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Recent reviews
AVID Media Composer 3.0
Following a recent change of senior management, Avid has changed its policy. As part of the company’s new strategy, the latest version of Media Composer arrives at around half the price of its predecessor, and includes a whole lot more in the box, too.
Reviews
In chronological order
AVID Media Composer 3.0
James Morris
September 4, 2008
Following a recent change of senior management, Avid has changed its policy. As part of the company’s new strategy, the latest version of Media Composer arrives at around half the price of its predecessor, and includes a whole lot more in the box, too.
Shooting with the RED 4K digital cinema camera
Rick Young
August 29, 2008
The RED ONE 4K camera feel like a cross between a film camera and a large video camera. It is solidly built, feels and operates like a camera of the highest quality, and works with lenses which would traditionally attach to a 35mm motion picture body. It is an incredible achievement that an independent camera manufacturer has been able to produce a working system which challenges the...
Red Giant Software buys video plug-in range...
Rick Young
August 15, 2008
A look at the video plug-ins made by Digital Anarchy which have now been purchased by Red Giant. Demonstration by the man behind Digital Anarchy, Jim Tierney, who shows off the former Digital Anarchy video filters and the incredible results which can achieved.
Abaltat Muse - music creation software
Rick Young
August 14, 2008
Can a computer write music - the answer, according to the creator of Abaltat Muse is definitely yes. Using artificial intelligence this music creation software analyses the colour information in a video piece and scores music defined by band selection, rhythm, tempo, and use of jingle. A fascinating way to create music which is neither loop or music library based.
The Assistant Editor, taking the work out of...
Rick Young
August 8, 2008
It sounds like something out of an Isaac Asimov novel, a time when machines rule the world and computers replace humans. The idea of "The Assistant Editor" is nothing along these sinister lines - this is not something which will do your editing for you, rather it is something that will help to arrange video clips and audio grabs in a coherent form so you can explore the stories within that...
Death of a Camera
Rick Young
August 1, 2008
It was a very ambitious shoot. A shootout between the new Sony EX1 and the well-established Panasonic HVX-200. Two experienced shooters in a world-class location - high up on a lookout area, overlooking San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Both shooters jumped into a cab, left the city, crossed the famous bridge and followed a winding road high up into the hills overlooking the Bay area. Out...
Sonnet Fusion F2 - powered eSata on the move
Rick Young
July 25, 2008
For those needing high-speed transfer of data eSata presents a solution which is reliable and faster than either FireWire 800/400 or USB. The Sonnet Fusion F2 is unique in that it provides the world's first truly portable eSata RAID which can powered direct from the Mac. FireWire 400 is used to power the device while transfer of data is through the Express 34 slot on the MacBook Pro, making...
Overview of Sony PMW-EX3 and associated technology
Rick Young
July 18, 2008
The PMW-EX3 is one of the most anticipated cameras ever to hit the market. Announced at NAB 2008 this cameras brought in crowds by the hoards, lusting after Sony's latest technical marvel. The EX3 features interchangeable lenses, TC and genlock, and has been described as "everything the EX1 should have been."
Incredible Animation by M Dot Strange, FCPUG...
Rick Young
July 11, 2008
M Dot Strange is an independent filmmaker who locks himself away for months at a time, surrounded by computers, producing amazing animation. He has produced a feature length animated film for less than $20 000 which others describe as having the look of a production costing tens of millions of dollars.
"Grading the Jaguar XF TV spot with Color" -...
Rick Young
July 4, 2008
In this demo at the Final Cut Pro User Group Supermeet, NAB, 2008, we see just what can be achieved with Apple's high-end professional color correction software. Striped away are the myths, the talk, the endless possibilities - this is what it does, what it is capable of achieving, and here it is for the world to view.
