Recently, one of our producers needed to cut a 20+ minute planetarium show down to a 3 minute trailer. So he needed a way to edit an image sequence comprised of extremely large, non-standard frames. We decided to use Final Cut Pro for the editing software, but Final Cut is decidedly not built for working [...]
I recently wrote some criticism of a couple very promising new applications: ScreenFlow and Opacity. Both these apps came out at roughly the same time, and each was of particular interest to me. Each also had some pretty glaring bugs. One of the great things about being a member of the Mac Community is that [...]
Holy poo! ScreenFlow is one of the nicest, most polished, yet useful applications I’ve seen a really long time. On the surface, Vara Software’s ScreenFlow appears to be just another in a series of applications designed to capture your computer screen to a Quicktime movie as you work. Typically such captures are then used for [...]
At this point I’m surprised no one’s ever made more of the analogy, but a quick (very quick) Google search reveals few comparisons to Apple and the mythological Chocolate Factory of Willy Wonka fame. And yet, the similarities are striking: a large, secretive, highly prestigious company that produces the best, most innovative products almost as [...]
Recently I’ve gotten some questions from clients (and for years from students) regarding the best method for compressing video for posting on the web. While the technology of video compression is always changing, and doing an article on what exact settings and CODECs to use would be dated in the next year or so, there [...]
I must admit, this week’s announcement of new Apple products really got me thinking. There was a lot there that I couldn’t really conceive of until I finally saw it implemented: online TV distribution, The Digital Hub, and the Video iPod at last. This was almost more of a conceptual and marketing breakthrough than a [...]
I don’t have an iPod. It’s true. Frankly, I don’t really have much interest in listening to music anywhere other than the comfort of my own home. When I listen to music, I want to sit there and actually listen to the music, not catch a bus or ride the subway or eat lunch or [...]
Hey, so here’s a post that has absolutely nothing to do with operating systems whatsoever. I’m so psyched. (And yes, this will be a rant.) First off, let me say, I’m a huge Final Cut Pro fan. I use it in my work, I teach a class in it, and I use it for personal [...]