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Director's Note
NAB…what a rush! Of all the NAB trips to Vegas we've taken over the last ten years, 2007 will certainly go down as the most successful for DVPA. We had countless meetings, dinners and events all crammed into a single week. We had a great roundtable discussion at our annual Advisory Board Meeting. Members will start to see some new and welcomed faces populate the site with great industry knowledge. What does all this mean for the association? Over the next few months, you'll begin to see some major benefits added to your membership. The best part for members is that there is no increase in fees. We remain committed to programs built specifically to enhance members' creativity, speed up work performance, and help relieve the significant costs associated with production.
In other words, the DVPA remains as committed as ever to helping members work faster, be more creative, and save money.
Hang tight...great things are still to come!
Benjamin Weeks
President/Director of Operations
One of NAB's most successful conventions in history, NAB 2007 garnered
108,232 registered attendees including a record 26,824 international
attendees from 141 countries.
Mark your calendars for next year's NAB show:
Conferences: April 12-17, 2008
Exhibits: April 14-17, 2008
Adobe
Adobe Announces Creative Suite 3 Production Premium
Maximize your productivity with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium, the total post-production solution available for both Mac and Windows that enables post-production and rich media professionals to create and deliver visually innovative projects for film, broadcast, web, DVD, and mobile devices. Tighter than ever integration among Adobe's all-new video, audio, and design tools—now including Adobe Flash® CS3 Professional software for output to the web and Adobe Soundbooth™ CS3 software for audio—ensures fluidity in every aspect of your workflow, including capturing, editing, motion graphics, effects, compositing, audio, and interactive authoring...(read more)
Apple
Apple Unveils Final Cut Studio 2
On the opening day of NAB (the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters), Apple unveiled Final Cut Studio 2, a significant upgrade to the industry's leading video production suite that delivers new creative tools designed expressly for editors. Final Cut Studio 2 includes Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, and DVD Studio Pro 4.2. Final Cut Studio 2 also introduces Color, a professional color grading and finishing application for ensuring consistent color and creating signature...(read more)
Avid
Avid Unveils New Play-to-Air Server: MediaStream 9000 & Liquid Chrome Xe with AJA Support
Avid unveiled the MediaStream™ 9000 system, the newest addition to the company's comprehensive line of MediaStream HD and SD play-to-air-servers. The new system extends the broad playout functionality of the MediaStream family with version 3.31 software that supports Sony XDCAM HD and Long-GOP HD and...(read more)
Boris
Boris FX introduces Boris Blue 2.0 & Announces Boris Continumm Complete 5.0
The leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, has announced Boris Blue version 2.0. Boris Blue is a realtime motion graphics application. With the release of version 2.0, Boris Blue now offers an AVX 2 plug-in option, enabling Avid editors to create sophisticated titles, transitions, and other 3D elements right in the Avid timeline. The interactive design experience is fueled by high performance NVIDIA hardware for realtime effects...(read more)
Panasonic
Panasonic Unveils the AG-HPX500, 16GB P2 Cards, & AG-HPG10
The AG-HPX500 P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder delivers a unique combination of high-end features never offered in a camcorder in this genre, including production-quality 2/3" progressive 3-CCDs, DVCPRO HD quality, multi HD and SD formats, variable frame rates, and four independent audio channels. In addition, the HPX500 offers the outstanding benefits of P2 solid state recording including ultra-fast IT workflow and no-moving-parts reliability, which makes the camera ideal for use in harsh environments.
To further compliment P2 HD solid-state workflow in the field, Panasonic introduced today the AG-HPG10, a highly rugged, portable player/ viewer for P2 HD content. Dubbed the P2 Gear, the unit also offers back-up recording of high definition and standard...(read more)
Red
Red Digital Cinema Unveils the Red Camera
Red Digital Cinema, a company started by Oakley founder Jim Jannard, chose NAB to roll out the "Red" Camera, an HD camcorder that boasts 11.4 megapixels at up to 60fps. The camera is based around what the company calls the Mysterium CMOS, however, Red is maintaining an air of mystery in regards to the specifics. A mere $17,500 will get you one of these (if and when they're manufactured, that is), and a 300mm lens will set you back another $4,750. The camera body is said to weigh roughly 8lbs. and offer a 35mm PL lens mount...(read more)
Sony
Sony Intros CineAlta F23 HD High-End Camera
The Sony F23 is the latest 1080p (1920x1080) camera in the company's CineAlta line of cameras that are a favorite of digital cinematographers. The F23 takes its place at the top of the CineAlta line, supporting just about every high-end resolution including the coveted 1080/24p format favored by filmmakers....(read more)
New ArtBeats Titles
Artbeats Debuts Many New Titles and Solo Clips at NAB 2007
Shown for the first time at NAB, some of Artbeats' newest titles include: Burning House; Grow!; Lightning Storms; Storm Clouds 2; Mayhem HD; Code Rage; Timelapse Flowers 3; Protestants; Catholics and many more. Artbeats will also debut dozens of new royalty-free solo clips, which are sold individually and are not part of a specific collection...(read more)
StoryBoard Artist 4.2
PowerProduction Software Announces its Universal Binary version of StoryBoard Artist
StoryBoard Artist's 4.2 Universal Binary version is all about speed: quick to start, fast to learn, results in rapid previz. Starting the digital workflow quickly and breezing into production is the goal of most media creators. StoryBoard Artist 4.2 advances and enhances the ability of rapid previsualization which is an essential part of the creative work flow in video, film, games and all digital storytelling.
"Storyboarding has become a critical part of the digital workflow now that computer graphics have become such a large part of today's filmmaking. Whether its enhancing live action sequences, creating animations or developing games, composited images and rendered sequences require that you 'see it before you CG it.' " said Paul Clatworthy, CTO PowerProduction Software...(read more)
Blackmagic Design Inc. announced Intensity Pro, a new low cost and extremely high-quality video capture and playback card for professional videographers. Intensity Pro is the first card to combine the high quality of HDMI capture and playback with the wide compatibility of analog component, NTSC, PAL, and S-Video and analog audio capture and playback. It enables users to capture directly from the HD camera's image sensor, bypassing the video compression chip for true uncompressed video quality. Now users can go beyond the quality limits of HDV for editing, design and authoring with Intensity Pro...(read more)
Created by video artists with a strong technology background, NewBlue VideoFX features 4 distinct Sony Vegas-compatible Plug-in collections with hundreds of effects. You'll find things so unique, they simply can't be found anywhere else.
Includes: Art Blends, Art Effects, Motion Blends, and Motion Effects Plug-in collections
Log & Capture Workflow By: Seth Kenlon & Arayna Thomas
Logging Offline & Batch Capturing
If you are using the CAPTURE NOW function in Final Cut Pro for your capturing needs, then you are missing out on some of Final Cut Pro's most powerful features. This article will explain proper workflow when beginning a project, including logging, batch capture lists, capturing, mini-DV back-up, as well as touch on the concept of matching-back to either High Def video or various formats of film.
Final Cut Pro contains a powerful database to help you organize your media. Take a look at the browser window...(read more)
The DVPA Online University is the ultimate resource for learning DV applications without going into educational DEBT. This service covers all major software applications with full screen streaming video clips of step-by-step tutorial based training available on your desktop 24 hours a day/7 days a week. Each month, it is the goal of the DVPA to add to the list of courses offered at the Online University. This month we have added:
Carrara 5
Adobe Flex Builder 2
CorelDRAW X3
DVPA Members get full access to all chapters for free!
Creating Motion Graphics Vol. 2: Advanced Reviewed by Mike Gondek
This Book Will Push You to be Better and Think Differently in Using AE
Chris & Trish Meyer have done it again, giving us another fantastic book! This one is for the advanced users and unlocks the mysteries and gives us new methods to solve issues we encounter. It is a loaded arsenal of technical information.
The book is in full color, the CD is packed with examples, and the many pictures and icons help you to get through the advanced issues covered here
Is this book for me? If you are new to After Effects then volume 1 might be better for you, but you cannot go wrong with a Meyer's Book. The topics are exceptionally well organized so you can skip to alpha channels, which applies to everyone -- or save a chapter for future reference such as widescreen....(read more)
Media Mover Reviewed by Dennis Kutchera
Overall I give this a rating of 10 out of 10. If you edit on Avid, once you have tried MediaMover, you will not be able to live without it.
The first tool in the "Non-Glam Editing Series" is MediaMover, from Random Video. This is a third-party utility written by an editor, Tony Black, specifically for a need unique to Avid systems.
Avid's media management strengths lie in its ability to maintain one of the most robust databases of any non-linear editing system. Through the Media Tool you can effortlessly delete unused media and effects as well as consolidate media. What this means is basically duplicate or move media from one hard drive partition to another. The real power of consolidation is the ability to duplicate only a portion of a media file that is actually used in a sequence. With consolidation you can keep the two seconds you used from a 30 second...(read more)
Streaming Media East Partnership
Streaming Media East 2007 Conference & Exhibition
The Business & Technology Of Online Video
May 15-16, 2007
Attend Streaming Media East as Our Guest!
Now in it's 10th year, Streaming Media East is t he only show that covers both the business of video on the net and the techonology of streaming, downloading, IPTV and enterprise, advertising, media and entertainment, broaodcast and education markets, Streaming Media East is about more than just streaming!
Save $200.00 as a DVPA member!
Also, by using promo code DVPA1, members will receive discounted pricing and FREE exhibit passes!
Web Video Summit 2007
Web Video Summit 2007 San Jose Marriott
June 27-28, 2007
If you create or distribute video for the web, you need to be there!
Today's internet is fast enough to watch video, and getting faster. Millions of people are creating video. The Web Video Summit is designed to be the hub of the video internet. It will bring together the new pioneers of this exploding industry. They will explain what you need to know about shooting, editing, encoding, distributing, and promoting internet video.
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