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Catapult is the world’s first device to allow capture of video footage from DV or HDV video cameras directly to iPods or virtually any USB drive, and begin editing immediately.  A battery powered device not much larger than a Blackberry, the Catapult eliminates the time consuming and tedious task of digitizing video footage. Read more… [...]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The first HD-DVD titles are slated to go on sale Tuesday and, contrary to speculation, Toshiba players have arrived at Best Buy and should be on sale in at least some of the chain’s locations. Sources say players were shipped out beginning Sunday and are scheduled to go on sale [...]

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IKAN 8inch High Definition LCD The Ikan V8000HDe is an 8-inch diagonal High Definition video monitor with a widescreen LCD panel. This is a high quality unit capable of displaying imagesin 1080i, 720p, and 480p. It includes BNC component, S-Video, and BNC composite inputs. It also comes with built-in support for “L” Series batteries.It is [...]

Final Cut Pro 6 One timeline. Infinite possibilities. Final Cut Pro 6 is the hub of your production workflow, offering a complete set of precision video editing tools and incredible real-time effects. Top new features • Mix and match different video formats and frame rates in the same timeline — all without rendering. • Take [...]

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download | features | FAQ | future | version history If you ever need to watch a series of video clips and take notes, or if you need to get dailies or raw footage to clients or collaborators for comments, you know what a huge hassle it can be- doing window burns, waiting hours for [...]

Apple today launched its new Multi-picture Deal promotion, offering a $300 rebate when users purchase Final Cut Studio with a Power Mac, MacBook Pro, or iMac between April 4, 2006, and June 26, 2006. The full terms and conditions are listed in this PDF.

Article here comparing a 2.16 GHz MacBook Pro running against a dual 2 GHz G5 desktop running Apple’s new Final Cut Studio 5.1: http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38816

ArtRage is a painting package designed to provide a realistic and fun simulation of using paint on a canvas, along with pens, pencils, crayons, and other tools. ArtRage is available for both Windows and Mac OS X. It can be used with a mouse, but works better if you have a graphics tablet, or even [...]

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

Public Beta Software Enables Intel-based Macs to Run Windows XP CUPERTINO, California—April 5, 2006—Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac®, and once installation is complete, [...]

The latest version of Smartsound’s music creation software, Sonicfire Pro 5, is available for order now and includes “Mood Mapping” as well as a new multitrack mixing interface. Mood Mapping lets you change the mix and feel of the music on-the-fly, according to the different scenes and moods within your edit. Rather than having one [...]

Tips on shooting DV with film output in mind: Choose your tape-to-film transfer house before you roll tape. Consult with them and use the settings they recommend for your DV camcorder- interlaced/non-interlaced, shutter speed, etc. Have feature films been shot on DV? Yes! Click here for a list of feature films shot on DV. How [...]