Organization is the key to a speedy, efficient and enjoyable edit. You know it, I know it. Every click, every drag of the mouse wastes time, and you certainly don’t need to constantly waste your time and your client’s money searching for a clip that should be at your fingertips. The time

As we’ve already mentioned in a previous post, Apple has been under heavy fire for missing many components of Final Cut Pro 7 in their new software. In fact, as it currently stands, Apple has more 1 star reviews of Final Cut Pro X than the total of all their other reviews combined. That’

Creative Cow, YouTube, Videomaker.com. We all know these sites as holding a vast wealth of information for film and video production. Creativecow.net is first stop central for the creative industry as a whole. Youtube.com holds (among most everything else) a vast wealth of video tutorials for any p

Those with good memories will remember the time and effort it used to take to get the computer, DVD burning program and DVD burner to all work together. Now the process is almost ridiculously simple – except that one thing hasn’t changed. If you’re going to duplicate a number of DV

When Panasonic announced the first consumer/prosumer camcorder at CES 2010, we hadn’t seen too much of other support gear available that we’d consider rearranging our entire mindset, shooting and editing. But little by little, we’re beginning to see bits and pieces of the whole 3D

Efficiency. A word which defines the goal of every video editor, holds the key to a successful video business, and at the same time can be astoundingly difficult to achieve. Thankfully with the ever-changing landscape of technology, an efficient video editing workflow is quickly becoming a real poss

The task of importing footage from the source to the editing system is usually referred to as Logging and Capturing. Depending on the nature of the production, logging and capturing can be a huge undertaking. In fact, for many professional productions an assistant editor will be solely responsible f

Video cameras in the past relied on magnetic tapes (VHS, VHS-C, Super 8mm, MiniDV, etc.), and as a result had to be built large enough to accommodate the size of the tape – not to mention being limited in the storage space due to the physical form factor of the cassette being used. Today̵

In 2007 there were a plethora on startups eager to capture the attention of consumers with their new online video editing web applications. Then, web video was hotter than bacon grease on the griddle. While consumer consumption of video is still expanding, general demand for online video editing ser

Video editors are constantly demanding more of their computer’s software. So it’s been interesting to note that in a coincidentally close space of a couple of days, two of the world’s largest software manufacturers released new operating systems. Windows released a sneak preview of

In a world where planes are constantly flying further and faster and where particles can be accelerated nearly to the speed of light, it’s no surprise that a new type of data storage has been proven to be faster than anything on the market. Scientists at UC San Diego performed an experiment th

Everyone likes filling out surveys – giving opinions is fun and cathartic – it makes us feel like we have a little control over our environment. Videomaker is conducting a very short survey and we'd love you to participate to help Videomaker develop new training materials for the upc

It certainly isn’t as easy as “just shoot against a green sheet and then drop a chromakey effect on the shot in Final Cut.” There are several things in Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production to keep in mind that will go a long way to selling your green screen shots. Like

We are looking at the world very differently now that we have entered the era of 3D storytelling in the cinema and on home TVs. Solutions for 3D editing are just hitting the prosumer markets. In fact, many manufacturers of editing programs have announced 3D stereoscopic support in their software. It

The video contests and festival season starts to heat up as Spring approaches, and we have news of one video contest whose deadline is just a few days away. Do you have what it takes to win? “The Cutting Room Challenge” video contest, from Unlimited Stock Media, is free to enter, and the

Well, it’s finally about to happen. Intel announced that they’re getting into the world of high capacity drives by releasing a new line of solid-state drives all the way up to 600 gigabytes. The new drives are the third generation of Intel’s SSD 320 Series. The new series is an upg

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 17 packs an impressive punch for a $60 video editing tool, with the Plus version for $100 adding even more sophisticated features including effects masks, MultiCam editing, and Dolby Digital 5.1 mixing – plus stereo 3D editing with photos and video. This is serious video e

Most common video editing applications come with built-in text and graphic generators, while more professional solutions allow you to do 3D objects, lighting and particle emitters. With all these whiz-bang features, however, what really matters most is keeping it simple. A terrific example of the &#

We all know the iPhone has iMovie, but with the announcement at the Mobile World Congress on February 15 (which we know is almost a month and a half ago), Android has a new contender. Theirsoftware, Movie Studio, is an application for mobile editing using Google’s latest Honeycomb OS for table

After walking the National Association of Broadcasters showfloor for 3 days – clocking in up to 9 miles in one day – the Videomaker staff returned to VMHQ to discuss, debate and analyze the products we saw to present our first ever "Best of NAB 2011" awards. BEST IN SHOW: Sony