Apple has released the latest version of Final Cut Express 4 today. The last major update came in May of 2006 when the added support for Intel-based Macs. This latest update adds support for AVCHD camcorders and also supports the open format timeline allowing editors to mix up different HD formats i

We treasure our memories, but we can be easily overwhelmed. Fearlessly dive into your archives and uncap your camera lens for the holidays to create a video that will stand the test of time. It’s a cozy winter night. Your loved ones gather around for the screening of an end-of-the-year home vi

The basic editing tools are sometimes the most difficult to understand… here’s a look at four of the most powerful techniques in your editing software’s toolkit. Walter Murch has been nominated for nine Academy Awards and won three of those small, naked, golden men for both sound a

Fabrik (pronounced fabric)might be an unfamiliar name to some of you, but they have a history. A good history which includes ex-Maxtor executives who helped pioneer the "One Touch" feature on Maxtor hard drives and who are now helping forge a new way of data back-up for Fabrik. Today, Fabr

Sony Vegas Pro 8 is here Sony Vegas Pro 8 made its debut at IBC 2007 in September. This new version adds 32-bit floating point video processing, multicamera workflow and ProType titler for animated text effects. Vegas Pro 8 is fully Microsoft Windows Vista-compatible and includes support for editi

Champagne Features, 6-Pack Price It never ceases to amaze us how powerful and full-featured video editing programs at the $100 price level have become. Case in point: Avid’s Pinnacle Studio Version 11. The program sells in three versions: the core model (called simply Pinnacle Studio), whi

Do you remember the last time you defragmented your hard drives? If you’re running Windows, you should… if you haven’t defragged in a while, read on. Remember when you first got your brand-new editing system? Everything ran super-fast. You double-clicked on your editing software&#

Just when you thought Premiere Elements couldnt get any better, along comes the 4th version with many improvements and a sleek looking interface. This latest installment takes an already robust video editor and simplifies the interface allowing the editor to quickly and easily apply fun transitions

CS3 and Friends The next big upgrade to Adobe’s Premiere Pro is out and it’s not alone. Premiere Pro CS3 represents a major move toward providing a total video production workflow solution (Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium) by including copies of Encore, OnLocation, Device Centr

Sleep While You Dupe Frustration rules the day when you have to play the one-at-a-time disc swap game with a project that needs 40 DVDs. You just get back into the groove of your work when the tray pops out again. It reminds one of water torture. The Disc Makers Medley solves that problem. Complet

There are many types of editing software available in the market today and, with the right editing application, anyone can edit. Nowadays, you get a lot more for your dollar than just editing software. Some come integrated or bundled with DVD authoring, encoder, effects and titling applications.

Sony Vegas Pro 8 was revealed this afternoon much sooner than anticipated, as it was scheduled to be announced at IBC next week. Some have called it a "leak." Well, if posting the event in detail on your IBC booth profile constitutes a "leak" than that's what we have here. Ma

Marrying the Two Matrox has a long history in the sometimes-rocky marriage of computer and video technology. The Matrox MXO fills a gap between the prices of high-quality cameras and high-quality monitors. Pro monitors are incredibly expensive and have never benefited from the economies of scale tha

A Cut Above Apple Final Cut Studio 2 has grabbed a good deal of attention in the world of video editing – rightfully so. A lot of anticipation and energy were focused on the pre-NAB announcement. Now that the box is finally here, we’re equally excited to do this Final Cut Studio 2 revie

Just Add Video Is the market for video editing suites in the $100 price range becoming oversaturated? It certainly seems that, each week, another new program joins this increasingly-crowded pack. But fortunately, there’s always room for a talented new edition. Ulead’s new VideoStudio

Simple editing is like warming up a can of soup: just drop a couple shots on a timeline and voila! But a master chef uses the tricks of the trade to embellish a video. The keyframe is both extremely simple and extremely complicated at the same time. Perhaps it is a bit like cooking. You take somethi

Corel announced today the new MediaOne Plus software, touting 50% faster start-up and cataloging speed compared to the Snapfire Plus software it replaces. The MediaOne line-up looks to be step in the right direction from Snapfire, adding more tools and features, including an improved video editing m

Shark Week is in full breach this week over at the Discovery Channel. In fact, they're celebrating Shark Week's 20th Anniversary with a host of cool features. Swimming past real-time shark tracking and virtual shark dives (hey, who wouldn't want to do that from their chair?), Discovery&#

Get your RAID on The previous iterations of Iomega brought some revolutionary storage products into the limelight. The Bernoulli Box, their first major product, was the first high-capacity removable disk (well, “high-capacity” at a time when 40MB was considered huge, anyway). And you cer

Watching films is a classroom in itself, yet you really have to have the right tools to become a critical viewer. All good directors are students of film. They devour film, looking at the way their peers chose to present the script – their shot choice, transitions, music and form. To get the