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.
Video Material
FCPUG IBC Supermeet: Change the World - UK Filmmaker Darius Fisher talks about the making of Fuel
28/11/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Filmed live at the FCPUG IBC Supermeet, September 14, 2008. Darius Fisher, co-Producer of Fuel, and Sundance Winner 2008, gives an inspiring presentation about what went into making FUEL - a documentary designed to literally, change the world. Excerpts from Fuel show the power of filmmaking and what can be achieved using the technology available to us all.
FCPUG IBC Supermeet: Paul Saccone, latest developments with Final Cut Pro
22/11/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Paul Saccone, Director of Applications, Marketing, Apple, shows off the latest features of Final Cut Pro, including support for Panasonic's AVCCAM format, the latest in the development of ProRes including support for ProRes playback within a Windows environment, and the ability to edit native RED 4K files in realtime in a 2K sequence in Final Cut Pro. New tools have been added to Apple's Color to enable one to manipulate the native RED 4K files in a non-destructive environment.
Moving from PC to Mac: Graham Majin and Simon Warren of Kersh Media
21/11/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Kersh Media has been established for several years in Maidstone Kent, and pride themselves on producing high quality video production for broadcast and corporate clients throughout the UK and Europe. The company has used AVID as their editing platform along with a host of other compositing and encoding applications. Everything has been done on the PC platform. Now the company has switched from PC to Mac and chosen Final Cut Studio to meet their post-production needs.
IBC Supermeet, Working with native RED 4K files using Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Server and Color
21/11/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Luke Tristram, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Apple, gives a demonstration of working with native RED 4K files using Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Server and Color.
Interview with Martin Baker, Founder of Digital Heaven
07/11/2008
in Features
Rick Young
In November 2004 Digital Heaven introduced Multicam Lite. This was a breakthrough product as it provided the first true Multicam solution for Final Cut Pro, well before Multicam was integrated as part of Final Cut Pro 5. In this interview, Martin Baker, Founder of Digital Heaven, talks about the history of the company, the products on offer, their latest application - Loader, and what we have to look forward to next from Digital Heaven.
Digital Heaven introduce Loader
07/11/2008
in Features
RIck Young
At MacVideo Live on the 25th October, Martin Baker demonstrated Digital Heaven's latest offering - an application called Loader. Loader enables one to import music, graphics and other media into Final Cut Pro and at the same time can convert formats and file the media away in a location determined by the user. This simplifies media management and avoids the problem of having files scattered throughout your system in various places - effectively Loader puts whatever you import into Final Cut Pro into one place.
AVID Technology: Interviews with Patrick McLean and Christel Jaekel
09/10/2008
in Features
Rick Young
It was announced in March of 2008: Avid has merged its Avid Xpress Pro software into its flagship Media Composer software product line and established a new price point of $2,495 for Media Composer software. This represented a significant price reduction in the cost of Media Composer and completely did away with the cheaper versions of the AVID software. What this means in that anyone buying an AVID in today's market is buying a real Media Composer - no cutdown, no half-functioning version - the Media Composer is now where it begins with AVID. In this interview two people from AVID technology talk about just what is is about AVID which separates it from the competition and why AVID editors love the AVID so much.
Abobe Interviews: Michael Coleman, Product Manager, Adobe After Effects and Simon Hayhurst, Sr. Director, Product Management, Dynamic Media
26/09/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Hear direct from the people at Abobe what the release of CS4 means for video editors. When CS3 was released this brought Abobe back to the Mac Platform for video editing. Now with CS4 Adobe takes another swipe at the market with new tools, new features, and new ways of doing things.
Angie Taylor shows off After Effects CS4
25/09/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Angie Taylor is well-known, respected and regarded as being an expert when it comes to Adobe Effects. She has authored several editions of the book "Creative After Effects", published by Focal Press, and produces animation, motion graphics and visual effects for production companies and broadcasters including the BBC and Channel 4 television in the UK.
Ramy Katrib - the guy who put the word 'Pro' into Final Cut Pro
19/09/2008
in Features
Rick Young
When FCP hit the world back in 1999 the program was regarded as a video editing application. For those wishing to work with film, and match the negative to the edit produced from Final Cut, this was a formidable challenge. Those at an Los Angeles based edit facility known as DigitalFilm Tree were pioneers who broke through the wall of expensive post production and made film editing using FCP possible. Ramy Katrib, Founder of DigitalFilm Tree tells the story.
Interview with Roger Maybon, G-Technology
12/09/2008
in Features
Rick Young
G-Technology are well know for producing quality drives which are both reliable and capable of sustained levels of data transfer needed for high end video production. In this interview Roger Maybon talks about new products and developments for G-Tech for the the first half of 2008.
Interview with Giles Baker, Adobe
12/09/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Giles Baker, Senior Product Manager Adobe, talks about some of the key announcements made by Adobe in the first half of 2008 and comments on technologies Adobe has been working on which are yet to be integrated into the Adobe product-line.
Interview with Grant Petty - CEO Blackmagic Design, new products 2008
05/09/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Blackmagic design announced 10 new products at NAB 2008. Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design, runs through the latest additions and what is now on offer to video editors.
Interview with Richard Marks (part 5)
05/09/2008
in Features
Rick Young
In this latest episode Richard Marks speaks his love for the editing process, working in the film industry, and the satisfaction which the life of a film editor provides.
AVID Media Composer 3.0
04/09/2008
in Reviews
James Morris
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.
Making the Supermeet happen - behind the scenes with Michael Horton
22/08/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Months of work go into producing the Supermeet event. Get a feel for the passion, the motivation, and the energy needed to produce the biggest digital event which takes place for NAB, Macworld and now IBC. Find out what goes into making this event happen and the community and sponsors which support the event.
Live to Los Angeles and Boston - Michael Horton, LAFCPUG, Dan Berube, Boston FCPUG
22/08/2008
in Features
Rick Young
This week we cross live to Los Angeles and Boston to speak to the key players who organise the FCPUG Supermeet each year, for NAB, Macworld and now IBC. In this interview Michael Horton and Dan Berube talk about what has motivated them to bring the Supermeet to Europe and what to expect on the night of the 14th September in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Interview with Richard Marks (part 4)
22/08/2008
in Features
Rick Young
In this latest episode Richard Marks speaks about Final Cut Pro and the impact this is having, and gives his opinion on the question “will film survive?”
Red Giant Software buys video plug-in range from Digital Anarchy
15/08/2008
in Reviews
Rick Young
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.
Interview with Micah Sharp, Red Giant Software
15/08/2008
in Features
Rick Young
Red Giant Software was founded in 2002 by industry veterans to develop and distribute special effects tools for digital video & film professionals. Red Giant products have been used in feature films, music videos, national TV commercials & broadcast shows.
