Apr 01

In 2006, Avid liberated its flagship Media Composer from its hardware host and offered the widely popular editing platform in a software-only version. The company has faced fierce competition from other popular editing platforms, and has responded by steadily ramping up the capabilities and features of Media Composer. With its second major upgrade, Avid has repositioned itself as a cutting-edge innovator of digital editing technology with more competitive prices. Continue reading »
Tagged with: AMA • Avid • HD • MC4 • Media Composer • Mix & Match
Mar 29

DVinfo.Net by Chris Hurd
I had reported previously that Canon Inc. has shown a non-working mock-up of their next generation file-based (flash memory) professional video camcorder at the InterBEE 2009 trade show in Japan last November. This past week, on Friday 5 Feb. 2010, Canon USA choose the FCP SuperMeet in San Francisco as the first public venue in which to display the same mock-up for a U.S. audience. Similar to the first unveiling at InterBEE, the unlabeled model was shown only under glass, however I managed to sneak a few photos when it was briefly out of its display case at the conclusion of the event. Continue reading »
Tagged with: Canon • HD
Mar 11

Editors Guild Magazine by Jason Stewart
TECH TIPS: World’s Greatest Transcoder Avid’s New Mix-and-Match for Media Composer
For editors, there’s good news and bad news concerning camera manufacturers. The good news is that a stream of innovative, impressive and technologically amazing new cameras are being rolled out that shoot fantastic new formats for independent filmmakers, DPs and directors of all kinds. The bad news is that we have to edit the footage. Continue reading »
Tagged with: AMA • Avid • HD • MC4 • Media Composer • Mix & Match
Feb 15

This list is going around the net. I pulled it from TechThoughts
The Olympics are in many cases, multiple Superbowls or World Cup events being staged at the same time. What does it take to produce all this? Continue reading »
Tagged with: HD • NBC • Olympics • Vancouver