Configuring Your System for CS4, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
In the last installment, I described buying considerations and costs for system RAM and CPUs for Apple’s Mac Pro and HP’s xw8600 workstation. In this installment, I’ll present the results of a series of benchmark tests with the two systems...
Final Cut Pro 6 Hands-on WorkshopMarch 19-20, St. Louis, $695www.dvcreators.net Recommended for new Apple Final Cut Pro (FCP) editors, people switching...
Collaborate Better Online By Dan Ochiva
With the way the economy is going, even the latest cut-rate airfares can't make up for the fact that your budget takes a real hit when you have to send...
Edit Review: Adobe OnLocation CS4 Reviewer: Jan Ozer
Adobe OnLocation Creative Suite 4 (CS4)is a valuable if not critical component of the CS4 package, and it has been substantially improved for the suite's...
Edit Expertise: Storage Savings By Dan Ochiva
Workaday products such as disk arrays for video editing, or related technology such as codec cards, are as integral to video production as new HD cameras...
Configuring Your System for CS4, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
This month, I’ll review how the number of processors and the amount of RAM impact encoding performance, and then find other, non-CS4-related fish to fry...
Test Drive: Nvidia Quadro CX and Adobe CS4, Part 1 By Jan Ozer
This month, in our quest to identify the optimal CS4 configuration, we look at graphic chip manufacturer Nvidia’s Quadro CX technology...
Edit Expertise: Dynamic Disc By Jan Ozer
With Creative Suite 4 (CS4), Adobe improved both the workflow and the Blu-ray- and Flash-related authoring capabilities of Encore. Within the context...
Distance Editing By Dan Ochiva
It's no secret: In February, the United States changes to a full DTV broadcast envionment. Turns out it's a good time to look at production systems that...
Edit Review: Kinemac 1.0 Reviewer: Franklin McMahon
A lot of professional video applications promise realtime results, and Kinemac 1.0 for Mac OS X is one of the few that delivers. From a company that's...