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WELCOME TO THE PROVIDEO COALITION NETWORK

Launched the last day of February 2008, as an extension of the PVC (www.provideocoalition.com).

Please keep in mind that this is still beta, so we're working on tightening things up. Don't be shy - post in the groups, start new groups, and visit the PVC regularly.

In addition to the great writing talent already on board, we'll be adding some new folks with new topics soon.

Any comments, questions or suggestions on how to make this and the PVC better, let me know.

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Sonnet Announces $100 Price Drop for the Tempo™ SATA Pro ExpressCard/34

Sonnet Technologies today announced that it has reduced the price of its Tempo™ SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 to $199.95, a reduction of $100. The fastest 2-port eSATA controller available for ExpressCard slots, the SATA card supports sustained data throughput of up to 200 MB/sec. Unlike most other eSATA ExpressCard adapters, the Tempo SATA Pro supports 4 GB and 8 GB of RAM in MacBook® Pro computers.

Believable Hand-Held Motion Tracking with Mocha & After Effects CS4

One of the best additions to After Effects CS4 is the inclusion of a stand-alone application called Mocha for AE from Imagineer Systems. This is a powerful planar motion tracker and stabilizer that does an amazing job of tracking all kinds of elements in motion or to stabilize a character or a scene with shaky footage. Many of the example movies you may have seen demonstrating Mocha with After Effects CS4 (including some of my own) have been inserting something into the screen of a portable device or a TV. But what if the object you are tracking goes off the screen? What if you want to track something in motion but want to retain the realism of the hand-held camera shake? Even though Mocha does a remarkable job of stabilizing footage I thought I’d put Mocha to the test with some hand-held footage from a compact DV cam and track the footage, shaking and all!

The Basics of Avid Media Composer for a Final Cut Pro Editor

What follows in this article is not a debate of Avid vs. Final Cut Pro or a conversion document that says you should move from Final Cut Pro to Avid Media Composer, but rather a step-by-step guide for anyone new to Avid (or curious about the software in general) to launch the software and perform a few basic functions. It will be geared more toward the FCP editor, but a lot of the basic functionality is the same in many non-linear editors. I won’t compare and contrast various Avid and FCP features as that’s not the focus of the article though I will point out the Avid equivalent of a number of FCP tools. And if you’ve never edited with a NLE application before then consider this primer a way to get your feet wet in Avid Media Composer 3.5.

PAR for the Course

Over the years, I have seen a lot of folklore and bad math employed to determine how to work with non-square pixels, resulting in a plethora of incorrect working practices. Therefore, in this article I’m going to spend a lot of time laying out the historical and mathematical basis for where these numbers came from. Hopefully this will provide you with a solid foundation on which you can build a new set of working practices.

Zacuto Releases Handgrip Rig for iPhone 3Gs Video

In rapid response to the release of the new iPhone 3Gs, Zacuto USA, leading indie camera accessories maker in the professional market, has released a handgrip iPhone rig, the Zgrip iPhone PRO. This rig attaches to the iPhone while shooting video and is the first serious solution for shooting video with the iPhone 3Gs.

HP Introduces First Professional Workstation with Six-core AMD Opteron Processor

HP today announced the immediate integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 2400 Series processor into the award-winning family of HP Workstations.

Sonnet’s Award-Winning 1TB Fusion™ F2 Now Offered With 7,200-RPM Drives for up to 190 MB/Sec Read

Sonnet Technologies today announced a new, faster 1TB version of its multiple-award-winning Fusion™ F2 portable two-drive RAID SATA storage system that employs 7,200-RPM drives. The fastest storage solution of its kind, the system offers 20 percent faster performance than the original Fusion F2 1TB model with up to 190 MB/sec read and write sustained data transfer rates, and may be bus-powered to enable usage when grid power is unavailable. The diminutive system consists of two 2.5-inch, 500MB drives mounted side by side in a rugged aluminum enclosure, features two eSATA data ports for maximum data throughput, and is designed for use with the Sonnet Tempo™ SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 controller for MacBook® Pro and Windows® notebooks.

FUTURE MEDIA CONCEPTS PRESENTS THE 5th ANNUAL NY POST|PRODUCTION CONFERENCE

Future Media Concepts (FMC), the premier authorized digital media training organization for postproduction, broadcast, and content creators, announced today the 5th annual NY Post|Production Conference held in New York City from October 5-8, 2009. Produced in association with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB); ), this conference incorporates the same successful training methodology as the widely popular NAB Las Vegas training event. With its comprehensive session offerings delivered by the nation’s most sought after industry professionals and affordable conference fees, NY Post|Production has evolved into the East Coast’s leading training conference for production, postproduction, broadcast and new media professionals.

CalDigit Offers FREE CalDigit VR with Purchase of HDElement!

CalDigit is continuing its summer of savings with a very special promotion on the HDElement. Buy an HDElement or HDElement expansion unit and get a free CalDigit VR. That’s a value of up to $949. This offer is only good for a limited time so act fast.

SONY CREATIVE SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF SECOND ANNUAL “TECHNOLOGY IN MOTION”

Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing software applications, announced the winners of its second national student film contest, Technology in Motion: Community of the Future, at an awards ceremony last night during the National Educational Computing Conference in Washington, DC which is being held through July 1, 2009 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Sony Creative Software is also announcing the release of a new Vegas Pro 9 Academic Edition which includes additional tools for classroom educators.

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Based on his invitation of Rick Warren to the inauguration, his cabinet appointments and confidants most specifically Admiral Dennis Blair (DNI), Tim Geithner, Paul Volker, Jim Jones and Robert Gat... Read More »

Tagged: uaw, rights, politics, obama, film

A "Digital Cribs" Contest

Started by Kim Sep. 12, 2008

Check out the newest Filmaka contest: CISCO DIGITAL CRIBS Are you a filmmaker who knows someone using digital technology in their home in an amazing way? Want to tell the world about it - in you... Read More »

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Tagged: animation, visual, vegas, effects, dimension

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DVD Studio Pro Tutorials

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Posted by Lucas on February 7th, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments (Add)

Kona update for RED

AJA has just released it's version 6 software for the Kona cards. The update is mostly RED oriented. Iy ads Red specific Easy setup and output resolutions. The drivers are now 64 bits, the LUT are available when working in dual-link HD-SDI and performances have been improved. Here is the update: http://www.aja.com/html/support_swd.html

Posted by Mateo di Marano on August 20th, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments (Add)

ADAPT Conference 2008

Hi guys, for three years now, Montrealers have been greated by the presence of the ADAPT conference. During 3 days top 2D, 3D, SFX, games, movies gurus come in Montreal to give cenferences and show their latest work. Special presentations by ILM, Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks always bring great surprises like first movie screenings. Here is a brief list of the speakers 2D // CRAIG MULLINS: history of digital art // ANDREW JONES: ILM // SYD MEAD: designer behind TRON, Bladerunner, Alien, 2010,…

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Posted by Mateo di Marano on August 19th, 2008 at 8:16am — No Comments (Add)

updated personal website

Hi guys, just a quick update. My personal website (www.ilovehue.net) is now up-to-date. I have uploaded a lot of clip I worked on in the past years. Nothing new for the one who went on the old website but still, it's going in the right direction. Most of the 2D is done in MOTION. The low-fi 3D is done with Zaxwerk softwares and the editing work is done in Final Cut. My resume will get updated soon. Shamelessly propoting himself, Mathieu Marano

Posted by Mateo di Marano on August 19th, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)

RED: try it and share it.

Hi guys. By now, if you pretend to work in video or film production, you should have heard of the RED ONE camera. In a nutshell, it's a video camera that shoots 4K RAW (like in photo RAW), up to 120 fps, is 35mm lenses compatible, tapeless and upgradable...for less than 16000$. So it is likely that someone will come to you in a near future with RED footage on a hard drive to edit a videoclip or a short. You got to get ready for it. To get some RED footage, you can call your local camera rental…

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Posted by Mateo di Marano on July 29th, 2008 at 6:24am — 5 Comments (Add)