I have a new article at Macworld about using iMovie ’11 to get better audio in your video and film projects. There are plenty of great sound tools in iMovie ’11, and good audio is very important. If you decide you...
Read MoreToday at the 2012 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple did some major updates to its line of hardware, updating the MacBook Air (and dropping the price), the standard MacBook Pro line, and introducing a brand new,...
Read MoreI know this is a little last minute, but my film society is presenting a Final Cut Pro X introductory workshop in Boca Raton, Florida, tonight, April 26, 2012 from 6 to 9 PM at America’s Production Company. FCP X certified...
Read MoreMatrox has some pretty cool all-in-one devices with their MXO2 line, which can handle video capture, conversion, broadcast monitoring and much more. I’ve had an MXO2 Mini for a couple of years, and used it regularly to...
Read MoreApple introduced their next-generation operating system, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, which will be released summer 2012. Of course! What comes after Lion but Mountain Lion? This looks to be an update similar to 2009’s Snow...
Read MoreThat’s right, JVC announced the small, handheld professional 4K camera, GY-HMQ10, at CES in January 2012, and it’s going to cost $5,000. It has a 1/2.3-inch backlit CMOS sensor with 8.3 million active pixels shooting...
Read MoreThis news came down yesterday (V-Day), but I’m more than happy to see it! Canon finally released a plug-in for editors to cut and incorporate MXF files in Apple’s Final Cut Pro X. If you’re shooting on or...
Read MoreJust read on 9 to 5Mac that VLC 2.0 from VideoLAN was announced, and includes some cool new features, including support for Blu-ray (not burning, apparently), fullscreen in OS X Lion and more. Check out the details and see some...
Read MoreThe great filmmaker and writer Philip Bloom recently had seven pro editors talk about their Final Cut Pro X observations and experiences, and I wanted to share them with you here. This is especially timely with the 10.0.3...
Read MoreI just got off the phone with Apple’s Richard Townhill, senior director of applications marketing, who took the time to update me on the latest major update to Final Cut Pro X, ver. 10.0.3. Apple is delivering multicam...
Read MoreCanon EOS 300C (EOS Cinema), a hybrid HDSLR/pro HD camera, which I actually predicted to a friend. Here’s more coverage from my colleague Jeremiah Hall, who was at the event, plus looking at it from a director’s...
Read MoreSad news today as Apple has announced the great Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, and major innovator of technology and entertainment at Pixar, as passed away. Check out the nice page Apple has set up, and there’s an email...
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