http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews Latest Video News Thu, 15 May 2008 17:37:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en reprinted from a KRK Systems press release: May 15th, 2008 - Chatsworth, CA - KRK Systems, the world’s leading manufacturer of powered recording monitors, launched the second generation of their industry-standard Rokit monitor. The second generation Rokit incorporates several technologies from the company’s flagship VXT and E8B lines, including radically radiused ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/05/2005-krk-launches-new-rokit-line-of-powered-studio-monitors/ (CHICO, Calif. May 14, 2008) Video enthusiasts will refine their video production skills by attending a weekend of classes at the 2008 Videomaker Conference. The event will be held in Portland, Oregon from May 31st - June 1st, 2008. For the weekend, videographers and video enthusiasts can choose from a Video ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/05/2004-the-2008-videomaker-portland-conference-is-coming-up/ Reprinted from an iStockphoto press release: Today, iStockphoto, the company that revolutionized the stock photography market by offering images online for prices as low as $1, announced it will add royalty-free audio tracks to its collection of downloadable stock content in September 2008. In so doing, iStockphoto will become the first ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/05/2003-istockphoto-launching-stock-audio/ Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced the next-generation of its high-performance storage disk arrays – Avid® VideoRAID® ST and Avid VideoRAID SR solutions – which combine real-time performance, cost-effective SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drive technology, and the security of fail-safe data protection in the event of a disk ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/05/2002-avid-launches-new-raids/ reprinted from a Schneider press release: Schneider Optics' new HD Classic Soft filters were created in response to requests for a high-quality softening filter to complement the new high- resolution, smaller chip HD cameras. This new family of professional filtration tools is based on the company's renowned Classic Soft filters for ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/04/2001-schneider-introduces-hd-classic-soft-filters/ G-Technologies was busy this NAB introducing a new drive and updating a few others. The new G-RAID Pro drive is a triple interface (FW 800, FW 400, USB 2.0), RAID 0/5, 4-slot hot-swappable hard drive with up to 4TB of capacity. The G-RAID Pro will be available in June for ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/04/1999-g-technologies-enhances-product-line-for-creative-pros/ Disc Makers blandished their sub-$500 disc duplicator at NAB this year. It's the first automated disc duplicator in its class to reach such a low price point at $499. We witnessed the Forte at work while we got the run through on the specs, but we missed the chance to ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/04/1998-disc-makers-shows-off-least-expensive-automated-disc-duplicator-ever/ Lite Panels showed us a cool little wireless camcorder light that packs a powerful punch at this week's NAB show. The little Micro LED light runs on 4 standard AA batteries and weighs in at less than 4 ounces. It has a hotshoe adapter and is tilt-able and focus-able and holds ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/04/1997-litepanels-makes-it-light-and-ez-at-nab/ Videomaker was the first to hear about it at NAB: Boris, one of the first software effects companies, has a new released Version 5 of its popular effects plugin that works with Adobe After Effects CS3 and will be compatible as an FXPlug  for Apple Pro applications and Avid. This new ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/04/1996-boris-fx-announce-blue-at-nab/ SmartSound demonstrated some new features to it's latest SonicFire Pro 4.5 customizable music library program at this year's NAB show. Designed with a video editor in mind, not a programmer, an engineer or a musician; the new search engine program was very intuitive, allowing the editor to search for several key ... http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/2008/04/1995-smartsound-at-nab-with-some-smart-news/