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Friends:  Abraham Chaffin  David Battistella  David Scandlyn  Edoardo L'Astorina  gary adcock  grinner hester  Jeff Greenberg  Jeremy Garchow  Josh Petok  Kathlyn Lindeboom  Mark Suszko  Mike Cohen  Robbie Carman  Ronald Lindeboom  Sean Mullen  Terry Mikkelsen  walter biscardi | | | | |  | Article: The Panasonic AG-AC160by Anthony Burokas 4 months ago Panasonic VariCam The Panasonic AG-AC160 Panasonic has several camcorders with similar build, but different underlying core technologies -- specifically, the AC160 130 and the HPX250. The key differe+4 | | | | |
| | | |  | How to Avoid Stereo Fatigue in 3D Features?by Matt Faw 2 weeks agoDear all, I love watching 3D films, but I also find that the whole stereo effect starts to fade, about 30-45 min. into the film. At some point, I have to blink a lot, and remind myself to look for the | | | | |
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| | | |  | Article: Colorgrading Round-Upby Dennis Kutchera 1 week ago Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Colorgrading Round-Up Dennis Kutchera went to Vegas with a goal - to be tantalized by the new colour-grading options - in essence, to cheat on his beloved Avid. What hap+2  | Re: Colorgrading Round-Up
by Jarle Leirpoll 4 days ago
Stig, of course it's a matter of taste. But being an editor who has tried them all, I challenge you: Try Premiere Pro CS6 Trim mode (and assign and use all the shortcuts), and after that tell me what
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| | | |  | iPad model recommendationby Bob Cole 1 week agoNon-iPad user here, but I'm trying to change that. I would appreciate guidance as to which model specs would be most appropriate for me. The main purposes are: 1. Internet connection as far and wide a | Re: iPad model recommendation
by Tim Wilson 7 days ago
For note taking, you'll be fine with an iPad and any number of apps, including Pages and Office. I was thinking about a script supervisor, where hand-written script markups are still the standard, and
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| | | | | BMD support for Resolveby Dennis Kutchera 1 week agoI'm not one who uses tech support very often, but when you need it, boy do you need it. I called Avid support recently for the first time in 12 years. I would not have met deadlines without it. Could | Re: BMD support for Resolve
by Tim Wilson 1 week ago
Ola Haldor Voll "Most of the time, the Cow...is the source of knowledge." Pardon my selective quoting. :-) Dennis, Blackmagic has also always been one of the most active companies in the COW forums.
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| | | | | Dark Shadowsby Mark Suszko 2 months agoI didn't think this looked very good at all until I saw the trailer for it this week. The trailer, if true to the film, suggests a delightfully quirky and comedic romp, rather than an attempt to do st | Re: Dark Shadows
by Tim Wilson 1 week ago
From io9.com, not necessarily authoritative, but in this case, kinda persuasive.... Many people will probably say that the problem with Dark Shadows is that it can't decide if it's a comedy, or a goth
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| | | |  | Premiere vs. FCPXby Lance Bachelder 1 week agoJust some quick observations. Did a stabilize test on the same clip in FCPX and Premiere - this is on an 8 core Mac with non-CUDA 5770 graphics. Time to analyze took nearly double in Premiere and then+2 | Re: Premiere vs. FCPX
by Tim Wilson 1 week ago
Tom Daigon " Im a firm believer that everyone is allowed their own preferences and I wish you well. :D" Son, you can take that nonsense straight to another forum here at the COW. This here's the DEBA
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| | | |  | A really smooth jump to PP CS6...by Armando Ciurana 2 weeks agoWe are a medium size production and post-production company, We ve been working in Final Cut Studio seats since 2006, and that work very well for us, we have been working with third party software lik+6 | Re: A really smooth jump to PP CS6...
by Tim Wilson 2 weeks ago
Jim Giberti "Yeah, why do you think Tim leaves a can of lighter fluid at the top of the forum " Right next to Zelin's baseball bat and shotgun. This (and ONLY this one) is a full-contact forum. We ju
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| | | | | The Mac Pro we dream about?by Lance Bachelder 2 weeks agoMan Apple is blowing it! I figure if they don't have some new uber hardware out by WWDC in June my Mac future may be dwindling... http: www.dell.com content topics topic.aspx global products video en | Re: The Mac Pro we dream about?
by Tim Wilson 2 weeks ago
Tangier Clarke "I'm thinking an Apple Cube 2 with thunderbolt" I loved the Cube!!! But a perfect example of designing by "we think it's cool" rather than "people can really use this." We'll call it "
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| | | |  | CS6 is released - so what now?by Steve Connor 2 weeks agoSo that's it, if you're moving on from FCS3 then all our options are now before us (apart from the small matter of the Mac Pro) Has the release of CS6 enabled you to make a decision about your future | Re: CS6 is released - so what now?
by Tim Wilson 2 weeks ago
Oliver Peters "I'm not sure I agree." I don't disagree with your disagreement. I was trying to be charitable. :-) Talking to one COW who'll be writing about it for us soon, he said that he found FCPX
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| | | | | What are you thinking about CS6?by Tim Wilson 2 weeks agoI know it's a little early in the game to have a truly definitive view, but I also know that you've been paying attention to this release for quite a while now. Did you get to see it at NAB Have you s | | | | |
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| | | |  | Article: NAB 2012: HPby Debra Kaufman 3 weeks ago Windows Hardware & Software NAB 2012: HP At NAB 2012, HP unveiled its all-in-one HP Z1 workstation. With a 27-inch diagonal screen, Intel Xeon processors and NVIDIA Quadro graphics, the HP Z1 is aime | Re: NAB 2012: HP
by Tim Wilson 2 weeks ago
Thomas Frank "One HP support is as crappy as the Apple warranty but this is a different story." You have GOT to be kidding!!! HP's warranty completely blows away anything Apple has ever considered. Y
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| | | |  | Early Reaction to The Hobbit in 48 fpsby Scott Roberts 4 weeks agoI just read this very interesting post from Peter Sciretta of Film, he attended a CinemaCon conference where Warner Bros screened 10 minutes of footage from the upcoming Hobbit film. The film, of cour+1 | Re: Early Reaction to The Hobbit in 48 fps
by Tim Wilson 3 weeks ago
Mike Molenda "The "passing fancy" of 3D has been around for 5+ years now (way more if we're not talking strictly digital). Has there been a month in the last two years or so where you couldn't go to
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| | | | | The Five Year Engagementby Scott Roberts 3 weeks ago Premise: Jason Segel and Emily Blunt have been in a very loving relationship for a year, and Segel asks Blunt to marry him. She says yes and they begin to plan their wedding. (RECORD SCRATCH) Until B | Re: The Five Year Engagement
by Tim Wilson 3 weeks ago
Mark Suszko "Pratt already had a part in "Moneyball." I LOVE Chris Pratt in Moneyball. He's one of my favorite parts of the movie....but a long way from a leading role. Chris Pratt fans should also c
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| | | | | Blog: Forget the Future, Plan for Nowby walter biscardi 3 weeks agoI made a comment at this past week s Atlanta Cutters meeting that surprised many of those in attendance. It was something along the lines of I m anticipating our Avid s will be a one year solution to +5 | | | | |
| | | |  | the Von Thomas article is greatby Bob Zelin 3 weeks agothis is a perfect article. "This is what I do, and this is how I do it". Lots of detail, and a super nice guy. Bob Zelin | Re: the Von Thomas article is great
by Tim Wilson 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I was really crazy about the article. I had asked Von to get super-specific, name as many names and models as possible. He leads paid workshops on this stuff, and didn't hesitate to go all the w
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| | | | | Adobe Cloudby Tim Taylor 4 weeks agoHey, am I reading this right I can download all the CS6 applications for $49.99 a month. (Total of $600 for one year) What happens to my licenses if I cancel after the first year Tim Taylor, Producer | Re: Adobe Cloud
by Tim Wilson 4 weeks ago
I got that info from Adobe's Dennis Radeke...who admits that he might be wrong...but I got the info from Adobe's Dennis Radeke. :-) $29 is an introductory offer to existing users as an incentive to go
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| | | |  | One year later...by Mark Raudonis 1 month agoJust got back from NAB 2012, and lots of people asked me, " If you hadn't changed yet, would you still make the same decision today to switch to Avid " My answer "Unequivocally, YES I would." There we+3  | Re: One year later...
by Mitch Ives 4 weeks ago
Paul Nordin "Words that make me cringe and look for a different thread that isn't an endless circular boring conversation with no new information." You seriously couldn't figure out the new informati
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| | | |  | Forums changedby Juan Salvo 1 month agoWow. Seems the cow listens too. They've created a new resolve lite forum. I wonder how this will play out online editor colorist VFX BD author http: JuanSalvo.com | Re: Forums changed
by Tim Wilson 1 month ago
We consider this a process. If two forums doesn't work, it's easy enough to go back to just one. We've seen this play out in a number of different ways. For example, we have had the web's largest comm
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| | | |  | Bravoby Ronen Pestes 1 month agoCongratulations to Grant and all the Da-vinci and Blackmagic Design team. Black magic is the new Apple :) Amazing line of software and hardware at NAB. Ronen Pestes Edit.Color.Post http: www.ronenpest | Re: Bravo
by Tim Wilson 1 month ago
Paul Nordin "But we have to expect that Adobe will be forced to continue to ingest projects from Avid and FCP, so Resolve should have an on-going way to grow Adobe-based round-tripping." There are fe
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| | | |  | Cameraby Robin Erard 1 month agoAnd the made a 2.5k camera now ! for 2995 USD ! r alisateur, sc nariste, monteur, talonneur www.robinerard.ch | Re: Camera
by Tim Wilson 1 month ago
July! Tim Wilson Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief Creative COW Magazine Twitter: timdoubleyou
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| | | | | NAB 2012 Partyby Bob Zelin 2 months agoHi - I am pleased to announce the 9th annual 2012 NAB gathering at the Hard Rock Center Bar on Monday April 16th starting at 8pm. This is a sponsored event by Maxx Digital, ATTO Technology and GPL. Th | | | | |
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