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Wednesday, 26 November 2008

YouTube goes widescreen

Nikhil Pradhan

YouTube, Google's video-sharing website, will now show embedded video clips in 16:9 aspect ratio rather than the 4:3 ratio that was earlier used.

Monday, 24 November 2008

Pro Applications Update for all Final Cut Studio 2 users

Rick Young

Apple have released a Pro Applications Update for Final Cut Studio 2.0. This update includes Final Cut Pro 6.0.5, Compressor 3.0.5, Color 1.0.3 and Shake 4.1.1. The software addresses general performance issues and improves overall stability.

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Apple discontinues 23in Cinema Display

Macworld staff

Confirming concerns first raised on the Macworld Forums, Apple has discontinued the 23in Cinema Display, to be replaced by the new 24in LED Cinema Display.

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Tour continues

Macworld staff

The free Adobe Creative Suite 4 Tour continues across the UK with events in Sheffield (today), Edinburgh (November 18th), Newcastle (November 20th), Bristol (November 25th) and Dublin (November 27th).

Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Toon Boon Animate takes animation to next level

Digital Arts staff

Toon Boom also says that Toon Boom Animate offers users greater productivity, better quality and faster delivery of animation. The software has been developed in collaboration with digital animators, but care has been taken to ease the transition for traditional animators.

Thursday, 06 November 2008

Techno-thriller author Michael Crichton dies at age 66

Jon Brodkin Network World (US)

Popular author Michael Crichton has died at the age of 66 after a career writing science fiction and "techno-thriller" novels such as Jurassic Park and the Andromeda Strain.

Monday, 03 November 2008

Boris FX adds Film Look 'low-cost' Continuum Unit

Digital Arts Staff

Boris FX has released a new Unit of the Boris Continuum family of VFX plug-ins, Film Look - which costs $299 (£183). The Units break down the $895 (£550) Continuum Complete collection of plug-ins into smaller, more-affordable blocks - with owners being able to put the cost of units towards money off the full collection if they wish.

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

MyVu video glasses make it to the iPhone

Macworld staff

MyVu confirms that for the cost of a cable users can now look forward to full-screen effect video viewing using its video headset and an iPhone.

Thursday, 16 October 2008

Special Event: MacVideo Live 25 Oct.

Rick Young

Bringing together the best the UK production industry has to offer, MacVideo Live is an entire day of nothing but digital video. Covering everything from post-production, encoding, content distribution and camera technology, MacVideo Live presents to you tips and tricks to speed up your editing workflow, a one hour lighting demonstration from one of the UK's top cinematographers, and a detailed overview of current camera technology. MacVideo Live is the digital video event of the year, not to be missed.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Adobe ships CS4 range

Jonny Evans

Six new versions are available: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium and Master Collection.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Hands on: MacBook and MacBook Pro

Jason Snell Macworld US

The new MacBook and MacBook Pro are here. No, not just “here” in the sense of “publicly acknowledged by Apple and being shipped to arrive in Apple Stores tomorrow.” Here in the sense of, in our office right now. So in advance of our full reviews and lab tests of these products, let us give you a quick tour of the products.

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Apple publishes MacBook family launch video

Jonny Evans

Apple explains the complex engineering within the new MacBook family, detailing the production of the precision aluminium unibody used in the new machines

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Do Apple's new MacBooks signal a shift on strategy?

Jordan Golson, The Industry Standard

This new manufacturing technique is likely what the company referred to during the Q3 earnings call when it warned of a possible margin hit because of unintroduced products the company "couldn't talk about" at the time.

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Apple - full details on new MacBook family

Jonny Evans

Covering all bases, some will not Apple has moved away from FireWire support in the majority of its new Macs, driving the Academy Award-winning standard firmly into the professional markets.

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Apple unveils Cinema Display for MacBook range

Jonny Evans

Sophisticated display is perfect compliment for Mac users seeking better screen real estate for their laptops

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Photos: Thinnest-ever MacBook Pro takes lead from MacBook Air

Oliver Garnham

Apple has launched a new MacBook Pro laptop range, featuring an instant-on LED display, next generation graphics, and a multi-touch glass trackpad.

Monday, 06 October 2008

Video: Sony OLED TV is less than 1mm thick

Martyn Williams

Sony has unveiled a prototype OLED TV that's less than a millimeter thin - that's one third the thickness of its current OLED television and a tenth that of its thinnest LCD (liquid crystal display) set.

Monday, 06 October 2008

Sanyo laser to create super-fast Blu-ray

Martyn Williams

Sanyo Electric has developed a blue laser diode that will help lay the ground toward higher capacity and faster Blu-ray Disc systems.

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Adobe - Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended

Jonny Evans

Feature-packed and future-focused new breed Photoshop applications can harness the power of a computer's GPU to accelerate tasks

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Adobe introduces Creative Suite 4 Production Premium

Jonny Evans

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium is a complete solution for video, audio, and interactive media through multiple media.

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