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Full new features list for PrPro CS6
by David Cherniack 1 month ago
http: success.adobe.com assets en downloads guides Pr_CS6_WN_Reveal.pdf All of them are great. My personal favorite is the CUDA (and openCL) real time (after background analysis) Warp stabilization. H
Re: Full new features list for PrPro CS6
by Gary Bettan 1 month ago
We are still running the promotion: Attention Adobe Editors! Now is the time to make sure all of your existing software is up to date. Buy now to take advantage of significant savings and get upgraded
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Why Apple should let HP build its workstations
by Ronald Lindeboom 2 months ago
Please note: I wrote this as a reply to a post below but it's been retweeted and pointed to, so I wanted to give it its own thread. I had to smile reading the people on the original thread below specu
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Re: Why Apple should let HP build its workstations
by Gary Bettan 2 months ago
Ron - I agree with all your thoughts. I'd like to add a kicker that could help Apple & HP with this. Have the HP Apple Workstations come pre-loaded with the latest ProApps. FCPX, Motion and Compressor
Questions about new PC build
by Rich Vogel 2 months ago
Hello, I've kept an eye on the Videoguys.com DIY guides for system building, and have a few questions. First off, I'm currently thinking of pursuing the i7 2600k route since I just can't spend more th
Re: Questions about new PC build
by Gary Bettan 2 months ago
We do not monitor and update the component prices on our build. typically they are pretty stable. Technology items have fluctuated a lot over the past year or two. I think this is ripples from the dis
So long, and thanks for all the fish
by Bernard Newnham 3 months ago
http: tech-ops.co.uk next or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-pc Bernie
Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish
by Gary Bettan 3 months ago
Tim is 100% correct. I spent may hours with Tim, before after and during the time he was at Avid singing the praises of Liquid. It was WAY ahead of it's time. Avid gave it a great shot, but they never
Blog: Videoguys' Top 10 Products of 2011
by Gary Bettan 4 months ago
2011: The Year of the X That's "X" as in FCPX and XGrades (crossgrades) 2011 has been quite a year for Videoguys, and our industry. In April, at the FCPUG SuperMeet during the NAB show in Vegas, thing
Blog: Videoguys' DIY9 Sneak Peek: It's Time for Sandy Bridge-E
by Gary Bettan 5 months ago
Over the past year Videoguys.com have taken some heat in some online tech forums and communities. We were very late to embrace the original Sandy Bridge processors and even when we did recommend one,
Re: Videoguys' DIY9 Sneak Peek: It's Time for Sandy Bridge-E
by Gary Bettan 4 months ago
Anto: We only have a single build list, but in the article we do talk about component options. (Quadro4000 vs GTX570, SSD vs hard drive for boot system, X79 vs X79Pro). This is the sneak peak. When we
playback issues yellow bar
by Tielman Dewaele 4 months ago
Hello, We are having playback issues for a while now, using PPpro 5. We just completly reinstalled our system and installed Ppro 5.5. Our our system is the same as this: http: www.videoguys.com Guide
Re: playback issues yellow bar
by Gary Bettan 4 months ago
What storage are you using for the video and project It sounds like it could be a throughput issue. Gary COW members get 5% OFF with Coupon COW5OFF http: www.videoguys.com 800 323-2325 We are the vide
Is a capture and playback device a passthrough or a pitstop?
by Frank Black 5 months ago
Hi guys, Some of you already know that I'm researching the depths of what a capture and playback device does WHAT but that I'm looking for "precise" answers in a language a 2nd grader -- me! -- would
Re: Is a capture and playback device a passthrough or a pitstop?
by Gary Bettan 5 months ago
First - why do you think you need uncompressed. For 99% of video editors, that represents nothing but a waste of disc space. Most editors use either an intermediary CODEC like Apple ProRes or Avid DNx
Videoguys Year End Wrap-up
by Gary Bettan 5 months ago
Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas and a Healthy New Year! 2011 has been quite a year for Videoguys, and our industry. In April, things changed dramatically when Apple gave
2011 27" imac core i5 2,7ghz
by Niels Roza 5 months ago
Hey guys, i've been reading all over the webs about the 2011 imacs being viable NLE machines capable of avid, fcp and premiere pro. I'm on the brink of purchasing the 27 inch quad-core i5 2,7ghz becau
Re: 2011 27" imac core i5 2,7ghz
by Gary Bettan 5 months ago
If you plan on editing native HD files, then you want to find the money for the i7. These highly compressed files need all the horsepoer they can get. Avid AMA is GREAT! But you have to give it the ho
Built your DIY8 - My GeForce GTX 470 doesn't always bring up my desktop settings such as resolution
by David Stack 5 months ago
Half the time when I reboot my resolution settings is off and dual monitors are flip-flopped. To fix it each time I have to open up the "screen resolution" and click on "properties". As soon as I do m
Re: Built your DIY8 - My GeForce GTX 470 doesn't always bring up my desktop settings such as resolution
by Gary Bettan 5 months ago
we never tested the DIY8 with the Declink card. You could have some driver conflicts between it and the 470 GPU. Gary COW members get 5% OFF with Coupon COW5OFF http: www.videoguys.com 800 323-2325 We
Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5 Download
by john lawlor 5 months ago
HI Guys Like many people out there, it seems like it has come time to jump ship on the tried and trusted FCP to the seemingly better Premiere Pro. Two questions: 1. Has the "SWITCH" promo for switchin
Re: Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5 Download
by Gary Bettan 5 months ago
Videoguys is offering 20% off on Adobe CS5.5. upgrades. We are also offering 20% off on teh full version. We're taking the 20% off from our $1499 sale price, so while supplies last you can get teh ful
Blog: Hard Drive Shortages to Drive Up Cost of Video Editing
by Gary Bettan 6 months ago
Over the past year the hard drive producers have been hit by a one-two punch that has them scrambling to find ways to produce enough hard drives to satisfy demand. Hard drives prices are expected to j
Obscenely Expensive Adobe Products outside USA
by David Hunter 7 months ago
As a longtime FinalCut user who used the whole Apple suite, I wanted to buy Premiere Pro and take advantage of the discount offered to Apple users who switched. However, if I am editing in Hamburg, Ge
Re: Obscenely Expensive Adobe Products outside USA
by Gary Bettan 7 months ago
Videoguys.com can do it! Give us a call 800 323-2325 and we'll get you the software you need. We run into issues like this with many of our vendors. All it takes is a little extra effort and creativit
Avid Confirms Delay in MC FCP Crossgrade Shipments
by Peter Wiley 7 months ago
I got this email this morning, thought it might be of general interest. Hello, First, I would like to thank you for your recent FCP to Media Composer crossgrade order on the Avid Store. As you probabl
Re: Avid Confirms Delay in MC FCP Crossgrade Shipments
by Gary Bettan 7 months ago
Videoguys.com has Media Composer crossgrades in stock and better yet - we still have inventory available for $995!!! http: www.webvideoguys.com mc55oct.html Gary COW members get 5% OFF with Coupon COW
Blog: Videoguys DIY NLE Workstation philosophy and DIY9 thoughts
by Gary Bettan 7 months ago
We're getting a lot of calls and questions about our latest DIY recommendations - and requests for a DIY9 build! We've also been participating in some very hot discussions an the Adobe and COW forums
Pioneer BDR 206 not meant for Macs. Please read.
by Erik Mickelson 8 months ago
I just got off the phone with Pioneer regarding the incompatibility of the BDR 206 that Videoguys.com sells as their mac compatible Blu Ray burner. Long story short. The support tech on the phone said
Re: Pioneer BDR 206 not meant for Macs. Please read.
by Gary Bettan 7 months ago
Erik, Please give me call Friday. I instructed customer service to ship you both a new drive and enclosure - immediately. Then have you return whatever stuff doesn't work. Gary COW members get 5% OFF
Fastest BluRay burn speeds in OSX???
by Erik Mickelson 8 months ago
I am only getting 1x burn speeds. I am using the NexStar DX USB enclosure with Sony BD205 loaded purchased from VideoGuys.com. Using Verbatim BD-R 2x and 4x media. One thing: Since purchasing the encl
Re: Fastest BluRay burn speeds in OSX???
by Gary Bettan 8 months ago
We have tons of customers getting great results on Macs with the BDR-206. OWC sells the BDR-206 for Mac users as well. I will look into potential issues with the Vantec enclosure we bundle with the BD
FCS 3 is back on sale through Apple - via telesales only
by John Christie 8 months ago
http: www.Macrumors.com
Re: FCS 3 is back on sale through Apple - via telesales only
by Gary Bettan 8 months ago
We got in our last shipment of FCS3 the end of August. we filled our back orders and the dozen or so units left sold out in a week. Last week half a dozen FCS3 upgrades arrived. Quite honestly, we nev
Premiere Pro advice
by Phil Lister 10 months ago
I need a new desktop PC and I'd like to get a list of specs that would fall between $1,200.00 and $1,850.00 + -. In other words, what are the most minimum requirements I can run Premiere Pro CS5 on Th
Re: Premiere Pro advice
by Gary Bettan 9 months ago
I'm very aware of these discussion and I've participated in several debates with the guys over at ADK as well. Harm knows his stuff and while we disagree at times, we more often then not we recommend
Blog: THE AVID EVENT
by Shane Ross 10 months ago
I will summarize to the best of my ability, what I heard and experienced at the Avid Event held at the Warner Brothers studio, Stephen J. Ross Theatre, July 13, 2011. To the best of my ability because
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Re: THE AVID EVENT
by Gary Bettan 10 months ago
Great news! 64-bit, new GUI, 3rd party hardware support. Avid is Listening! Even more important - no loss of features, editors get to keep editing the way they already do! I posted an article last mon
Article: A Final Cutter Tries Out Premiere Pro
by Helmut Kobler 10 months ago
Apple FCPX - Final Cut Pro X A Final Cutter Tries Out Premiere Pro If you're a Final Cut editor contemplating making a change in the wake of Apple's FCPX roll-out, you're not alone. Here's one long-t
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Re: A Final Cutter Tries Out Premiere Pro
by Gary Bettan 10 months ago
Great article. You really did a nice job walking an FCP editor thru Premiere Pro. Gary Videoguys.com COW members get 5% OFF with Coupon COW5OFF http: www.videoguys.com 800 323-2325 We are the video ed
Why use FCPX if you plan on moving up in the industry?
by Dustin Parsons 11 months ago
There's a lot of speculation on these boards as to what impact FCPX will have on the post-production industry. My thoughts right now are very mixed because the work that I do could very well be done o
Re: Why use FCPX if you plan on moving up in the industry?
by Gary Bettan 11 months ago
Right you are Tim. We're extending both the Avid $995 and Adobe $799 crossgrades thru the july 4th holiday weekend. For more info, check out this article on our blog FCPX got you down Videoguys' Optio
Where to go from here... Avid or Adobe ?
by Anders Haavie 11 months ago
Any thoughts Any comparative papers from a fcp editors perspective Anders Xraid-Xserve-Xsan-Xeverything
Re: Where to go from here... Avid or Adobe ?
by Gary Bettan 11 months ago
We're running both the Avid $995 & Adobe $799 crossgrade promotions thought the July 4th holiday weekend. We've also got an evenbettter deal - buy both crossgrades for $1,674!! For more info check out
Article: FCPX: Why We Can't Use Final Cut Pro X at Our Companies
by Walter Biscardi and Richard Harrington 11 months ago
Apple FCPX - Final Cut Pro X FCPX: Why We Can't Use Final Cut Pro X at Our Companies After a day of reading the FCP and FCPX forums, tweeting, and scanning the blogosphere, two COW leaders had a lot
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Re: Why We Can't Use Final Cut Pro X at Our Companies
by Gary Bettan 11 months ago
Great job on the podcast Walter and Rich, and a very good discussion by all. Walter and Rich have also made some very thoughtful and fair blog posts. "Apple - you got some Splaining to do!" I just upd
Blog: Videoguys' Options for Final Cut Editors
by Gary Bettan 11 months ago
If you are a Final Cut Pro editor, unless you've been living in a cave up in the hills, you have heard all the hype about FCPX, the next generation of Final Cut Pro. I'm intentionally not calling the
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Re: Videoguys' Options for Final Cut Editors
by Gary Bettan 11 months ago
FCPX is now a reality and for Professional Editors the reality is that FCPX is NOT for Pros. NO 3rd party hardware support NO ability to import existing FCP projects Some plug-ins work, far to many do
Blog: Adobe gets it and Adobe wants you.
by Gary Bettan 11 months ago
Adobe gets it and Adobe wants you. Adobe Goes Pro When Adobe Premiere Pro CS 5 was launched more than two years ago, the message was clear that Adobe was taking Premiere Pro into the professional mark
Re: Adobe gets it and Adobe wants you.
by Gary Bettan 11 months ago
you are correct. CS5 was introduced at NAB 2010. Adobe actually 'leaked' and started hyping the Mercury Playback Engine several months before that. Gary COW members get 5% OFF with Coupon COW5OFF http
Blog: Avid - The Professionals Choice. Always was. It's that simple.
by Gary Bettan 11 months ago
Avid - The Professionals Choice. Always was. It's that simple. Avid listens to their customers. A few years ago Avid did something unprecedented in our industry that many editors may have forgotten ab
Re: Avid - The Professionals Choice. Always was. It's that simple.
by Steve Modica 11 months ago
I'd love to support Avid for our customers. We make great storage and network cards and we've spent lots of time working with Avid on 10Gb performance. I'd like to know when you're going to stop with
Bummed on FCPX, too bad Avid MC5 is back to full price
by Matt Devino 11 months ago
After reading all of the negative reviews I'm glad I decided to wait to download FCPX, I think it has potential but I don't see it being ready for pros for a while. I work in Hollywood, and Final Cut
Re: Bummed on FCPX, too bad Avid MC5 is back to full price
by Gary Bettan 11 months ago
BTW - Did I mention that we still have both Avid Media Composer 5.5 and Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium crossgrades in stock ;-) Plus our new SUPER bundle that combines both offers for $1,674 and saves
News: Mac Conversion Utility Now Available for Roland VR-5
by Cow News Droid 12 months ago
(Bellingham, Washington--May 19, 2011) Roland Systems Group (RSG) has released a Mac image converter utility for the popular VR-5 AV Mixer. This newly released software allows users to convert still i
Re: News: Mac Conversion Utility Now Available for Roland VR-5
by Gary Bettan 12 months ago
The VR5 is a fantastic solution that combines video mixing and streaming. http: www.videoguys.com Item Roland+VR-5+AV+Mixer+and+Recorder 53D22565.aspx Gary COW members get 5% OFF with Coupon COW5OFF h
Has anyone tried the AVID offer ...
by Simon Ubsdell 1 year ago
... and found they got no response I've applied for the super-duper ultra low-price Media Composer-forFCP users offer, entered my FCS serial number, etc. and although it says my application was succes
Re: Has anyone tried the AVID offer ...
by Gary Bettan 1 year ago
yes we can ship outside the US, to most countries. The download is only available from Avid. Gary COW members get 5% OFF with Coupon COW5OFF http: www.videoguys.com 800 323-2325 We are the video editi
New Low Prices on Avid Media Composer 5.5 Upgrades for Avid & Apple FCP owners
by Gary Bettan 1 year ago
Got Final Cut Avid Media Composer 5.5 Crossgrade for FCP Editors $995 Many pros in the industry recognize that you can get more work having both Final Cut Pro and Media Composer in your editing arsena
Re: New Low Prices on Avid Media Composer 5.5 Upgrades for Avid & Apple FCP owners
by Michael Kammes 1 year ago
Poor form. Please no spam. Videoguys already has ads all over the site. .: michael kammes mpse .: senior applications editor . post workflow consultant .: audio specialist . act fcp . acsr .: michaelk
Avid MC 5.5 upgrade info
by Gary Bettan 1 year ago
With the announcement of MC5.5, there appears to be some confusion about upgrades. Here's some more info to help clarify your options: Avid Media Composer 5 Owners: Once Media Composer 5.5 is released
Check specs to build a new PC...
by fabio mereghetti 1 year ago
I'm a video amateur on the learning path to get one step higher (amateur-- Amateur). I'm still on an Asus A8V mobo with Sata I ports for HDDs and AGP port for the graphic card. Of course Im struggling
Re: Check specs to build a new PC...
by Gary Bettan 1 year ago
i would suggest the following. Stripe the two 7200RPM drives in a RAID0 for performance and throughput. Put all projects & video on the RAID. When exporting files for blu-ray or web, set up a folder (
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac/PC - Mercury we have lift-off!!
by Gary Bettan 1 year ago
For years we have been recommending NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics boards to our professional customers who demand the highest level of performance, reliability and stability. Quadro cards cost a
Re: NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac/PC - Mercury we have lift-off!!
by Gary Bettan 1 year ago
Excellent point Todd. Check out this update I got in my inbox today from my Adobe rep: Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 now offers GPU acceleration on laptops Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, version 5.0.3 is an update
Anyone here using the Matrox MXO2 Mini?
by Sebastian Alvarez 2 years ago
I bought a Blackmagic Intensity Pro and it turned out to be terrible, mostly because of frequent crashes always caused by the player plugin Blackmagic uses in Premiere. As far as I've read, there seem
Re: Anyone here using the Matrox MXO2 Mini?
by Gary Bettan 2 years ago
You will still get the great Mercury playback from your CUDA based GPU with the standard MXO2 Mini. The MAX hardware will give you faster then real-time H.264 encoding. I don't think you'll see much a
Matrox Loyalty Discounts on MXO2 MAX prodcts
by Gary Bettan 2 years ago
Dear Matrox owner, For a limited time, Matrox is offering Matrox Axio, RT.X2, and RT.X100 owners a loyalty discount on purchases of selected versions of the MXO2 products with the MAX H.264 encoding o
Re: Matrox Loyalty Discounts on MXO2 MAX prodcts
by Gary Bettan 2 years ago
Just a heads up. The Matrox Loyalty program expires Sept 30th. When the calendar turns to October, this deal goes away. Gary http: www.videoguys.com 800 323-2325 We are the video editing and productio
Matrox MX02 LE with Max...yay or nay
by Mike Diiorio 2 years ago
Ok, so i'm spending a lot of time compressing my h264 videos and need to speed this up. Also, looking to output to a program monitor. Seems that Matrox' product is the best bang for the buck, but just
Re: Matrox MX02 LE with Max...yay or nay
by Gary Bettan 2 years ago
What great thread. MAX is the secret ingredient that gives the Matrox MXO2 family of products a leg up on other excellent I O devices such as the Kona. As was mentioned here, if you have a Kona card,


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