Tag Archives: Post-production

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FinalCutters is One FCP Destination to Rule Them All

If you were looking for a single web destination that is a clearing house for all things Final Cut Pro then FinalCutters is it. It attempts what seems near impossible–to pull together news, blog posts, photos, Twitter tweets, user reviews … more »

Avid Hosts a Live Chat with Avatar’s Editors

If you’re not doing anything on Friday, February 25 at 2:00 pm eastern time then you might want to tune in to the live web chat that Avid is hosting with part of the Avatar editorial team. It’s a cool … more »

Canon PR jumped the gun on the EOS MOVIE release, imagine that

When you’re a large company, like say … Canon, you might often find it hard for one department to talk to another. There may be many people working on many different parts of a project in different parts of the … more »

New Useful Tool for FxFactory: PulpFx Abstract

Recently FxFactory added the PHYX keyer to the FxFactory tool box and now comes another, PulpFx Abstract. While PHYX is a tool aimed at higher end production with several nice green screen keying tools, PulpFx Abstract hits a different post-production … more »

Hand Held Hollywood–Keeping Track of iPhone Production Apps

It was at some point early last summer when I finally abandoned an idea I had been working on for several months. I had taken a page of a WordPress blog and was attempting to catalog all of the iPhone … more »

Useful Tools for Editors: Final Cut Assistant

There are several utilities out there, designed to help with your Final Cut Pro install, that will back up user data, reset cache files and help with other system maintenance issues. A new one that I saw mentioned via Twitter is … more »

Useful Plug-In for FCP Editors: MyMusicSource

Hot on the heels of the YouSendIt plug-in for Final Cut Pro comes another FCP option.  BorisFX, creator of effects software and plug-ins, has partnered with MyMusicSource on a plug-in that allows direct access and importing of tracks from the … more »

New Useful Tool for FxFactory Users: PHYX

Noise Industries recently added a new partner to their developer program called PHYX. Their first partnered release is the PHYX Keyer, a $199, five-plug-in package that appears to try and simplify the keying process, while still providing a lot of … more »

Why It’s Still Smart to Buy a Mac Pro

Gizmodo has posted an article called "Why It's Gotten Straight Stupid to Buy a Mac Pro." While the title pretty much sums up where this author comes down in the current  iMac vs. Mac Pro debate, it does specifically mention … more »

Useful tools for PAL editors: 5DtoFCP

Idiot proof. Those are two words that I often like to hear when it comes to doing a technical operation that has to be repeated over and over. Often one can become lazy with repeated tasks and not check proper … more »