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Adobe adds H.264 video support to Flash

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at August 23, 2007 3 Comments

When Flash first incorporated video in version 6, they chose the “Spark” Sorenson 3 codec. A good choice, that was the best encoding quality at that time. In the following years, several companies developed encoding algorithms that were clearly higher quality.

Flash 8 then added the On2 VP6 codec, which again delivered higher quality at lower bandwidth.

Because of so many viewers …

Article found in encoding, CD, Compressor, DVD, web video, delivery and DV news.

Final Cut Studio Warp Speed Workflow #4: Batch Rename Files

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Josh

at May 4, 2007 2 Comments

Have you ever found yourself changing the file names of a whole folder of clips, graphic or other files on your hard drive one by one? Here is a Warp Speed Workflow showing how to change hundred of files names in one click.

Click here to ask a question about Final Cut Studio workflows.

Article found in editing, motion graphics, post visuals, graphics, dvcTV, Final Cut Studio, Compressor, HD/HDV/HD DVD, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, music, postproduction, sound effects and DV news.

Apple announces Final Cut Studio 2 - Final Cut Pro 6 - Motion 3 - Soundtrack 2 - etc.

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Josh

at April 15, 2007 4 Comments

Notable points:

Final Cut Studio 2 will be available in May for $1,299, or $499 for the upgrade
Final Cut Pro 6 has an Open Format Timeline that lets editors mix and match virtually any video format and frame-rate in a single Timeline without transcoding. Hope this works with nesting

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Article found in Compressor, sound effects, motion graphics, editing, Final Cut Studio, post visuals, delivery, postproduction, Motion, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, post audio and DV news.

Batch convert video files to any editing format

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Josh

at November 27, 2006 11 Comments

There have been many people trying to import various types of video files into Final Cut Pro- H.264, MPEG1, Sorenson, AVI etc. Sometimes the clips might sputter through… but often, they’ll redline and not play at all- or even crash the program, and possibly corrupt your project file.

Download the free trial of dvcCast! to batch convert video files to …

Article found in Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Studio Planet E-Newsletter, Final Cut Studio Planet E-News #1, editing, Compressor, free OS X stuff, postproduction and Final Cut Pro.

Core Duo versus Core 2 Duo speed tests

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Josh

at November 5, 2006 1 Comment

Bare Feats is at it again, with speed tests of the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros:

Article found in graphics, editing, LiveType, gear, Final Cut Studio, post audio gear, editing products, Compressor, 3D, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, iMovie, Soundtrack Pro and DV news.

How fast are the MacBook and MacBook Pro?

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Josh

at May 24, 2006 0 Comments

Dave Nagel puts the new 13" MacBook and MacBook Pro through some tests with Final Cut Pro and Motion.

Bottom line, the Intel portables edge out a G5 dual 2 GHz desktop…

article here

More speed tests at Bare Feats

A user experience with Final Cut pro on a Macbook …

Article found in encoding, Final Cut Studio, DV Revolution Report #22, editing products, editing, LiveType, Final Cut Express, Motion, postproduction, Compressor and Final Cut Pro.

Upgrade to Final Cut Studio

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Josh

at March 23, 2006 0 Comments

Apple is offering some good deals to get the whole bundle if you own a previous version of any of the individual apps:

Upgrade from…
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Article found in Compressor, LiveType, Final Cut Studio, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion and DV news.

JES Deinterlacer

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Josh

at December 31, 2005 0 Comments

Features:
* Deinterlace movies (half height/normal height/double frame rate/blend,adaptive/simple). * Change field dominance (for PAL films with fake interlace). * Reinterlace from one or two movies. * Standards conversion (PAL< ->NTSC or custom). * Inverse telecine. * Trim, shift, simple color correction, noise reduction. * Change encoding (RGB gamma, video range/full range). * Fix jagged edges. * Pitch preserving sound track …

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Why is motion in my DVDs so “jittery” and “stroby”?

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Josh

at August 3, 2005 6 Comments

This seems like a popular question lately, here is a likely culprit:

In Compressor 2.0, all Apple’s supplied presets seem to have Field Dominance set to "Top First" (aka "Upper Field First"), as you can see here. I went through a few and they were all set this way.

Since DV camcorders capture …