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Apple’s ‘Gesture control of multimedia editing applications’ patent
Today Apple was awarded an interesting patent. It was applied for in 2004, so developments over the intervening years may have superseded some of its concepts, however it shows how gestures can be used...
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It’s time to make London SuperMeet plans
There are few events where post production professionals can escape their dark rooms full of technology. The calendar is pretty sparse: Winter: BVE in London, Spring: NAB in Las Vegas, Autumn: IBC in...
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£5 off London SuperMeet tickets
Following on from my post about the London SuperMeet, the organisers have kindly offered me a discount code which you can use to save £5 on advance tickets. Enter ‘alex4d’ as your discount code or...
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Apple’s timeline animation patent: Final Cut Pro with a little more Motion
Four years ago, Apple applied for a patent that is relevant to animating parameters of clips and other content in a timeline. They were awarded patent 8,458,593 today. I’m not reproducing this to start...
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Apple’s MacPro successor: Must ‘something really great’ be hardware?
MacPro fans are waiting for Apple to announce an update to their favourite computer. Many hope that Monday’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote speech will end their long wait. This time last year...
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Apple’s iTunes Radio: What about non-music elements?
Apple’s new streaming service is called iTunes Radio. Not iMusic. What elements could be included that would justify such a name? The current music streaming services offer very large music libraries...
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Apple’s 2013 Mac Pro preview
If you visit Apple’s 2013 Mac Pro page, you’ll see a sneak peek of the Mac Pro being released later this year. One feature of the page are videos showing internal elements of the computer. In order to...
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MacPro GPUs vs AMD FirePro S10000
Here’s how a powerful AMD graphics card compares with what Apple has announced about the AMD FirePro GPUs in the forthcoming Mac Pro. AMD FirePro S10000 2013 Mac Pro GPUs Stream Processors 2 x 1792 2 x...
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2013 Mac Pro expansion: A professional solution?
The main complaint many people have about the forthcoming Mac Pro is the lack of internal expandability. Post-production professionals have Mac Pros with PCIe cards for important functions, internal...
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Sample 4K footage captured from satellite
Given that 3D is dying, the next great hope for film and TV seems to be UHD TV, Ultra High Definition TV. Canal+ Spain dubbed today ’4K Day’ Here is their 4K promotional video that I think was...
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OS X 10.9 Mavericks boost for post production
Once post production work has to be done by more than one person at a time, the speed of the network becomes an important consideration. This is because it is much more efficient if editors, motion...
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Apple’s 2D slider UI patent
In August 2010 (almost a year before the introduction of Final Cut Pro X) Apple applied for a user interface patent that is relevant to colour correcting video clips. They were awarded patent 8,468,465...
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International Adobe Creative Cloud pricing: Australia gets a better deal than...
For many years computer users outside the US have complained about the disparity in hardware and software pricing for international purchases. In recent years price differences have been less...
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Free Effect Friday – Final Cut Pro: CMYK Halftone a4d plugin
Here’s another in my ‘a4d’ plugin series. This series is about making Apple Motion 5 features available in Final Cut Pro X. The CMYK Halftone a4d effect makes video clips, stills and generators look...
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Free Effect Friday – Final Cut Pro: Random Tile a4d plugin
It’s Friday, it’s time for another free Final Cut Pro X plugin. This one makes the ‘Random Tile’ Apple Motion 5 filter available to editors in Final Cut. Use the Random Tile a4d effect to select a part...
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Very slow rendering in Final Cut Pro X? A workaround
In the past couple of years of using Final Cut Pro I’ve had few problems in rendering timelines in Final Cut Pro X, but have seen reports of other people facing this issue. Yesterday I wanted to...
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Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro X: How they work together
Apple have updated their music creation software. Today marks the launch of Logic Pro X. Here’s the news for Final Cut Pro X users: You can import Final Cut Pro X XML files into Logic Pro. Use of XML...
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Free Effect Friday – Final Cut Pro: Light Rays a4d plugin
Here’s another in my ‘a4d’ plugin series. This series is about making Apple Motion 5 features available in Final Cut Pro X. The Light Rays a4d effect adds a smearing effect video clips, stills and...
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What Logic Pro X tells us about the future of Final Cut Pro X
In April 2011 Apple surprised the world of post production when they showed a sneak peek of Final Cut Pro X at the NAB Supermeet. It was obvious that the next version of Final Cut Pro after version 7...
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