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Check out the Promax Platform Studio at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 15, 2013

Jess Hartman, CEO at Promax, talks to us about the Promax Platform Studio, their shared storage solution.  He explains the capabilities and benefits of the systems and tells us how and why it is unlike any other product on the market. 

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Xytech Systems Shows Off Their Technology at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 15, 2013

Greg Dolan, COO at Xytech Systems, talks through the various updates to Media Pulse. He also tells us about their intergration platform and explains how it can change the way people operate and organize.

Xytech - NAB 2013 from ProVideo Coalition on Vimeo.

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Adobe’s Big NAB 2013 Announcements

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 15, 2013

Mitch Wood, Adobe Senior Solutions Engineer talks through some of the announcements Adobe had for NAB 2013. He discusses updates to Premiere and After Effects as well as a few other suprises. 

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Charts and graphs in After Effects

Another Roundup

By Rich Young | April 12, 2013

On one level creating and animating charts and graphs in After Effects is easy, but it can get tricky quick if you go much beyond transformed shapes or the Write-On filter. Here's a few tools and tutorials that may help get you through and beyond the basics.

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NAB 2013: Version 11 of Pro Tools finally cures its Achilles’ heel

Finally Pro Tools will be able to “bounce” and export quickly, instead of in real time.

By Allan Tépper | April 11, 2013

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... Read More

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