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dvGarage Announces dvMatte Pro 3.0 Studio for Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion
dvGarage, a provider of tools and training for the next generation of media artists, today announced that dvMatte Pro 3.0 Studio, the newest version of the company’s powerful chromakeying software, is now available for Apple Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 and Apple Motion 2 or higher. Utilizing Apple’s FxPlug technology to combine chromakeying with high-performance Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) acceleration, dvMatte Pro 3.0 Studio allows Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion users to remove green and blue screen backgrounds from digital video (DV), high definition video (HDV) or high definition (HD) footage in real time. »

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Avid Xpress Pro HD
As computer systems become faster and cheaper, software editing systems continue their NLE market domination. Avid is keeping its rivalry with Apple Computer going with Xpress Pro HD... »

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Leverage Your Final Cut Pro Skill Set and Apply It in an Avid Environment
In this tutorial you will see how to get started using Avid editing software. When you launch the Avid software, the first thing you’ll see is the Select Project window »

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What do Avid's over 200 patents for professional editing, six Emmy Awards and an Academy Award for Technical Achievement mean to you? They mean that the same features that have made Avid editing systems the overwhelming choice of video and film professionals worldwide are available to you in Avid Xpress Pro video and film editing software. »

The emergence of the HDV format, offering high-definition quality video on a MiniDV cassette, has enabled a number of exciting new applications for video professionals who couldn’t afford the high cost of »


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  Avid Express Pro Tip  
 

Blend modes (aka apply modes or composite modes) give you more flexible ways of mixing layers. Rather than simply making every pixel equally transparent as you blend, you can choose, for example, to have dark pixels blend more than light ones. Within a filter, blend modes might apply an effect based on the difference between the brightness of pixels on two layers. Blend modes produce dramatic looks, but they¹re processing-intensive.

— Tim Wilson. Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Avid Technology
 
     
     
 

 

 

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