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Step by Step: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 

By Ellen Wolff

Diseny's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has been rightfully praised for dazzling character animation, but its CG cast isn't the only advanced animation...

Edit Expertise: Compose Your Own 

By Gary Eskow

Back in the day, entry into the stock music business required a sizable investment for composers and studio costs, office space, advertising, and other...

Editing and Output at NAB 2007 

By Jan Ozer

At NAB 2007, the lower level of the South Hall was dominated by computer-related technologies. This article first describes video editing related announcements, then announcements relating to streaming media encoding. On the video editing front, I’ll describe the big three first, then the rest in alphabetical order...

Edit Review: Telestream Episode Pro 4 

Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe

The shooter wants a copy of the footage in DV for his demo reel. The client needs it in HD for broadcast or for high-definition DVDs. The marketing department...

Edit Expertise: Scan Duo 

By S.D. Katz

Flatbed scanners have been improving at a brisk pace for the past several years, so much so that their ability to scan slides formerly a considerable...

Edit Review: InterVideo iVideoToGo Platinum 5.0 

Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe

Who knew that despite 16:9 digital TV, HD, and relatively affordable large flatpanel displays that truly tiny displays would become a hugely important...

Mark In 

Ever since the introduction of its first Creative Suite in 2003, Adobe has pursued a canny strategy: Integrate its less-popular products with its two...

Step By Step: Blades of Glory 

By Ellen Wolff

Suspension of disbelief is the currency of any action movie in which actors perform feats of physical prowess. Audiences wouldn’t expect comedians Will Ferrell and Jon Heder to actually attempt the icy escapades in Paramount/ Dreamworks’...

Video Bellwethers 

Springtime for the broadcast and professional video worlds means only one thing: Another trip to Las Vegas to check out the manufacturers' latest technological...

Edit Review: Red Giant Magic Bullet Colorista  

Reviewer: S.D. Katz

A quick look at Magic Bullet Colorista, Red Giant Software's new color correction tool, may leave some people scratching their heads. Don't most NLEs...