Creative COW Editorials

High-speed cameras roll at IBC 2011

IBC boasted hot new high-speed cameras, with P+S Technik introducing a "time effect" or digital cinematography synch sound camera with a 35mm-sized CMOS imager and global shutter that offers slow motion, fast motion, ramped motion and time-lapse motion.

Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman

Post Production: Did Everything Change in Post?

In this article, Walter Biscardi discusses the state of Post Production as he sees it in these months since the June release of FCPX, including comments on the latest 10.0.1 release.

Editorial
Walter Biscardi

Blackmagic Design introduces Resolve for Microsoft Windows

Blackmagic Design gives DaVinci Resolve users reason to celebrate with their debut of Resolve for Windows, plus new products, upgrades and more. Celebrate with us as Debra Kaufman reports from IBC Amsterdam.

Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman

IBC: Grass Valley debuts Karrera, LDK 3000+ and Stratus

At IBC 2011, Grass Valley introduced several projects that focus on the mid-range market and on solutions. Offerings include the Karrera video production switcher, the LDK 3000+ multiformat HD camera, and the STRATUS Media Workflow Application Framework.

Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman

IBC: AJA Debuts Thunderbolt iO and More

AJA unveiled five new products at IBC 2011, including its first Thunderbolt-based iO device, AJA Control Room, UDC -- the broadcast-quality Up/Down/Cross-Conversion mini converter and support for the Avid DNxHD video codec into Ki Pro Mini.

Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman

IBC: Autodesk's Smoke on Mac Gains Momentum

Autodesk Smoke on Mac is gaining momentum with adventurous designers and IBC 2011 did not disappoint. The variety of ways that customers are using it has made it an all-in-one solution. Creative COW's Debra Kaufman takes a few moments with Marc Hamaker, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Creative Finishing, Media & Entertainment at Autodesk to bring us the details.

Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman

It's Working for Me...Kind of: A Broadcast Editor's Guide to FCPX

Mark Morache describes his journey into FCPX as he discusses "the mental gymnastics and back-handed workflow I adopted in order to get my stories done."

Review, Editorial
Mark Morache

IBC: Panasonic has a 3D IBC, also expands AVC Ultra to Long Gop

Panasonic’s Rob Tarrant, European Product Manager of AV Systems Europe, discusses with Creative COW the future and challenges of stereoscopic broadcast.

Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman

IBC: Adobe Acquires Iridas, To Be 'The Photoshop of Video'

Adobe's Bill Roberts explains how and why Adobe acquired IRIDAS and what its plans are for IRIDAS' color grading toolset.

Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman

IBC: Sony Introduces All-in-One 3D Shoulder Camcorder

Sony's most interesting play at IBC 2011 was the advance in 3D camcorders. Live 3D sports is the target for Sony and with their new product releases, they'll be up to the game.

Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman

IBC: AmberFin debuts Unified Quality Control solution

AmberFin has introduced iCR Unifed QC, a Unified Quality Control solution for content ingest and transcoding. With UQC, AmberFin enables users to create a high quality file-based HD/SD masters, provide file conversion to multiple formats and implement levels of automated and manual quality control within a single software ecosystem. Creative COW traveled to Amsterdam's IBC and spoke with Bruce Devlin, CTO of AmberFin.

Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman

FCPX: Didn't We Ask for This?

"When talking about FCPX, the greater topics of philosophy, ethics, religion, personal well-being, the time space continuum, the consequence of true and real change, the past, the present, the future and, of course, our collective video careers, are often touched upon." Jeremy Garchow invites you to read the FCPX forums here at the COW to gain a greater sense of how people might feel about it if you have not frequented them lately. Yes, there is a lot of work to be done, and there are many holes to fill, but he does want FCPX to succeed. With this in mind, Jeremy spends some time focusing on what he likes about FCPX, today.

Editorial
Jeremy Garchow

Introducing Our Blue Ribbon Award Winners for NAB Show 2011

NAB 2011 proved to be "the best NAB Show in years." That's what we heard from many Creative COW members as they reported from the show. We carefully reviewed their reports and bring to you your choices, the Blue Ribbon Award winners for Nab Show 2011.

Editorial
Ronald Lindeboom

The COWs Have Spoken. Here Is Our Report.

If making awards issues with integrity that were fun to read was easy, everyone would do it.

Editorial
Tim Wilson

Business & Marketing

The Back Forty: The Real Truth Of How Creative Cow Magazine Did Not Win An Award

Tim Wilson takes over the Back Forty for this issue to say, "Allow me to interrupt our regularly scheduled Back Forty to tell you what happened when our publisher Ronald Lindeboom called me one morning in April, saying, 'You're not going to believe this, Creative COW Magazine finally won an award!'"

Editorial
Tim Wilson

The State of the Art for 3D Cameras at NAB 2011

NAB Show 2011's 3D was much more than the "Look, we have 3D!" This year it was also, "Look how much easier, faster and smaller we've made 3D!"

Editorial
Steven Bradford

You Ain't Seen Everything Yet!

With one of the most trusted, respected and feared voices in the industry, Bob Zelin gives a no-holds-barred look at some of NAB ‘11’s Best of Show.

Editorial, Feature
Bob Zelin

Art of the Edit

Now What? The HDCAM SR Tape Shortage

Shooting the Fall 2011 TV season is already largely tapeless but HDCAM SR has still been the standard for mastering and delivery. What are people doing now in the wake of the SR tape shortage?

Editorial, Feature
Debra Kaufman

The Magnetic Timeline -- Thoughts on Apple's New Paradigm

With its June 21 release of Final Cut Pro X, Apple shocked the entire post-production industry. David Lawrence set out to understand just exactly what Apple had done to a tool that, for many of us, is the cornerstone of our livelihoods. The changes in FCPX are broad, deep and many. This article will focus on just one aspect of these changes -- the main NLE editing interface an editor uses for the bulk of their work -- the timeline.

Editorial
David Lawrence

A Final Cutter Tries Out Premiere Pro

If you're a Final Cut editor contemplating making a change in the wake of Apple's FCPX roll-out, you're not alone. Here's one long-time Final Cut user who tried out Adobe Premiere CS5.5 on a paying gig. He found a lot to like, and not much to miss.

Editorial
Helmut Kobler

FCPX - Response to David Pogue’s “Professional Video Editors Weigh In on Final Cut Pro X”

In the continuing debate about the future of FCPX and video editing, David Pogue addresses the concerns of professionals. In response to David Pogue’s “Professional Video Editors Weigh In on Final Cut Pro X”, Richard Harrington adds his voice to the growing list of concerns and solutions.

Editorial
Richard Harrington

FCPX: Three Camps - The Pro vs. Non-Pro Debate

Three camps of thought seem to be quickly emerging in the forums and the excitement surrounding the release of FCPX. Step back and take a broad look at all of the information in the mighty deluge that has flooded the Final Cut Pro X Forum. Which category do you fall into? Use this to help make the critical decisions for the future at hand right now.

Editorial
David Battistella

FCPX: Why We Can't Use Final Cut Pro X at Our Companies

After a day of reading the FCP and FCPX forums, tweeting, and scanning the blogosphere, two COW leaders had a lot to talk about. Rich and Walter are not casual Final Cut Pro users... they've used it since version 1 and literally built their businesses using Apple tools. For them, today was the end of an era (Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Server were removed from sale). While both hope for the future, they each have strong opinions why they can't implement Final Cut Pro X into their postproduction facilities as it stands at release.

Review, Editorial
Walter Biscardi and Richard Harrington