Monthly Archive for October, 2008

DV Kitchen gets stellar review in MacUser UK

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A few quotes:
“DV Kitchen, from DV Creators, costs little more than a budget video encoder, yet offers a host of professional features.”

“SampleLab allows bitrate data size/quality trade-offs to be gauged quickly and accurately. It’s simple to use but incredibly useful, and therein lies its genius.”

“The Bitrate Calculator is a useful, foolproof way to calculate the applicable bitrate for encodes.”

“Timefreezer… is another simple, effective and welcome tool.”

“While other encoding tools have attempted FTP upload functionality, none has got it quite right until DV Kitchen.”
“Our overall impression of DV Kitchen is …



Watermarking added to DV Kitchen!

Due to popular request, we’re excited to announce we’ve added watermarking to DV Kitchen!

This movie shows the complete process of creating a watermark from scratch in Final Cut Pro, exporting and prepping it, then bringing it into DV Kitchen and applying it to a movie.

You can start with a normal watermark image you created in Photoshop, Fireworks, GIMP, Motion, FCP or many other programs.

For now, you need to do one thing to prepare a watermark for DV …



Free closing credits plugin for Final Cut

http://alex4d.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/final-cut-pro-my-free-closing-credits-plugin/



How can I make my own backdrop?

In this movie, do-it-yourself handyman Eric Schultheis shows a method of making a professional quality backdrop for video or photography very inexpensively, and tips for mounting it in a basement or garage.



30% Discount of JW FLV Player through November

Here’s a note from Jeroen himself:

To get a 30% discount, enter “jwnovdiscount11″ in the reseller code field. This offer expires on November 30, so click here to order now.

Remember, you must buy a commercial license if:

  • Your site has ads (Google AdSense, banners, etc.)
  • You want to remove the attribution (eliminate the right click link)
  • You are a corporation (government & non-profit are free)
  • You are a content management system

As always, thanks for your support.

With Kind Regards!

-Jeroen

P.S. if you know ActionScript 3 and are interested in designing plugins, I need your …



Final Cut Pro Foundations


NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH DVcreatorsUniversity!

DVcreators.net has been known as the world leader in Final Cut Pro training since the day Final Cut Pro 1.0 was released.

We were the training company Apple chose to help launch Final Cut Pro with training on disc, in workshops in over 60 cities and all major trade shows. We have taught alongside Randy Ubillos, the creator of Final Cut Pro (and talked him into adding some cool features to the application!). We’ve helped hundreds of thousands …



Microphone Polar Patterns - Video Examples to learn from

Omni directional Microphone Pickup pattern

Cardioid Microphone Pickup pattern

Super Cardioid Microphone Pickup pattern

Shotgun Microphone Pickup pattern

Summary of Polar Patterns