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Recently Apple rolled out Final Cut Studio 3, which updated Final Cut Pro to 7 and Compressor to 3.5. While this article is about Compressor 3.5, it is important to note that, in FCP 7, there is a new command, ‘Send To Compressor’, which replaces the previous ‘Export Using Compressor’ function. In the past, when we used ‘Export Using Compressor’, FCP handed off the video to Compressor one frame at a time, tying up FCP for the duration. This is no longer the case. As soon as you ‘Send To Compressor’, you can return to FCP and continue working immediately, even working on the Job that you just sent to Compressor. Very good news. Continue reading »

With all the new features in Motion (and across the the whole studio), $299 is a very affordable upgrade price

Star Wars Episode 1 and Apple’s new Final Cut Studio have something in common, and that is the hype. Final Cut Studio has been hyped for more than a year, and every time someone blogged about its release coming up, nothing happened. Well, mid-way through July, Apple snuck Final Cut Studio (not called 3, just Final Cut Studio) onto its website, and needless to say, the tidal wave began. Every blog outlet, and writer out there was quick to jump on the band wagon to talk about, in many cases, that they were disappointed with what Apple has served up with Final Cut Studio (FCS). Continue reading »

Over the past few months we have been getting tons of phone calls and emails from gamers looking for a portable and affordable solution for capturing their Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 gaming directly to their computer in HD. Many of you then want to post it to video sharing sites like Youtube, Vimeo and more.  We have great news for you! The Matrox MXO2 Mini is the solution you’ve been searching for!! Continue reading »

Millimeter by Jan Ozer
 
 A funny thing happened on the way to this installment of Affordable HD. Psyched by the arrival of the outstanding liquid-cooled HP Z800 (read about the Z800’s liquid-cooling system), I has scheduled a review of Matrox’s hot, new H.264 co-processor board, CompressHD, figuring if the card could outperform HP’s 3.2GHz dual-processor, quad-core Intel Nehalem-based system, it was really something. Unfortunately, as sometimes happens in this business, Matrox’s delivery of the brand-new Windows-based drivers slipped. So, I had to console myself testing a beta sample of Matrox’s upcoming 1.6 Macintosh-compatible CompressHD release on my 2.93GHz dual-processor, quad-core Nehalem-based Mac Pro system (read about the Mac Pro’s performance). Continue reading »