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NAB Expo
MTI Film introduces Remote Control Dailies
Thousands of members of Creative COW were at the 2011 NAB Show, and we are pleased to bring you some of their reports. In this entry, Debra Kaufman surveys MTI Film's newest offerings and finds that the new feature for Correct DRSTM aids collaborative digital restoration, and that PixelStax allows facilities to share work among artists in multiple locations.
Feature Debra Kaufman |
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SAN - Storage Area Networks
Designing Conan
Title designer extraordinaire and longtime COW member, Rob Ashe, takes us inside the design of "Conan" on TNT. From news of its new home on TBS, through title design and workflow engineering, here’s a look from the start. Plus a trip through a single day, from prep, to post, to air.
Feature, People / Interview, Project Rob Ashe |
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SAN - Storage Area Networks | Build your own affordable SAN -- that works!
Want to let everyone in your shop use the same media at the same time? The Cows Bob Zelin shares the secrets for affordable shared storage that you can build yourself, and that WORKS. Start with big, fast storage from your favorite pro vendor, then follow along. Bob even shows you a few hazards to avoid along the way.
Tutorial, Feature Bob Zelin |
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Apple Final Cut Pro | Wayne Carey Reviews Getting Organized in Final Cut Pro
Frequent COW contributor and Final Cut Studio editor Wayne Carey takes a look at Getting Organized in Final Cut Pro by Shane Ross, the first FCP title in The Creative COW Master Series. Shane shares the secrets to media management that he's developed in his film broadcast editing career. Wayne takes a close look at what Shane has to say -- and a close look at Shane's iPod -- to discover workflow advice that works for every project, large or small.
Review Wayne Carey |
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Ciprico storage solutions
Joaquin Gil reviews the Huge-4110
CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Joaquin Gil shares his experience with storage needs during the creation of his last feature film. In this article, Kino discusses his success with the MediaVault 4110 from HUGE-Ciprico. He concludes with...''With the 4110, HUGE Ciprico addresses a market segment that needs large dataspaces in minimum physical space. A natural for the IT data center, the eCommerce nests, banking and legal data repositories and in general any data intensive application where reliability and speed are a must. This makes it very suitable also for animation and effects houses, middle sized to large editing and sound studios and the semi-nomad setups typical of reality shows, because of its sturdiness, practicality of the connectors and being a standard 19'' rack-mountable device.''
Review Joaquin Gil |
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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
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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