Sony Creative Software Inc., a leading provider of professional video and audio editing applications, today announced Vegas™ Pro 9.0c software, the latest update to its award-winning nonlinear HD video and audio editing (NLE) application. Vegas Pro 9.0c software features Sony® XDCAM® EX MP4 file rendering and the ability to Smart Render MPEG-2 video across different containers for faster, more seamless editing. New audio features, including exclusive élastique Pro timestretching and Import Stereo Audio as Dual Mono, offer provide even more professional depth to this award-winning NLE. Additional support for media filmed with the RED ONE video camera streamlines file access and efficiency for editors working with footage up to 4K resolution. Vegas Pro 9.0c software also includes additional card support for capture and output via SDI, HD-SDI and HDMI™. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sony Releases Vegas Pro 9.0c Software With New Features For Professional Video Editing Workflows
Avid Helps Cultivate the Next Generation of News Professionals with ABC News On Campus Program
Avid teams with ABC to give journalism students the opportunity to practice production, editing and distribution aspects of broadcast journalism in their ABC News to Campus program. Read on for more details.
Student teams from leading journalism schools across United States get hands-on experience; create and report news in real-world newsroom environment
Avid® has joined forces with ABC News to participate in ABC News On Campus – an innovative program designed to give tomorrow’s most promising news professionals an opportunity to practice real-world news gathering, production and broadcasting. ABC News On Campus students capture, produce, edit and distribute news stories in their local area, which are often featured across ABC News programs. This year, students from six universities, including Arizona State University, Syracuse University, University of Florida, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of North Carolina (at Chapel Hill), and University of Texas (at Austin) will learn the inner workings of a newsroom, while using industry-leading solutions like Media Composer® video editing software to create news stories. The program is in its second year.
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Avid Brings Professional-quality Recording into the Home With New Pro Tools Essential Bundles
Reprinted from an Avid press release:
Avid® today announced a trio of new Pro Tools® Essential bundles, hardware/software solutions that enable enthusiasts to easily create music with the same tools used by today’s most popular musicians. The three affordable bundles, Pro Tools Vocal Studio, Pro Tools Recording Studio and Pro Tools KeyStudio™, aim at creative hobbyists with an interest in musical composition, editing, and production as well as consumers who are looking to create and share music, podcasts, narrations and other forms of audio with their peers. Read the rest of this entry »
Avid Accelerates Workflow with New Editing and Production Asset Management Solutions
Reprinted from an Avid press release:
New versions of Media Composer, Symphony, NewsCutter and Interplay enable customers to lower production costs, increase productivity and shatter collaboration barriers.
Avid® today introduced new versions of its Media Composer® (4.0), Symphony™ (4.0), NewsCutter® (8.0) professional editing software and Interplay® (2.0) production asset management system. Reinforcing Avid’s commitment to providing open and flexible solutions, these new offerings enable broadcast and post production professionals to lower production costs and enhance their productivity by:
• Eliminating timely transcode processes with the capability to mix and match different frame rates and resolutions in an open timeline within the same project.
• Expanding native support for file-based media with the addition of industry-leading formats such as Panasonic AVC-I and Ikegami GFCAM. GFCAM support is a result of Avid Media Access (AMA).
• Empowering production teams to become more efficient by extending workgroup capabilities to the Wide Area Network (WAN) — allowing journalists, producers and assistants to work with media at any time, from any location. Read the rest of this entry »
AKG Announces Digital Automatic Microphone Mixer
Reprinted from an AKG press release
AKG announces the release of the DMM 4/2/2 automatic microphone mixer. The DMM 4/2/2 is a processor controlled digital automatic mixing algorithm with four balanced universal (microphone/line) inputs and two stereo AUX inputs providing a unique and very intelligent mixing algorithm with noise sensitive threshold.
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Blastwave FX Launches New Website
From a Blastwave FX press release:
Blastwave FX (www.blastwavefx.com), the HD sound effects label, today announced its new website which now features 423 downloadable sound effects packs. Keeping up with the demand for content that is available at the click of a button, Blastwave FX offers packaged sounds featured as:
POWER PACKS: 25 sounds for $25 from Production Elements to General Sound Effects.
SCENE BUILDERS: Scene specific collections designed for those high impact movie scenes that include car chases to zombie attacks.
”These downloadable sound effects packs will help get audio professionals moving forward with precision and efficiency,” said Ric Viers of Blastwave FX. “Quality and convenience is our focus.” Read the rest of this entry »
AKG Reincarnates A Legend
From a AKG press release
AKG introduces the C 747 V11 microphone, bringing new life to the classic C 747 microphone. AKG has redesigned the “pencil microphone” to better cope with specific installed sound issues, AKG announced. The updated C 747 V11 brings a new form of premium microphone quality to conference applications and maintains its predecessor’s reputation as one of the most versatile microphones in the AKG product range.
The versatility of the C 747 is apparent as the mic is capable of handling a range of instruments and positions, including overhead positioning for its brilliant sound reproduction and its unobtrusive optical appearance and is also included in numerous broadcast stations, recording studios, theaters, opera houses, churches, conference rooms and lecture halls. Read the rest of this entry »
iStockphoto.com moves into Audio and Royalty Free Music
iStockphoto.com sent us a nice little note today that their new Royalty Free Music section iStockaudio was now open for business. They’re not announcing it to the wide world until March, but figured Videomaker readers might want to get a heads up, and get a chance to upload some of your original scores to the site before everyone comes knocking. It’s also a good place to look for new royalty free music for your video projects.
The new site works similarly to their stock footage and stock photo sites. You pre-buy credits from iStockphoto and can spend them on downloading royalty free tracks directly. The cost of the tracks is tied to “complexity” which may be a bit more subjective than how they charge for photos and audio (based on physical size). The tracks themselves are in .wav format, 16bit, 44.1kHz or 48kHz, the latter matching the audio sample rate for video.
So if you have some audio tracks or sound effects you wish to sell, or if you’re in need of a piece of audio you just can’t make yourself, head on over and check out iStockaudio.
Adobe CS4 is now Available
The wait is over, Adobe has announced the immediate availability of CS4, the largest release of software in the company’s history. Adobe has pretty much updated all their flagship applications, the new features of which, you can find out in our previous post. The Production Premium bundle will be of most interest to Videomaker readers, with new versions of Premiere, Encore, Soundbooth, On Location, After Effects, Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator ready to go out the door today.
We’ve been playing around with the Beta for a while, and we’re taking a look at the final versions right now, and with so many apps to review, it looks like we have our work cut out for us.
Read the Press Release Below:
Adobe takes the lid off CS4
It’s been a busy time at Adobe lately, as they’ve released today new versions of just about every piece of software that they make. But for Videomaker readers, lets break down their new Creative Suite 4 Production Premium bundle, available in October for $1,699.
We managed to finagle a beta version of CS4, that we’ve been playing with for a while now and I’ll go through some of the new features of each part of the package below. But first off, a broad overview is in order. As you may have heard already, there’s been a shift to a new interface across the board for all apps. This common interface makes working in each individual program a lot easier, especially as most users might not be as savvy in one app, as they are in another.
Talking with Adobe about CS4 in a general sense revealed that this release was all about stability and work flow enhancements, rather than new features. That’s not to say there’s not anything new (I highlight these below), but I applaud the effort in refining the core usefulness of the programs. Many people make their living in Adobe applications, and solving work flow issues is by far more important on a day to day basis than the latest effect.
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