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NAB 2012 – Adobe CS6 Discussion with Ellen Wixted

April 22, 2012 / Adobe, Blogs, Dave's Blog, Premiere Pro, Tutorials, Videos

I had the pleasure to see my friend Ellen Wixted, Adobe Senior Product Manager of Professional Audio and Video, at the NAB show. We discuss Adobe’s awesome new CS6 version of my favorite tools Premiere Pro and After Effects. There is a reason Adobe is my favorite company. They listen to their users and create products that seem tailor made for us. Thanks to this new release my workflow is going to speed up tremendously. For more info on CS6 click here.

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NAB 2012 – Western Digital’s Thunderbolt Drives Are Fast

April 21, 2012 / Blogs, Dave's Blog, Videos

At NAB I had to check out the new hard drives by Western Digital. Why? They have Thunderbolt and are blazing fast. Speed is essential when editing HD on my mac book pro. Western Digital didn’t disappoint!

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NAB 2012 – Shane Hurlbut discusses the Canon D1

April 20, 2012 / Blogs, Dave's Blog, Videos

When you roam the floors at NAB you will at times run into some pretty great people. Shane Hurlbut, cinematographer of such films as Terminator Salvation and Act of Valor, was being interviewed by an Asian fellow. So what did I do? I started filming this too! He discussed his love of the Canon D1 and why he hasn’t used the C300 yet. Check out his site at Hurlbutvisuals.com Enjoy

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NAB 2012 – At ArtBeats

April 18, 2012 / Blogs, Dave's Blog

Julie Hill from ArtBeats hats with us on their new aerials of DC!

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NAB 2012 – Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera Press Breifing

April 18, 2012 / Blogs, Dave's Blog, NAB 2012, Videos

Blackmagic Design is always pushing the bar. At the press briefing they amazed us with a camera that uses ssd cards, has thunderbolt ports and just looks damn cool. Watch the press briefing.

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NAB 2012 – Nvidia and Premiere Pro CS6 a match made in heaven.

April 17, 2012 / Blogs, Dave's Blog, NAB 2012, Premiere Pro, Videos

I visited the Nvidia booth at the show and was show how using the GPU acceleration really takes Premiere Pro CS6 to another level of editing workflow speed. I am lucky enough to have a 4600 card in my macpro and can attest to all that we discuss in the video. Thanks Nvidia. No make them ever faster!

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NAB 2012 – Woz, Legato, and a better tomorrow

April 16, 2012 / Blogs, NAB 2012

I got up this morning to catch my early flight to Las Vegas and pretty tired. Why was I going so early to NAB 2012? I usually would get there on Monday and hit the ground running. The only thing that could’ve gotten me out of bed and to leave my family was the possibility of meeting “Woz” or as you all know him Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple. Not only was Woz speaking but also Steve Ford a friend [...]

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Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 – Whats New?

April 15, 2012 / Adobe, Blogs, Premiere Pro, Tutorials, Videos

Adobe really added some killer new toys to make money with in their newest version of Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro CS6 now comes with Warp Stabilizer, something we had to go into After Effects to use before. I can also now use unlimited cameras in their multicam settings, up from a 4. A new and beautiful UI. What about the addition of Adjustment Layers! For more info sign up for my Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Boot Camp video training at http://learnpremiereprocs6.com/

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Canon U.S.A. Announces the Highly Anticipated EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR Camera

March 2, 2012 / 5D Mark II, Blogs, Dave's Blog

Featuring Improved Image Quality, a 61-Point High Density Reticular AF, Six fps High-Speed Continuous Shooting and Enhanced HD Video Recording Features LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 2, 2012– On the 25th anniversary of its world-renowned EOS System, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce its latest model, the new EOS 5D Mark III Digital SLR Camera. Positioned between the extremely popular EOS 5D Mark II and Canon’s top-of-the-line professional EOS-1D X model, the EOS 5D [...]

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