Some software upgrades are about flashy new interfaces and sexy new features, and others have more to do with supercharging the engine under the hood in order to boost the overall performance. This past year, video editing tools have been working on the flashy side with support for working with 3D v

UPDATE: On July 4th, 2012, Corel acquired Pinnacle Systems from Avid and changed the name of this app from Avid Studio for iPad to Pinnacle Studio for iPad. Avid is a highly respected name in the professional video-editing world. With the release of Avid Studio for iPad, the company is entering the

Once a new editor has learned the basics of editing video, there are a handful of tools that they should learn as they advance their skills. Oftentimes simple to grasp tools get left behind in favor of more flashy effects and filters. Today I want to talk about a couple of easy tools that will impro

Looking to archive your video productions, maybe your storage needs are reaching massive amounts? It may sound "sci-fi" but hVault presents holographic storage as an option for archiving your video. The company is composed of archival experts and the new venture for maintaining your conten

Autodesk Smoke 2013 moves away from node-based platforms with a layered structure, much like the video editing programs used across the industry. If you think that's huge, get a load of the price drop. Autodesk Smoke used to be $15,000, but now it's $3,500! This complete editing software for

JVC has a follow up on the 4K camera they showed at CES 2012, but first, two new cameras, the GY-HM600 and the GY-HM650. Both have a small form factor, and can be handheld, so first we'll cover the GY-HM600. [image:blog_post:12897] This ProHD camera features a 23x zoom lens and combines it with

If you recall our blog post from March 26, you may remember James Cameron going to the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean, what we didn't realize until recently is that in order to record footage, the Atomos Ninja 2's larger relative, Samurai was on board. It was actually at least 30 Samurai,

We frequently get questions from video creators about the rules for making use of other creators' work in their own projects. If a piece of art was created so long ago that its copyright has expired and it's since fallen into the public domain, you're free to make use of it any way that

When Final Cut Pro was revealed, video professionals were unhappy. Personally, while I loved previous Final Cut Pro releases, If FCP went away, I could get over it pretty quickly. Editors still have the powerhouse that is Avid, and I'm learning to like Adobe Premiere (admittedly, that's main

The HP EliteBook 8760w is HP’s current top of the line mobile workstation. The base cost for the quad core model is $2,099 and $1899 for the dual core models. The HP 8760w we received has all the bells and whistles that HP currently offers, showcasing the raw power that these workstations are

Ten years – Think of the advances in personal computers and digital video in that time. And now Adobe has released the tenth annual versions of its best-selling consumer Adobe Elements product line, Premiere Elements 10 and Photoshop Elements 10. This latest edition continues Adobe’s foc

Apple has been known for being very 'i' centric with it's devices – often only allowing Mac-able applications to run on many of the products Apple sells. So we were all taken aback with the big news coming from Avid's corner that Avid Studio editing software will now run on App

Visit the Videomaker headquarters in Chico, Calif. for three days of hands-on training. In February 24-26, we'll instruct you behind the camera or on the computer with the Basics of Video Production or Intensive Editing Workshop. \ Take the opportunity to get expert advice, techniques from our t

We live in an age were most every family in America owns a video camera and editing software, even if they never sought out either. Anyone with an internet connection can put their video online where it can be seen by everyone on the planet. The web has given anyone who wants it, access to far more

This is HP's first workstation to have it all. A 27-inch display that snaps open makes for easy upgrading of internal parts, the Z1 features high end Intel Xeon processors and NVIDIA Quadro graphics, with more than one billion colors from A-FRC technology. This brand new computer should stand up

Video is traditionally a sit-back-and-watch type of media. Not so with the ClickBerry Editor from Actio-Media. This editing program allows viewers to interact with your video, click on links for information or make decisions. For example, you shoot a 24-year-old friend's birthday party and just

A USB 3.0 jack now has an adapter to allow HDMI video playback. There is no AC requirement since it is USB powered, and if that sounds good, so should the content since support for audio is found in this little adapter as well. By utilizing SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and its 5Gb/s speed, the USB 3.0 to

Slite is a concept that seems like a great combination of technology that is already available – mobile editing and digital imaging. The specific model only shows still image editing, but video editing can't be too far behind. The tools available sure look professional, and add mid range a

Eye-Fi's had it for years and now the SD Association (the standards organization for SD cards) has finally jumped into the fray. What's up for grabs? Wireless SD cards. The SD Association revealed it's intention to license out the wireless standard to SD card manufacturers at this year&#

Much like the rest of the technology world, Lexar announced a bevy of new SD memory cards at CES today and the theme was speed. Lexar has managed to achieve speeds of up to 60MBps or 90MBps with their line of SD cards. This translates to much faster read and write times so that when you're done