If you’re one of the many thinking about the upcoming DaVinci Resolve for Mac as a possible tool to add to your workflow, then you’ll probably be interested in the recently released DaVinci Resolve for Mac Configuration Guide (pdf link). It’s 20 pages of detailed information that should answer any lingering questions about exactly what is required in the [...]
We certainly have no shortage of ways to convert Canon DSLR H.264 footage into a more editable format for Final Cut Pro. There’s Compressor, MPEG Streamclip, Magic Bullet Grinder, the Canon EOS Movie Plug-in E1, and Cineform’s NeoScene. And that’s not even mentioning Final Cut Pro’s own conversion ability via Media Manager. There’s another option [...]
There’s been a bit of chatter floating around the ‘net during the last week about the upcoming release of Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 7.0 and Resolve for the Macintosh. The releases look like they’re getting closer to reality. Most of the new info hit last Tuesday, August 17, when two forum threads were posted at [...]
I was surprised to see a press release today from Boris FX announcing a new $99 3-Way color grading plug-in. Arriving right on the heels of Magic Bullet’s Colorista II, the Boris Continuum 3-Way Color Grade Unit is yet another color correction option for editors to use within a number of host applications, including Apple [...]
The folks over at Boris FX have released a new tool that might be of interest to those looking to move an edit from Final Cut Pro to Avid Media Composer. It’s called Boris AAF Transfer and attempts to take your simple to complex FCP timeline and export that into an AAF which is then [...]
I can across a nice website the other day that I didn’t even know existed. Red Giant People is a second destination that users of Red Giant products should bookmark. I clicked over when I saw an ad for guru presets and found a nice portal with all kinds of goodies. It’s going to be [...]
Get, one of the hit post-production products from this year’s NAB show, is scheduled to to hit the net for purchase and download on Friday August 6. What exactly is get and how will it aid the searching of footage in Final Cut Pro? Get is a phonetic search tool from AV3 Software that will [...]
It looks like this weekend’s Edit Fest LA event is sold out. SOLD OUT is the first thing on the ACE page when you click over to read about the event. If you were lucky enough to get your $349 in on time and secure your place at the event then it looks like you’re [...]
If you work in the post-production universe, you probably know that Apple introduced new Mac Pros today (Tuesday). You probably also know by now that many folks were underwhelmed by what was introduced. The new Mac Pros are missing a few significant parts and pieces that many thought would be introduced during this refresh. They [...]
If you’re a filmmaker you probably have kept, at the very least, a curious eye toward the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Today there were a couple of new exemptions added to the mix when the “Statement of the Librarian of Congress Relating to Section 1201 Rulemaking” was handed-down, or whatever they do when these rules are revisited [...]
