Editing platforms are constantly competing with each other for supremacy in post production and the war rages on. The best way for these companies to stay ahead of the competition is to stay ahead of the trends.
It’s quite simple. Stop what you are doing, make a large coffee and watch these two videos. Never before has Randy Ubillos, the creator of the original Final Cut Pro and FCPX, gone into so much detail about the history of NLE software development. We publish the two part recording of Randy’s chat with Michael Horton at the recent LACPUG 18th birthday anniversary meeting.
In the Olde Days, when hard disks were connected to computers by FireWire, we could select storage based upon capacity and price. Why? Because, fast though the FireWire protocol seemed at the time, it was slower than the speed of the hard disks connected through it.
The first thing to know about the myriad of “RAW” and “RAW-like” codecs is that each of them sets out with the same goal in mind: to record full or near-full sensor readout without encoding any user-defined settings in the footage. This information — such as ISO, white balance, and color space — is saved in a separate metadata file to be used in an NLE.
Seven years ago today, Apple unveiled FCP X, the successor to Final Cut Pro 7. FCP X was billed as being a revolutionary new version of the world’s most popular Pro video editing software which completely reinvents video editing with a Magnetic Timeline that lets you edit on a flexible, trackless canvas
Harnessing the advanced power of Adobe Creative Cloud apps like Premiere Pro and After Effects (you’ve seen them used in Hollywood on “Deadpool,” “Atlanta,” and “Stranger Things 2”), Project Rush delivers a streamlined and intuitive user experience.
Looking to speed up your editing workflow? Check out these five gadgets that offer shortcuts you never thought were possible.
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Adobe has just announced Project Rush – the first all-in-one, cross-device video editing app that makes creating and sharing online content easier than ever. This integrated desktop and mobile solution automatically syncs all your projects to the cloud allowing you to work virtually anywhere, on any device.
With a new semester beginning, students at NYFA campuses are starting their first introduction to Avid’s Media Composer system. Hard drives are being formatted, project directories are being created, and folks everywhere are wondering to themselves “What is YCbCr anyway?”