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CreativeCOW Media 100 Articles:

A Creative COW Industry Report: November 5, 2002

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Major Price Drops and New Product-Line Expansions from Media 100! On November 5, 2002, Media 100 announced that their 844/X product had become a product line... The original 844/X now becomes 844/Xe and a new, lower-priced model is identified as 844/Xi. Along with the new model, Media 100 have unbundled the 844/X from the host computer and storage, offered Media 100's dual stream customers a loyalty bonus (a.k.a. discount) and repositioned the 844/X family as editing software with exceptional compositing skills. Just ahead of the release, Philip Hodgetts spent an afternoon interviewing Media 100 CEO John Molinari and VP of Corporate Communications, Mike Savello. Here's the real inside story straight from Marlboro... Media 100 844/X, Industry News~ 11/05/02

A Creative COW "In-Depth" Industry Report: 2/26/02

Media 100's "Pegasus" 844/X Philip Hodgetts gives his In-Depth report It's official. Media 100's new 'Pegasus' 844/X has been announced and Philip Hodgetts has given us the definitive analysis of the new product. You won't find a more in-depth report. He's also written a separate product review. Media 100 2/26/02

How To:

Editing Multi-Camera Shoots in Media 100 by Philip Hodgetts Creator the Intelligent Assistant Knowledge tools Many people often ask questions regarding editing multi-camera shoots in Media 100. In this lesson, excerpted from the Media 100 Companion, Philip Hodgetts outlines many of the principles involved in multi-camera edits using Media 100. Please note: Most of the links are active, but a few are not due to the fact that we cannot replicate all the functionality and interactivity of the Companion series on the Net.

A Creative COW Industry Report: 10/18/01

Philip Hodgetts' in-depth and long-awaited report... Media 100's Pegasus: Will It Fly? In 1994 Media 100 revolutionized the video post production industry by bringing broadcast quality finishing to the computer desktop for the first time as the initial step in democratizing video. Can they do it again? How does the new Mission and Vision fit with the original vision that drove Media 100? Or was the sale of Cleaner and other software products to focus on  the "Pegasus" project a mistake? October 18, 2001

How To:

Back to Back Graphics by Dave LaRonde In this article, broadcast editor Dave LaRonde looks at ways to use back to back graphics in Media 100 and explores ways to save valuable project disk space while using them. He quotes the oft quoted Law of Digital Media, which says: You can never have too much storage. It should also have a corollary: If you don't have lots of storage, anything you can do to save it is a good thing. This law and its corollary come into play when creating back-to-back graphics on the Media 100. Take the following program with back-to-back graphics, for instance:

Editorial:

Media 100's "Lossless" What does it mean for Media 100 Users? by Ron Lindeboom With Media 100's recent announcement and unveiling of its "lossless" compression protocol, many users have expressed a lot of dismay and frustration at the news. Some have expressed support. What are the facts and why is this a good thing for some and a frustrating bit of news for others? Who is right and what lies at the heart of this latest bit of news from Marlboro, Massachusetts? In this article, Ron Lindeboom digs through the aftermath of the NAB news and with help from Philip Hodgetts and other noted leaders, gives this summery for those interested...

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