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Adobe After Effects CS5 Review 

By Franklin McMahon

Earlier this year, Adobe released a new update to After Effects with a great round of new features and additions. Probably the most notable change is that this new version of the software operates as a native 64-bit application...

Post in the Field 

By Michael Cioni, CEO of LightIRON Digital

What I set out to prove with LightIRON Digital was that you can take it with you, at least in terms of postproduction service...

MPEG-2 Encoders, Part 2 

By Jan Ozer

In the first half of this month's article, I looked at the usability and performance of five MPEG-2 encoding tools: Apple Compressor, Cinema Craft Encoder MP, Innobits BitVice, Sorenson Media Squeeze, and Telestream Episode Encoder...

Controversial Edit 

By Tim Lovell, film editor, Mugabe and the White African

This is the film President Robert Mugabe did not want the world to see. Shot covertly and with fear of imprisonment, Mugabe and the White African documents the brave and historic struggle of a 74-year old white Zimbabwean farmer to hold onto his land in the face of state-sanctioned terror...

My Post House: ÜberMedia 

Éric St-Martin's post house, ÜberMedia, is located in Mirabel, Québec and specializes in corporate filmmaking...

MPEG-2 Encoders, Part 1 

By Jan Ozer

This month's Final Cut Pro Insider will try to identify the highest-quality Mac-based software encoder for converting HD footage to DVD-compatible MPEG-2...

Renderfarm Made for a Monkey 

By Josh Sahley, creative director and founder of Monkeyhead

In the movie and TV industry, technology continues to grow at a faster rate every year. It seems it's now at a point where equipment gets outdated before you have it plugged in...

3D on the Cheap, Part 2 

By Jan Ozer

Last time out, I detailed a consumer oriented workflow for 3D production, culminating with uploading a 3D file to YouTube. Since the YouTube video has only been viewed about 50 times so far, I'm getting the message that consumer isn't exactly the level that you care about...

The New Offline 

By Dmitri Gueer, Zoic Edit

Having edited professionally for more than a decade now, I have watched the editorial landscape change dramatically in terms of clients' expectations—especially in the realm of commercial editorial...

Stabilizing Your Video Footage, Part 2 

By Jan Ozer

Stabilizing shaky footage and smoothing out camera motion are problems that you'll periodically face. Last time out, I looked at how well Apple Final Cut Pro's SmoothCam filter and Apple Motion's Stabilize function performed. In this article, I'll look at Red Giant Software Magic Bullet Steady and the Boris Continuum Optical Stabilizer Mac...