Media Composer 5 has been out for a while now… And since my initial impressions of it I’ve been thinking more about what it signals for the future of Avid in general and Media Composer specifically – about what I expect to see in the coming versions.
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VHS of the Future
July 19th, 2010
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In discussion about the recent crop of HD DSLR cameras on RedUser the RED head honcho Jim Jannard famously said “1080P is the VHS of the Future” – implying that 1080P video wasn’t going to be good enough for cinema in the future, in fact barely good enough for home movies.
He was quite widely dismissed [...]
Does Sony “Get It”?
July 18th, 2010
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Just about two years ago Canon caused quite a change in the independant film making market with their 5D Mk II DSLR – recording 1080P video with a big sensor it suddenly delivered two of the main factors of the always popular “film look” that indies have long strived for – shallow depth of field [...]
Tape is Dead!?
June 30th, 2010
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A few days ago Post-Production blogger Philip Hodgetts caused soemthing of a stir among the editors of twitter by suggesting that Apple should do away with support for tape capture in the next version of Final Cut Pro. Other’s have weighed in, so I thought I might as well add my voice…
Transcoding Canon DSLR Footage
June 15th, 2010
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The new AMA functionality in Avid Media Composer 5 makes working with Canon DSLR footage a lot easier, but at some point it’s probably going to become necessary to transcode it to another format, so which resolution is best?
Well the first thing to consider is what the Canon footage is natively. And then how that [...]
