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June 19th, 2013
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Audio: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Six-track Capabilities and Swappable Microphone Modules

Posted By David Willis
The Zoom H6 Handy audio recorder with up to six-track recording and swappable microphone modules
Move over Zoom H4N, there’s a new kid in town, the Zoom H6 Handy. Zoom North America manufacturers the Zoom H4N, a portable audio capture unit which has proven to be an extremely popular solution for DSLR filmmakers dealing with the subpar audio capabilities of still cameras. They have just announced a new flagship handheld  

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May 21st, 2013
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Shutterstock offers more than 1,000,000 stock video clips for films and video projects

Posted By David Willis
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Whether uploading your own clips that are sitting around collecting digital dust or looking for clips to add to your own projects or edits, Shutterstock’s collection of video offerings available at (www.footage.shutterstock.com) has now grown to a family of more than one-million royalty-free clips. Stock footage sites like these are a great way to leverage  

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May 10th, 2013
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StarTech.com Releases New Wireless HD Extender Kit – Transmits HD Signals From Up to 100 Feet Away

Posted By Neil Matsumoto
StarTech.com just announced the release of a new Wireless HD Extender Kit, which lets you wirelessly transmit an HD audio and video signal from an HDMI source to a high-def display or projector up to 100-feet away. The extender kit contains a WHDI compliant Wireless HD transmitter unit and receiver unit, as well as an  

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May 6th, 2013
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Adobe MAX 2013 – Adobe Doubles Down On Their Creative Cloud

Posted By Neil Matsumoto
If you haven’t heard, Adobe‘s Creative Cloud has been a big success. More than a half million paid members and over 2 million free members have signed up for the service since it launched last year in April. Creative Cloud is a membership-service that provides users to download and install Adobe’s desktop applications; game developer  

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April 11th, 2013
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NAB 2013: Wrap-up and thoughts from the show

Posted By David Willis
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We’re just getting back into the swing of things after this year’s NAB installment in Las Vegas. Overall my impression of the show wasn’t so much that there were a slew of exciting new products or technologies but rather that the industry is slowly but surely making the transition to 4k-resolution while streamlining and updating  

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April 5th, 2013
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Pre NAB 2013 – Cooke Optics and Thales Angénieux To Collaborate On Compatible Anamorphic Lenses

Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Cooke Optics has designed seven brand new prime lenses for the anamorphic system, including a 40mm T2.3.
Cooke Optics and Thales Angénieux announced that they have been working together to share designs of their respective new anamorphic lenses. The results of the collaboration will bring cinematographers a full range of compatible anamorphic lenses, including Cooke’s Academy Award® winning design that captures the ‘Cooke Look®‘ and Angénieux’ renowned zoom technology, also awarded by the Academy  

April 4th, 2013
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Pre NAB 2013 – Adobe Wows With New Features In Premiere Pro, After Effects, SpeedGrade And More. Plus, The Ability To Collaborate “Anywhere”

Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Adobe will showcase new software and video technology that is transforming the way broadcasters, filmmakers and video professionals create and deliver high-quality productions across multiple screens.
I recently attended an Adobe press event at their headquarters in San Jose to preview some of their pro video tools. Adobe experts gave us working demos of Premiere Pro, After Effects, SpeedGrade, Audition, Prelude, Story, and showcased their brand new platform, Adobe Anywhere. For the past several years, Adobe has been hitting it out  

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March 26th, 2013
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Pre NAB 2013 – Autodesk To Debut 2014 Entertainment Creation Suite

Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Autodesk announced the new features of the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite 2014, which includes an updated Maya 2014 (pictured).
Autodesk announced new features for its Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite 2013, which includes 3D animation, visual effects and creative tools, including Autodesk Maya 2014, Autodesk 3ds Max 2014, Autodesk MotionBuilder 2014, Autodesk Mudbox 2014, Autodesk Softimage 2014 and Autodesk Sketchbook Designer 2014. All of the programs have been updated to offer better workflow solutions. The suite  

March 21st, 2013
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Pre NAB 2013 – Panasonic To Release 2/3″, 3-Chip AJ-PX5000G AVC-ULTRA P2 Shoulder-Mount Camcorder

Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Panasonic to release 2/3", 3-chip AJ-PX5000G AVC-ULTRA HD shoulder-mount camcorder
Panasonic has just announced the AJ-PX5000G – their first P2 HD camcorder with native AVC-ULTRA recording and built-in microP2 card slots. The camcorder contains a 2/3-inch, 2.2M 3-MOS sensor, features 720p and 1080p/i recording, and is the first P2 camcorder that will record in full-resolution, 10-bit 1080/60p (in AVC-Intra100). The PX5000G will offer optional AVC-Intra200 recording,  

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March 20th, 2013
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Pre NAB 2013 – Cinedeck To Spotlight Workflow With Its File-Based, Multi-Stream Recorders

Posted By Neil Matsumoto
At NAB 2013, Cinedeck will spotlight workflow and showcase their MX (pictured) and RS3G recorders.
Cinedeck, who manufactures capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, will spotlight “Your Workflow, Your Way” at NAB (Booth #SL14911) and will demonstrate their file-based, multi-stream acquisition-to-post, video ingest and playback options. Their MX and RX3G recorders have a wide range of I/O connectivity, support a number of codecs and file formats, and contain  

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