Feb 2, 2012

Avid  today announced the release of its first video editing application for the iPad—Avid Studio, available immediately at the Apple App Store.  As the first iPad app for video editing to offer frame-by-frame editing accuracy and access to all kinds of media, Avid Studio for iPad allows users to quickly and easily create and share exciting, highly...

Jan 16, 2012

I know it has been some time since my last posting. It was a very busy holiday season. However, I am very happy to announce Tej’s Tech Blog has an all new look.  We have been all been hard at work here at AOTG to upgrade the look and provide our readers with a more interactive and user friendly website.  Tej’s Tech Blog will continue to look at the...

Nov 24, 2011

AOTG has released a new mobile app for the iPhone and iPad.  Now it’s possible to get all your news about post-production on your iOS devices. The AOTG app supports push notifications, as well as videos from the Canadian Cinema Editors, and Australian Screen Editors. The app also supports location services providing you with the ability to find...

Nov 21, 2011

Tiffen has announced they have updated their award-winning DFX Version 3 Filter Suite to support for the latest 64bit offerings from Avid. These include  Avid Media Composer 6, Symphony 6, and Newscutter 10. It also adds support for Sony DSLR, NEX, SLT, and STV models. The following new features and capabilities are now available in Tiffen Dfx...

Nov 3, 2011

  Today Avid Avid announced Media Composer version 6, Symphony version 6 and NewsCutter version 10 . Avid matins they acer deeply committed to professionals, and are pleased to announce that all of these new applications are 64 bit native. Avid Media Composer 6.0 has been rebuilt from the core on an entirely new open, 64-bit architecture. Avid is also...

Oct 25, 2011

The CCE and Art of the Guillotine will be testing live streaming technology at the upcoming panel.  It will be a single camera set up covering the panel and can be viewed on Art of the Guillotine’s site.  Members are welcome to submit questions via the live chat or twitter either by #aotglive or #ccelive during the question period.  Please keep in mind...

Oct 24, 2011

Blackmagic Design recently announced much anticipated Resolve 8.1 update is now available, as a free download for existing Resolve users. The update includes Includes Final Cut Pro X XML round trip support, ACES colorspace support, Avid AAF and round trip for Avid Media Composer, new editing features, layer node effects and more. This new update includes some...

Sep 28, 2011

Tiffen a leading manufacturer and distributor of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, motion picture, and broadcast markets, has released the highly anticipated Tiffen Dfx 3.0. Tiffen Dfx 3.0 boasts enhanced multi-processor acceleration for faster interaction and rendering of images, 10+ brand new filters for optical effects, updated host support,...

Sep 15, 2011

The film community has embraced the concept of online video sharing sites such as YouTube, and Vimeo. Many independent filmmakers are using these as an outlet to get their films viewed and in some cases by even larger audiences. Some filmmakers have even gone to VOD ( video on demand) and promote their films via word of mouth and social media sites such as...

Sep 12, 2011

In a tremendous move,  due to the response from the professional editing community for its current Final Cut Pro Crossgrade promotion, Avid announced today that beginning October 1, 2011, it will offer a Final Cut Pro crossgrade price for qualified customers on an ongoing basis. The new crossgrade will allow Final Cut Pro users to purchase the Avid Media...

Sep 9, 2011

Blackmagic Design today announced a new family of super heavy duty Mini Converters that feature a unique design that’s machined from a solid block of aluminum for amazing strength, as well as for protecting connectors. Heavy duty mini converters also include innovative features and technologies such as 3 Gb/s SDI. There are 4 models in the Mini Converter Heavy...

Sep 9, 2011

Today Avid annoucned new versions of Avid NewsVison and Avid ISIS 7000 at IBC.  The NewsVision turnkey solution is easy to implement for local and regional HD news production. It  features including Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream video server, ISIS 5000 shared storage system, and a choice of NewsCutter or Media Composer editing tools. The latest release of...

Aug 30, 2011

Intel’s Thunderbolt technology has peaked the curiosity of many people in post-production. It  has also gained interest by the average at the consumer looking to share content, such as HD videos  and images.  Thunderbolt promise blazing speeds unlike any connect before. As fall is introducing itself to us, so are brand new Thunderbolt peripherals....

Jul 8, 2011

Since the iPhone 4 release people having been taking pictures as well as making films on this small handy camera.  Adding in small applications such has Instagram and Camera + , that contain various filters and effects, provides you with a a great small portable camera. Plus the ability to upload to all your social networks immediately such as Facebook ,...

Jun 14, 2011

Recently I have been tied up working on a documentary. It has me working into the early hours trying to meet TIFF’s deadline for screening. One night while working I heard this fantastic song being played over and over. So I peaked over to Studio B and met with the guys from FutreSpeak. These talented young gentelman were working on a new song. They were...