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Adobe Nav for iPad and Photoshop video demo

by Dana Franklin (Apr 17th, 2011)

John Nack, Principal Product Manager at Adobe, posted a video demo of Adobe Nav for iPad on his blog Saturday morning. Adobe Nav is one of the first apps to showcase the new tablet integration features included with the software maker's upcoming Creative Suite version 5.5 (CS5.5). The video ...

Unofficial videos of Final Cut Pro X arrive online

by Mike Schramm (Apr 13th, 2011)

A couple of videos from the announcement of Final Cut Pro X last night have leaked out online, and you can watch them on the next page for as long as they stick around, though I'm not sure who would have the claim on these. As you would expect, the announcement shows off all the new features of ...

Blackmagic announcing a free version of DaVinci Resolve

by Chris White (Apr 12th, 2011)

This week at NAB 2011, Blackmagic Design has announced version 8 of the very high-end dedicated color-grading solution DaVinci Resolve. The upgrade brings XML support, multi-layer timelines, curve grading, noise reduction, stabilization, automatic 3D matching and OpenCL acceleration to the ...

Dear Apple, here's our Final Cut Studio wishlist

by Chris White (Apr 11th, 2011)

Today the NAB exhibit hall opened, and just about everyone in the video world is showing off the hot new stuff they've been waiting to announce to video professionals from around the world. Apple, however, is notably absent again this year, choosing instead to make an announcement tomorrow ...

Talkcast tonight, 10 PM ET: Pro video preview from NAB

by Michael Rose (Apr 10th, 2011)

It's Sunday night, and that means talkcast time! This week, as the NAB convention kicks off in Las Vegas, we look ahead to the highly-anticipated next step in pro video editing from Apple. Yes, the rumor mill around Final Cut Pro is percolating with extreme prejudice, so there's no better time to ...

More talk that the next Final Cut Pro will be the best thing since sliced bread

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 10th, 2011)

Okay, it's getting to the point now that the next Final Cut Pro better be the best thing ever invented because everyone who has played around with it seems to think it is. The latest heap of praise comes from Mark Raudonis, head of post production at Bunim/Murray Productions. Raudonis ...

What do you want to see in the next Final Cut Studio?

by Chris White (Apr 7th, 2011)

It's no secret that many post-production professionals feel Final Cut Studio has been falling behind over the last two years. While Apple has taken its time developing a new version of its video suite, competitors like Adobe have jumped ahead with significant updates; some have even questioned ...

Rumor: New Final Cut Pro to debut on April 12

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 5th, 2011)

According to ProVideo Coalition, Apple is planning on debuting the next version of Final Cut Pro at the Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet on April 12. According to PVC, "Apple will be using the Vegas Supermeet to announce the next version of Final Cut Pro. Supposedly, Apple will be taking over ...

US Army developing mobile apps for soldiers in the field

by Dana Franklin (Mar 17th, 2011)

According to Computerworld, US soldiers may soon be carrying some familiar devices into battle: iPhones and iPads. Two military contractors, Harris and Intelligent Software Solutions (ISS), are building applications for the iPhone, iPad and the Android platform that will assist soldiers deployed ...

Xsan sites gain options as Active Storage steps in with new metadata controller

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 31st, 2011)

So long, Xserve. At the end of the day (January 31), you will be leaving the product sales list after serving the Mac community faithfully for nearly nine years. But today Active Storage introduced ActiveSAN, a high-performance metadata controller for Xsan and StorNext networks, intending to pick ...

CEA survey: Americans don't want FM in cell phones

by Mike Schramm (Oct 1st, 2010)

Personally, I'd like to have an FM tuner in my iPhone, but then again, I'm a radio geek, so I guess I'm in the minority. According to a survey from the Consumer Electronics Association, more than half of Americans polled say they don't want an FM tuner in their cell phone. That seems strange to me ...

Apple cancels booth for NAB

by Nik Fletcher (Feb 7th, 2008)

If you were planning on Apple pulling something out of its hat on a booth at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas in early April, you're going to be disappointed. TVTechnology.com has received confirmation from Apple's Senior Manager of PR Anuj Nayar that the folks from ...

Video pros weigh in on Final Cut Studio 2

by Michael Rose (Apr 19th, 2007)

I'll admit that some of the new features in Final Cut Studio are a little bit over my head, as a non-pro-video guy. OK, pretty much all the new features are over my head, so I asked a couple of pro-video friends for their expert opinions on the NAB announcements. First, Josh Apter from NYC's ...

Final Cut details released on apple.com

by Michael Rose (Apr 15th, 2007)

As Scott and the engadget crew at NAB noted earlier, Apple's introduction of Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Server made quite a splash at the keynote presentation. Now that a bit of the dust has settled, apple.com has been updated with product details: Final Cut Studio product page Final Cut ...