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Apple updates Final Cut Pro X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 24th, 2012)

Though not announced during its big October event, Apple also included Final Cut Pro X in its list of apps that the company updated yesterday. The latest version (10.0.6) of the video editing software now supports native RAW editing of content from RED cameras, lets you expand multichannel ...

Adobe releases Photoshop Elements 10 & Premiere Elements 10 for Mac

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 20th, 2011)

Today Adobe announced new versions of its consumer flagship photo and video editing applications. Photoshop Elements 10 adds new features including 100 paint and effects patterns, depth of field simulation, and the ability to find photos that contain certain objects, like your dog or a hat. ...

Sales of Adobe video tools grow, thanks to Final Cut X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 8th, 2011)

Final Cut Pro X launched earlier this year and casued much controversy. Consumers lauded the app as a relatively inexpensive upgrade to iMovie; while video professionals were discontent with what they considered to be a dumbed down application. The biggest winner in this war over Final Cut Pro X ...

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 ...

Vimeo for iPhone now available, features video editor

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 29th, 2011)

Vimeo expanded its video hosting service to include an iPhone application today. The new mobile application is integrated tightly into the Vimeo service and lets you easily edit and manage your existing video content as well as add new content recorded on your iOS device. The Vimeo ...

'Dramatic and ambitious' new Final Cut Pro to debut this spring

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 23rd, 2011)

TechCrunch reports that Final Cut Pro, Apple's professional video editing suite, is set for a major update this spring. According to TechCrunch, a small group of prominent video editors were recently invited to Apple's campus to try out the upcoming revamp to Final Cut Pro and give their feedback ...

New Apple patent features video editing innovation and simplification

by Mel Martin (Nov 3rd, 2010)

Apple is already pretty tight with the film production industry. Final Cut Pro has a big chunk of the high-end editing business, and Apple continues innovating to keep their spot secure. A 2007 survey showed that Final Cut Pro had 49 percent of the professional editing market. A new patent granted ...

Making vacation videos on your iPad with ReelDirector 3.0

by Steven Sande (Jun 1st, 2010)

If you're still on vacation and reading this on your iPad, it's time to get moving on editing those trip videos you've been shooting over the last four days. You know, all that video of the kids at the beach that you took with your AVCHD camcorder and iPhone. What? You don't have your Mac with you? ...

Final Cut Studio won't be dumbed down

by Chris Rawson (May 19th, 2010)

On Tuesday, Appleinsider wrote that Apple's Final Cut team may refocus the application suite's focus from its current professional target to a more "prosumer" type of customer. Since then, many avid Final Cut Studio users have lamented the possibility of an iMovie 8-style "dumbing down" of the video ...

ReelDirector can spiff up your holiday iPhone videos

by Mel Martin (Nov 27th, 2009)

A few years ago getting video on a cellphone would have seemed out of the question. Now you can not only shoot passable videos with your iPhone 3GS, you can even edit them in style. What better way to capture those holiday moments without dragging around a lot of equipment? ReelDirector [iTunes ...

First Look: video editing on your iPhone with Nexvio ReelDirector

by Steven Sande (Oct 30th, 2009)

With the introduction of the iPhone 3GS back in June of this year, iPhone lovers finally got what a lot of other smartphones already had -- video recording capabilities. A little over a week later, I wrote a post titled "How to make iPhone videos sparkle with iMovie." At the time I remember ...

Is this what's in the next iPhone update?

by Mel Martin (Jul 1st, 2009)

The iPhone Blog is reporting what's purported to be in the next, and hopefully imminent iPhone update to version 3.1. As we've reported, developers were seeded with the beta Tuesday. Here's the list: Voice Control now works over Bluetooth Updated AT&T profile to 4.2 (MMS is now enabled) ...

Oh no! Laptop Hunter ads return

by Mel Martin (May 1st, 2009)

Microsoft keeps trying, and trying, and trying. The new Laptop Hunter ad [YouTube link] features Sheila, who wants to do some video editing. She has $2000US to spend. Sounds like a natural for a MacBook Pro, eh? Nope. She settles for an HP HDX 16t. She passes on the Mac because it has only 2 GB of ...

ScreenFlow 1.5, now with 100% more text annotation

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 19th, 2009)

For semi-pro and professional screencasters working on Macs, Screenflow has reigned for a year as the closest thing available to the Windows-only category leader Camtasia Studio. It not only records your screen, your video camera or iSight, your audio input and system audio simultaneously, it ...

Maybe iMovie '08 isn't such a bad change after all

by David Chartier (Aug 27th, 2007)

Many folks who were used to the array of features iMovie '06 offered were understandably upset when iMovie '08 uprooted just about everything they knew. After all, they had the figurative rug pulled out right from under them. Eric at no one sequel, however, doesn't see this as a bad thing. Eric's ...