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Vanguard Awards 2008 

By Trevor Boyer

When they consider the tools they use daily, professional video producers notice that their software tends to get more expansive and more complicated...

Creative Fire  

By Craig Erpelding

In 1871, when the Great Fire burned Chicago to the ground, up rose the second city. The descriptor is still used today most famously by Chicago's native-born...

Edit Review: Adobe After Effects CS4  

Reviewer: Franklin McMahon

Adobe After Effects marches on with a spiffy new version for the Creative Suite 4 (CS4) Production Premium and Master Collection packages. As always,...

Is the Cloud for You? 

By Dan Ochiva

Will you be investing in cloud storage in 2009? This new trend of using the Internet for storage could save you money even as the economy turns down...

Web Video Moves Beyond Distribution 

By Dan Ochiva

The rush is on to take web video to the next level. And not just by distributing Hollywood features and television shows, but by moving back up the production...

Edit Review: Telestream ScreenFlow 1.1  

Reviewer: Franklin McMahon

Screencasting software has been fairly prevalent for the Mac. There are numerous freeware, shareware, and commercial options. Most of these allow you...

Edit Review: M-Audio ProFire 610 and Studiophile BX8a Deluxe 

Reviewer: Gary Eskow

If you bring analog sounds into your recording system and who doesn't? you'll need an audio interface that converts them to digital data and back into...

Edit Expertise: Smooth Operator 

By Franklin McMahon

One of the biggest postproduction trends over the past few years is round-tripping, by which you can bring your entire project along with associated video,...

Skillset 

FCP 100: An Overview of Final Cut Pro 6Dec. 15-16, Santa Monica, Calif., $595www.dvcreators.net Recommended for new Apple Final Cut Pro editors, people...

Business Intelligence: How to Choose the Right HD Workflow for Modern Music Videos 

By Jason Diamond, co-founder of MBS Productions

In today's music industry, you have to be on the cutting edge of technology from the camera to the editing system and that means working with all things...