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Watch: DaVinci Resolve 8 Overview
If you weren’t at NAB 2011 then you probably haven’t seen all the features of the soon-to-be-released DaVinci Resolve 8 in action. There were quite a few videos right from the NAB show floor (and here is one more) but …
The Matthew Modine’s Full Metal Jacket Diary Kickstarter Project Is Almost Funded
I have to admit that this is a selfish blog post. I got a link from a friend earlier today (a friend who knows I’m a huge Stanley Kubrick fan) and it pointed me to a Kickstarter project that is …
Useful Tools for Editors: Caffeine
The tiny little free utility … is there anything better? Caffeine, not to be confused with the more expensive kind that works its magic on you, is one such utility that serves a single purpose: it prevents your Mac from …
New iMacs Arrive with Thunderbolt
Apple today announced updated iMacs that include a CPU upgrade to the quad-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processors. It’s nice to go all quad-core, but the big news is the inclusion of Thunderbolt on the new iMac. This was …
A Script Supervisor App for the iPad
It was only a matter of time before it appeared: a continuity tool for the iPad that lets the script supervisor line a script right on the device. It’s called Continuity and it’s $14.99 in the iTunes App store. Continuity …
Useful Tools for Editors: Pro Media Tools
Back in August of 2009, Digital Rebellion released a really useful tool for Final Cut Pro editors called FCS Maintenance Pack. That thing has probably saved quite a lot of headaches since its inception. Just in the last couple of …
NAB 2011 Winners and Losers from the South Hall
This year NAB week was a busy one for me. I spent less time on the exhibit show floor than I had in any of my previous years attending. The main reason was because I spent half of my Tuesday …
As NAB Nears, Lots of Useful Tools Get Updated
This is not a blog post about fixing what ails Final Cut Pro. It’s about useful tools for FCP! Here’s a quick round-up of the previously featured Useful Tools that have gotten recent updates prior to NAB: Digital Heaven’s Final Print, …
Apple Wields Its Hammer, Smashes SuperMeet
If news broke that Apple was finally going to attend the annual Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet to announce a brand new version of Final Cut Pro, you might think it would be cause for celebration. Apple has periodically …
Free Useful Tools for Editors: CoreMeltFREE
So here’s a nice little package of free effects, transitions and plug-ins that I totally missed a few weeks ago when it came down the tubes. CoreMeltFREE is a set of 33 plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After …