http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/ Jerry Hofmann's library of tutorials, articles, reviews and more for media professionals world wide. en-us http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/sorenson4.php In this article, Jerry Hofmann reviews the Sorenson Squeeze 4 Compression Suite. "If you've read my reviews before about Sorenson's efforts in the Mac World, you'll know I've long been a fan of the company's products. The ALL NEW version of Sorenson Compression suite 4 is shipping now, and is by far the company's best effort to date, and I've been running the Squeeze 3 version, and have always found it easy to use, but this new version really takes the cake. Sporting a much beefier interface, Sorenson's new release adds new support for HD, including Apple's own recent codec, H.264. This is just the beginning however." Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:24 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/squeeze3.php Jerry Hofmann has been impressed before by Sorenson Media's efforts -- afterall, he reviewed Sorenson Media Squeeze for Quicktime. But with Sorenson's new Compression Suite, Jerry is totally blown away by the Suite's deceptively simple but incredibly powerful new interface. It just doesn't get any easier than thisif you want to compress video for the web, email or CD! Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:23 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/troubleshooter_rev.php Jerry Hofmann Reviews ''The Troubleshooter'' from Intelligent Assistance. If you get yourself into a bind technically with your setup whether it's HD or DV, this Companion to the Companion is an incredibly reliable way to get yourself, say ''out of jail''. It's another clever and well-executed product from the company leading the way of interactive help and teaching of many media programs. Jerry recommends ''The Troubleshooter'' highly for anyone tired of flipping pages in a manual for a solution to their troubleshooting needs. It's a very reasonable price too for a bunch for real honest-to-goodness professional quality help for a problem that's usually solved with just a few clicks of the mouse. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:23 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/squeeze.php Need to do quality compressions of QuickTime movies and don't know much about it? Jerry Hofmann takes a look at a new product called Sorenson Squeeze brought to us by a company long recognized for supplying the finest codecs used for QuickTime compressions, Sorenson. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/wolsky_fcp3_rev.php Jerry Hofmann takes a look at Tom Wolsky's Final Cut Pro 3 Editing Workshop published by CMP Books. This book is totally updated to include the new features in Final Cut Pro 3. It looks to be everything it promises to be. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/55_rev.php There's been a lot of 'hype' surrounding Digital Film Tools' new 55mm Plugins for NLE's. In this article Jerry Hofmann, one of CreativeCOW's Final Cut Pro forum leaders lets COW members know whether the description of the tools is hype or if this set of filters deliver on the promise. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/stagetools.php MovingPicture from StageTools is a dedicated program made for panning and zooming high resolution photographs for inclusion into projects edited in all the popular NLE's. In this article, Jerry Hofmann gives his impression of this great tool. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/pixelan_review.php CreativeCOW leader, Jerry Hofmann has long been a fan of Pixelan's products and he's not disappointed by the latest set of offerings: Spices for NLE's! This is a review and a tutorial. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/fcp_dvcomp_rev.php One of CreativeCOW's Final Cut Pro® forum leaders, Jerry Hofmann takes a look at the DV Companion, The Intelligent Assistant for Final Cut Pro 3. What it is, what's new if you're already experienced with the DV Companions and why it's a 'must have' if you're editing with Final Cut Pro 3. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/auto_duck_rev.php One of CreativeCOW's popular Final Cut Pro® forum leaders, Jerry Hofmann takes a look at Automatic Composition Import FCP for Final Cut Pro users from Automatic Duck. 'I'm a believer. Can't get over it. Gotta have it.' Jerry says these are the words that come to mind after using the new tool... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/fcp_edit_wrkshp_review.php One of CreativeCOW's popular Final Cut Pro® forum leaders, Jerry Hofmann takes a look at fellow leader Tom Wolsky's new 'Final Cut Pro 2 Editing Workshop'. Jerry teaches FCP at a university, so he's always on the lookout for good teaching resources and he concludes that Tom's book is a triumph for beginner and intermediate users of Final Cut Pro 2 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:21 GMT