Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 for the Videographer By Jeremiah Hall
I have never used the previous versions of Lightroom, since most of my time was taken up with Avid, After Effects and Final Cut Pro. When I needed to do something with stills, I used Photoshop. When I got the chance to try Lightroom 4, I jumped at the chance, but I was more interested in the video capabilities than I was in the photographic features and tools. Lightroom 4 will not be replacing Premiere or Photoshop, it's not designed for heavy photo or video editing. You can't cut your movie masterpiece with it. But if you're a DSLR shooter, I can see it becoming a very useful tool in your arsenal.
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Importing from iPhoto or Aperture By Diana Weynand, James Alguire and RevUpTansmedia
If you are an avid user of iPhoto or Aperture, Apple's consumer and professional photo management tools you probably have shoeboxes worth of photos, all carefully organized, cropped, color adjusted, keyword tagged, and now just crying to be seen. Somewhere. Anywhere?
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Working with your HDSLR footage in Vegas Pro 10 By Gary Rebholz
For the most part, you use the exact same techniques to work with files from your HDSLR as you do any other footage that you add to your Vegas Pro timeline. There are no specific "HDSLR-only" editing techniques that you need to learn, so if you already edit other types of footage with Vegas Pro software, use the same techniques for your HDSLR footage.
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The New Face of HDTV
When it comes to HDTVs, it`s easy to be seduced by just a pretty picture. But that`s not enough anymore. Check out these new must-have features you are going to want in a high-def TV.
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CES 2011 Report By Simon Munk
Our consumer-tech expert scours the worlds biggest technology trade show to find out what gadgets you need to start fantasizing about now.
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The Consumer Video-editing Revolution By for Digital Innovation Gazette
The advent of digital video technologies has brought the Hollywood professional??s editing tools down to the consumer level. Now, even a teen can try his hand at becoming the next George Lucas or James Cameron -- and there??s a ready audience w
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How to import flip ultra/mino hd/slidehd MP4 to Adobe Premiere Pro/Elements? By WIKI
Adobe Premiere is an incredible consumer editing software that brings numerous amazing features to its fans. There are multiple versions, like Adobe Premiere Pro CS 4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Adobe Premiere Elements 6.0, etc. But just like some other software, it also has some format limitations. When people try to import Flip video to Adobe Premiere for editing, they will feel frustrated because Premiere cannot read Flip video directly.
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Converting Flip Video To Other Video Formats By WIKI
Flip video converter is seen as the best way to convert flip video files. All Flip family support: Flip Mino, Flip Ultra, Flip MinoHD, Flip UltraHD, and new Flip SlideHD. Transfer and convert Flip video with Flip video converter!
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Acclaimed Pilipino filmmaker Auraeus Solito By John Virata
At one point in Philippine cinema history, the country was the fourth largest consumer of film stocks. During the heyday of the 1980s and early 1990s, the Philippine film industry enjoyed respectable growth with new films coming out on an almost weekly basis. The films were mostly formulaic action movies, romance, or adapted from serialized "komiks."
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Steve is back - and with new iPods!
Steve Jobs stepped back into the spotlight for the first time in nearly a year on Wednesday, drawing a standing ovation before unveiling new and cheaper iPods for Apple Inc.
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The Flip MinoHD By Lou Wallace
The Flip MinoHD is a 720p HD camcorder that fits in a shirt pocket, records an hour of HD video at 1280x720 resolution and costs $229.99. It offers exceptional results for consumers and a modest price. Recommended!
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Sony HDR-HC9 HDV camcorder By Douglas Spotted Eagle
HD is taking over the video production world faster than many camera owners can keep up with. Now in its 5th generation, HDV cameras offer a broad range of choices from full-size broadcast cameras to small format palmcorders. The most recent addition to the lineup of HDV camcorders is the Sony HDR-HC9, available from Sony Electronics.
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Sony HDR-SR1 By David Hague
In Sonys new line up of AVCHD based Handycams, the HDR-SR1 is probably the model the serious video person would look at as against its sibling, the UX-1. The major difference between the two is media; the SR-1 uses hard disc technology for video storage as against the UX-1s DVD.
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Panasonic AJ-HDC27 VariCam Captures the Dirt on new FX Drama
THE SERIES: The new FX hour-long drama series Dirt, starring Courteney Cox, which premiered earlier this month and is broadcast Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT, is being shot with a pair of AJ-HDC27 VariCam HD Cinema cameras. The Director of Photography is Geary McLeod, and the Digital Imaging Technician is Ethan Phillips. Dirt was created by Matthew Carnahan.
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The Sony HDR-UX1 By David Hague
The HDR-UX1 is the DVD based member of the family and weighs in at 660g. The Dual Layer compatible DVD mechanism (DVD-R, -RW and +RW are also supported).
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Do We Accept The Truth? By John Virata
Alexis Dias is one of thousands of Indians who have benefited from India's high tech industry. Earning a comfortable living, Dias noticed that not all have benefited from the high tech boom. During his daily commutes to his job, the 33 year old software developer noticed a disproportionate amount of children doing menial jobs to survive. So Dias and several colleagues, armed with a Panasonic GS200 3CCD miniDV camcorder and Sony's Vegas video editing software decided to make a film to show the plight of the working street kids of Bangalore.
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Cable-Cutting Wireless HD Spec To Stream Uncompressed HD Video
(TWICE) _ Sunnyvale, Calif. A wireless-connectivity technology backed by six major CE suppliers would be the first wireless technology to simultaneously stream multiple high-definition (HD) video programs in uncompressed form among multiple devices up to 33 feet apart.
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HDV for Everyone By Frank Moldstad
The age of Hi Def home movies for the average person has arrived. Barely a week after announcing a pair of new professional HD camcorders, Canon dropped the other shoe by unveiling the HV10, a $1,500 camcorder that shoots true 1080 HDV video. Not only does the HV10 employ a true-to-spec 1920x1080 high-definition image, it will practically fit in your pocket. We got the lowdown on the HV10 as well as the new DVD-based DC22 16x9 camcorder from Canon's Jon Sagud.
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