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… and it’s a jaw-dropper. Last week, Apple invited a few folks, including me, to a short meeting in Cupertino where they previewed the up-coming version of Final Cut Pro. While I am under NDA and can’t talk about what …

Apple today announced a series of minor updates to fix a variety of bugs in Final Cut Studio (3). These improvements do NOT include full support for Snow Leopard, but do fix a variety of problems in Final Cut Pro …

While HD Expo is in LA, I’m heading to Washington, DC, with the Digital Production BuZZ to cover the Government Video Technology Expo. We’ll have highlights of the Expo on this week’s show, as well as additional hours of coverage …

You may have already noticed, but YouTube is now displaying all its videos in 16×9 format. 4×3 material is now displayed as pillar-boxed, and 16×9 material which was formerly displayed as letter-boxed is now both letter-boxed and pillar-boxed. Thanks to …

Dave Walton is the assistant vice president for marketing and communications at JVC Professional Products. He is an expert in JVC’s video camera technology, as well as the overall broadcast market. Recently, I had the opportunity to interview him at …

I’ve been traveling around the country for the last two months, talking about the impact of tapeless and high-definition video on video editors. Generally, I begin each session by talking about how “the world is moving to high-definition video” — …

As part of my weekly podcast – Digital Production BuZZ – I get to interview some truly interesting people. Sometimes, when I prerecord these interviews, I get more material than I can use for the show. This was the case …

The folks at NVidia invited the guys from MythBusters (Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage) to explain the differences between a CPU and a GPU. NVidia also gave them an unlimited budget. If you’ve been wondering what the difference is.. and …

IBC (the International Broadcasting Convention) in Amsterdam has been the source of a variety of exciting announcements that I want to bring to your attention. (Thanks to Ben King for doing the legwork and filing this report.) First, Adobe continued …

The current issue of MacWorld (Oct. 2008 – www.macworld.com) has a lengthy article on computer security. While I agree with it, in general, one recommendation will cause problems for video editors. First, the section on virus protection recommends that if …

Wow! My article on the life-expectancy of magnetic signals on hard disks in this month’s newsletter has really touched a nerve! If you want to read it, we’ve turned it into an article, which you can read here: /articles/hard-disk-warning/   …