Why capture HDV via HDMI?
For many reasons explained in my recent article, it makes a lot of sense to capture your HDV footage...
Realistic Screen Compositing
The “Realistic Screen Compositing” tutorial shows a simple yet effective way of reintroducing an existing screen reflection back into...
Syntheyes 101
Learn Syntheyes, a 3D motion tracking application. I’ll show you step by step how to import, track, solve and...
Avid Gems 9
This column on Avid tips and tricks was originally designed to include hidden “gems” from the Avid user manual,...
Calibrated Codecs
Need to use MXF media (P2 DVCPRO/50/HD and AVC-I, IMX, XDCAM) natively in Final Cut Pro, or in Windows...
Apple Releases Pro Apps Updates
Apple has just released a set of Pro Applications Updates which improve reliability add add new features. The applications...
Too Much of a Good Thing
I know – no one reads the manual, and no one uses the Help file. But in reality, Help...
Tutorial – How To Get The Most Out Of Your Easy Setup Part 3
To round out my article series on the Easy Setup (ES), we are going to take a look at...
How to Fix Apple Compressor
If you’ve ever had issues launching Apple’ Compressor software, you’re not alone. The software seems to frequently get stuck...
Reality TV Post with Final Cut
In the first of a two part series on how Final Cut Pro is being used in two of...