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Adobe Moves Creative Suite To The Cloud - What You Need To Know

No more updates to Creative Suite as Adobe switches focus to new subscription service

By Dan Carr | May 09, 2013

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... Read More

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Pro video seminars in Bogotá, Colombia on May 20, 2013

On May 20, 2013, Allan Tépper will present on 3 hot pro video topics in Bogotá, Colombia.

By Allan Tépper | May 09, 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... Read More

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Tiffen Debuts Some New Products at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | May 08, 2013

Derek Hester and Chris Fawcett from Tiffen showed off a couple new products from Tiffen at NAB 2013.  The Steadicam curve is the latest and smallest steadicam to date while the Fawcett Exovest is an ultra-light exoskeletal Steadicam vest that transfers weight into anatomically appropriate... Read More

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NAB 2013: The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K

New Cinema Camera Sports a Super 35 Sensor

By Clint Milby | May 08, 2013

Blackmagic Design uleashed a campaign of "shock and awe" with the announcement of not just one but two cameras at NAB2013.

In this video, HDSLRShooter talks to Kendall Eckman about each surprise package, starting with the... Read More

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NAB 2013: The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

Big Things Come In Small Packages

By Clint Milby | May 07, 2013

At NAB 2013, Blackmagic Design offered two big suprises, and while the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K was a surprise, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera was the show stopper. We're still reeling from the implications of this tiny titan, and how it may shape the future of... Read More

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Revolutionary New Fill-Lite LED Lights to Launch at Cine Gear Expo 2013

By PVC News Staff | May 07, 2013

The official launch of Oregon-based LED light manufacturer Fill-Lite will take place at the upcoming Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles on May 31, 2013.  Band Pro Film & Digital, Inc. has partnered with Fill-Light as a premiere North American reseller of the entire Fill-Lite line.... Read More

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Look Good Fast With All-New Simplexity Projects & Templates Collection 5

Digital Juice releases easy-to-use professional template sets for After Effects, Premiere, Motion and Vegas

By PVC News Staff | May 07, 2013

Digital Juice®, the highly acclaimed developer of digital content and professional camera gear and accessories, today announced the release of Simplexity Collection 5, the latest offering in a new line of downloadable projects and templates for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple... Read More

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Text Animation in Motion

This Week on MacBreak Studio

By Mark Spencer | May 07, 2013

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... Read More

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Useful Tools for Editors: After NAB Edition

Another round-up of useful tools you may or may not know about

By Scott Simmons | May 05, 2013

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.

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After Effects ExtendScript Training: Ep. 5

ExtendScript Script Writing Training

By David Torno | May 04, 2013

Welcome to episode 5, this week we will be accessing renderqueue items, templates, outputmodules, as well as the file output name and path. I will also be taking the single item access approach from last week and will now show you how to access multiple items. To do this we will be... Read More

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Premiere Pro News Notes #01

Crop, masking, conforming, multi-cam, audio sync, keyframing, + more

By Rich Young | May 03, 2013

This is the beginning of a series of as-they-come notes on news of assorted Premiere Pro tutorials, tips, and related tools.

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MSNBC mainstreams the radio/TV term “rundown”

Beyond its baseball and common use, “rundown” has a very specific use in media production, especially in live news.

By Allan Tépper | May 03, 2013

Although the word “rundown” is used in baseball and in common US English as a “quick summary of main points of information”, its very unique meaning in radio and TV production has been (up until very recently) unknown beyond media professionals. In fact, many media... Read More

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Visualizing hard drive speeds with the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test

A few images for those new to editing to see the extreme differences in drive speed

By Scott Simmons | May 03, 2013

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.

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Take a Look Inside the Newtek Suite at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | May 02, 2013

Philip Nelson, SVP at Newtek, talks to us from the Newtek suite at NAB 2013. He tells us about the Newtek developer network and explains how it will be able to intergrate into high-end workflows.

Newtek - NAB 2013 from ProVideo Coalition on Vimeo.

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PVC at NAB 2013: Christie Digital

By Kurt Gardner | May 02, 2013

Christie Digital unveils its stunning new 4K DLP projector at NAB.

PVC at NAB 2013: Christie Digital from Createasphere on Vimeo.

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“Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography” Tribute to Philippe Rousselot to Take Place May 24th

By PVC News Staff | May 02, 2013

As an official partner of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, Thales Angénieux is showing their respect to directors of photography around the world with a new event created by the company.   To pay tribute to the accomplishments of cinematographers who have risen beyond expectations... Read More

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Free Webcast: Critical Success Factors for Managing Digital and Visual Assets

By PVC News Staff | May 01, 2013

Are you struggling to leverage the use of digital technologies to increase your brand awareness, streamline your workflows, encourage global collaboration, provide agility, and reduce your time-to-production?

Join Createasphere, North Plains and IO Integration for an... Read More

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Combining Cartoon with Brainstorm

Using one tool to show you what another can do.

By Chris and Trish Meyer | May 01, 2013

Ever feel like you’re getting the same old looks out of Cartoon, no matter what you try? In this third and final installment of learning how to get better results with the Cartoon effect, we will show you how to combine Cartoon with the After Effects Brainstorm module to get unexpected looks out of Cartoon, including images that look like they were created with a fine pencil, fat markers, or a photocopy machine.

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JVC commits to adding SFTP (Secure FTP) to GY-HM650 camera

In addition to live streaming, JVC is adding SFTP to the GY-HM650 camera.

By Allan Tépper | May 01, 2013

After an Open Letter in 2009 about the importance of using SFTP (Secure FTP) in order to have our passwords travel through the Internet encrypted, followed by two short articles about JVC’s GY-HM650 news camera, I am glad to report that JVC has now committed to adding SFTP to the GY-HM650... Read More

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Learn How Civolution Can Help You Manage and Monetize Media Content at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 30, 2013

Alex Terpstra, CEO at Civolution, talks to about about the kind of solutions Civolution can offer. He details their work with second screen and explains the three segments in which they operate.

Civolution - NAB 2013 from ProVideo Coalition on Vimeo.

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