[never mind the music, cue the video
intro] "It's time once again to ask a well-known
photographer, instructor or otherwise interesting
person the same 10 questions and ask them to
Finish the Sentence! This week the sentences are
finished by.... ...
Need to know the latest
about Final Cut Studio? Want to look
something up about ProRes from your iPhone?
Hate those big printed manuals that waste
paper?
While its not a revolutionary step (others like
Adobe have already placed their docs online) it
is still a welcomed event. Some might wonder if
trimming the manuals out allowed the huge price
cut?
Regardless… the manuals and an even better
Workflows document are now online.
The Apple documentation team has converted all of
the documentation for the web. It is freely
searchable and can even be linked to if you need
to point to a specific article to help a
colleague (an even nicer way to say RTFM).
You’ll find them here athttp://documentation.apple.com/
A great document is also the “Final Cut
Studio Workflows.” It’s a little
hidden within the Final Cut Pro help
library:http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutstudio/workflows/
It offers great ideas on how Final Cut Studio
applications fit into a post-production
workflow. You’ll also find practical
guidance on how Final Cut Studio apps work with
one another.
Enjoy.
Yes we all new it would
eventually come… the “new Final Cut
Studio” was announced. We’ll let the
cheers and moans begin after a few days of
testing the final release (just ordered mine 30
minutes ago).
But there are a few surprises.. mainly price!
Here’s the great news (especially in this
economy)
Final Cut Studio 2 – NEW was $1,299the new Final
Cut Studio – NEW is $999
Here’s the best news Final Cut Studio 2
upgrade – was $499 - $699the new Final
Cut Studio upgrade – is
$299
I have confirmed… doesn’t matter
which version you are upgrading from… I
took it right to Apple and got a straight answer.
That is $299 for ANYONE to upgrade from a full
copy of Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Studio (except
Student or NFR copies).
More on new features soon… but let me just
say:
In the current economic client, it’s truly
appreciated to see software pricing that respects
the long-term customer. This is a
no-brainer upgrade… speed and power without
pinching your wallet. Thanks Apple… I
mean it!
Full press releaseHERE
Live from the
Voices That Matter conference, San Francisco,
author Richard Harrington discusses the factors
that have caused online video consumption to grow
exponentially over the past few years.
Live from the Voices That
Matter conference, author Richard Harrington
reveals what’s next beyond YouTube and why
offering consumers the ability to download your
content is imperative. He also talks about
Facebook’s platform, video user statistics,
demographics, what constitutes an optimal
distribution plan for publishers, and why
“video is the new photography.”
ympus has released a
re-imaginedPen
Camera. The original was released
50 years ago, and cost about a a third less
than conventional cameras. The camera was
known for trying new technologies and
innovative ideas throughout its history.The
new camera allows for several lenses as well
as HD video.
To celebrate the new launch, the company
commissioned a very cool stop motion commercial.
- Shot 60.000 pictures
- Developed 9.600 prints
- Shot over 1.800 pictures again.
I
wanted to share a little work in progress
file. I find After Effects tremendously
useful for resizing video. In fact I use it
often to pre-process footage before applying
additional codecs.
What I’ve put together here is a Resizer
project. It allows you to quickly convert
an HD file (720 or 1080) to 50 different output
formats. The file is quite simple to use,
and covers output sizes ranging from SD, to
Presentation Software, to Web, to iPhone.
This is a work in progress… but I’d
love to get your feedback. To learn how to
use it (and get the file) keep reading....
First off… download the resizer template
from here (Resizer_Template.zip).
It is an After Effects CS4 project. There are two
files, both are identical. The .aep is a
project file, the .aet is a template file that
will create a copy automatically when you open
it.
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