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G-Tech
The G-Tech G-Raid
For years Medea Corporation has been the hallmark of reliability when it comes to storage for the media industry. If you wanted big, fast storage with mission critical reliability, Medea was the drive array for you. Now comes its little brother, G-Technology Corporation. In this article, Creativecow leader reviews the G-Tech G-Raid and concludes...''This is the most versatile unit I've ever used with its ability to work seamlessly with anything up to 10bit uncompressed and just remain solid no matter the situation or machine it's connected to. '''
Review
Walter Biscardi |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
LaCie Bigggest Disk F800
Creative COW leader Walter Biscardi reviews the LaCie Biggest F800 and concludes that ''.... LaCie has targeted the F800 squarely at the DV marketplace by bringing these users a large capacity unit with a very small footprint. If your workflow is primarily DV, HDV or DVCPro HD and you're looking for a lot of storage with considerable real-time functionality, this is definitely a unit to consider.''
Review
Walter Biscardi |
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HDV Format
HDV vs HD: A Primer
Emmy Award winner, Tim Kolb discusses HDV and its place in the greater scope of HD production formats. Since the inception of the HDV format, we have seen many responces regarding the HDV format and how it fits alongside HDCam, DVCProHD, XDCam and other formats in the greater scope of the HD picture. In this article (which is taken from an HDV Format forum responce), Creative Cow's Tim Kolb gives what we feel is an exemplary job of dissecting the subject and clarifying the many components of the HD universe, HDV being one of those parts....
Tutorial, Feature
Tim Kolb |
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SAN - Storage Area Networks
Charles McConathy discusses video system configuration
In this article, veteran pundit and respected industry system integrator Charles McConathy of Promax Systems Inc., gives users a look at the ins and outs of what goes into successfully configuring a nonlinear video editing system. Charles explores issues for both Mac and Windows users, the latest storage and BUS technologies, ''gotchas!'', as well as issues that plague users when choosing the right solution. He includes caveats and work-arounds, as well as a FAQ for many questions he regularly hears from users.
Tutorial
Charles McConathy |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
Great Titles with the DV Codec
In this article, Philip Hodgetts gives us a few hints on how to make great titles with the DV Codec. In most cases, if you're using the DV Codec, you'll find that your titles at best will be good. If you want great quality, then you will need to follow most of these guideliness that Philip discusses but NOT compress to the DV Codec.
Tutorial
Philip Hodgetts |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
A Primer on NLE Video Quality
In this article, Ron Shook attempts in a relatively non-techy way to put some perspective on a range of quality issues inherent in today's Non-Linear Editing technology. Perhaps as you shop for your next NLE or the services of an NLE/editor, you will have a better background for asking significant questions and separating the important stuff from the selling hype.
Editorial, Tutorial
Ron Shook |
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