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Marooned

Courtesy of Google …or “How Not to Travel Home from NAB”. [Travelogue 00:43] Having arrived at the airport mid-afternoon—due to warnings from those in the know about how busy things can get once the show ends—my flight to SFO was delayed by just enough for me to miss the connecting…

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Jonathan | 28 April 2006 | Comments (0)
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All Change

Courtesy of Apple I’m sitting at McCarran reflecting on the last few days. While I didn’t get to spend a lot of time wandering the show floor, one of the biggest benefits for me in attending has been the time I spent in the Apple Classroom. We were working with…

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Jonathan | 27 April 2006 | Comments (0)
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Storytime

Apple have updated the FCS micro-site with a collection of “real world” stories, which look at how the FCS applications have been used on various productions. Subjects include the BBC, coreaudiovisual, Miranda July, and David Fincher. I’m also interested to note that Compressor appears to have stepped out from the…

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Jonathan | 26 April 2006 | Comments (0)
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Boxed

Courtesy of Matrox The new Matrox MXO has been generating some buzz amongst some of the FCP folk I’ve encountered down here.* It’s a new mini-breakout box, designed to work with a range of Mac systems (Power Mac G5, iMac, and MacBook Pro). It’s principal purpose is to convert DVI…

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Jonathan | 26 April 2006 | Comments (1)
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Floored

Courtesy of Red Digital Camera Well, I’m definitely intrigued by Red. The technology certainly does appear to represent a great leap forward and I’ve no reason to doubt them. Even if I did, they already appear to have a legion of devoted supporters and notable figures willing to endorse the…

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Jonathan | 26 April 2006 | Comments (0)
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Haze

The last two days at NAB have been something of a social whirl. The procession of faces and names is never ending, which is actually pretty great, but it hasn’t left a large amount of time to absorb the wares on offer on the show floor. Thank goodness for the…

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Jonathan | 26 April 2006 | Comments (0)
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NAB first Day

Well Jonathan already beat me to post about the new 17-inch MacBook Pro. I can’t believe it’s only $300 US more that I paid for my 15“ MacBook Pro. And it has Firewire 800, a big plus for anybody working in FCP. I still like my 15” poratability, but if…

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John | 24 April 2006 | Comments (0)

Mod

The ubiquitous Mike Curtis has all the details on the Red One, which has been formally announced at NAB this morning. Apparently the camera will be of modular design, featuring a range of “cages” and additions, including lens mounts, that creates the ability to upgrade as you go. I’m about…

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Jonathan | 24 April 2006 | Comments (1)
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17

Courtesy of Apple Today, to coincide with the start of NAB 2006, Apple have announced the 17-inch MacBook Pro. The new system has comparable features to the existing 15-inch MacBook Pro, but also includes an additional, third USB 2 port, as well as single FireWire 800 and 400 ports. The…

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Jonathan | 24 April 2006 | Comments (1)

Red Letter Day

Courtesy of Red Digital Camera Having noted the recent change on the Red site—it now sports a steady countdown to NAB—Mike has followed up with an exclusive HD4NDs interview with Ted Schilowitz, formerly of AJA, now “Leader of the Rebellion” at Red. With all the big announcements planned for next…

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Jonathan | 18 April 2006 | Comments (0)
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In Class

Courtesy of Apple In this week’s Ripple Training newsletter, Steve announced that he’ll be teaching hands-on Final Cut Studio sessions in the Apple Classroom at NAB. The classes are free, but demand is high so you need to get there early. He also let slip that this year you’ll also…

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Jonathan | 17 April 2006 | Comments (0)

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