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Controlling HDV when capturing HDMI or HD-SDI
Most HDV editors are ecstatic when they hear about all of the many benefits of using HDMI capture in...
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Universal HDV deck (almost)
Up until now, post-production facilities that accept HDV footage have confronted a major dilemma: If they bought a JVC...
Post Production
Why capture HDV via HDMI?
For many reasons explained in my recent article, it makes a lot of sense to capture your HDV footage...
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Revisiting HDV’s Virtues
Among my clients and friends who are video professionals, many of those who produce commercials, corporate, and music videos...
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Liberating segregated HDTV sets
Unfortunately, many of the latest-generation HDTV sets sold in the USA are segregated, meaning that they cruelly block 50Hz...
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AppleTV, WDTV, or Blu-ray: Which one is best to distribute your HD project?
Even if your HD project isn’t destined to be broadcast over the air, you’ll still want to have your...
Production
When 25p beats 24p…
There are many times when it makes more sense to shoot and edit video at 25p than at 24p,...
News
When to edit native, When hybrid, and When pure i-frame… and Why
Ever since the launch of Final Cut Pro 6.0 (at this writing, we are at 6.04), we have for...
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Encoding web video in the age of the iPhone
The last time I looked, Apple had already sold over six million iPhones after just 13 months since its...