This article will be the first in a series of articles on webcasting and will cover a wide range of topics including video cameras, video switchers, converters, computer inputs, audio, reference monitors, webcast hardware, webcast software, live streaming services providers, and some additional hardware that is important in order to produce a professional live webcast.
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Posted 15 Jun 2012
Due to its unprecedented screen resolution, speed, and next-gen connectivity, the new next-generation MacBook Pro, announced on Monday at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference, might just be the ticket for streaming media ultraportability, for a variety of reasons.
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Posted 12 Jun 2012
This is the first of a three-part tutorial on using Wirecast to mix two streams of video and other disk-based content. In this first tutorial, I'll describe how to install and configure two Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro cards into an HP Z600 for switching with Wirecast.
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Posted 11 Jun 2012
The new version of Adobe Media Encoder, included in the just-released CS6 collection as well as as a standalone product, offers significant improvements in usability and performance, as well as new features. Here's what you need to know about it.
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Posted 06 Jun 2012
WeVideo's collaborative, browser-based editing platform has drawn the attention of investors and Google; here's a sneak preview of what you'll find in our full review, coming soon
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Posted 06 Jun 2012
Mixmoov is an entirely browser-based video editor that offers multiformat ingest and HD output, as well as collaborative features that allow multiple editors to work on the same content
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Posted 06 Jun 2012
On the Red Carpet at Streaming Media East, Streaming Media Producer editor Steve Nathans-Kelly interviews Michael Kolowich, CEO of KnowledgeVision Systems, about a new approach to webinars--known variously as "flipped" or "instant"--that delivers a traditional webinar's video presentation component to attendees on-demand, as soon as they sign up, and then devotes the entire live webinar session to interactive Q & A.
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Posted 30 May 2012
In this fifth tutorial in our six-part series on Sony Vegas Pro 11, we're going to talk about the Render dialog box. Every project you work on, whether it's delivered on the web, or even on DVD or Blu-ray Disc, has to go through a rendering stage, so you'll find yourself getting quite familiar with it as you do more project. In Vegas Pro 11, Sony has added some new features to the Render dialog, and they've totally revamped the way that it works.
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Posted 30 May 2012
Award-winning event filmmakers David Robin and Ray Roman team up to produce the official WPPI 2012 promo film, "Change Your Life"
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Posted 23 May 2012
An interview with an old-school editor and modern-day RED shooter and streaming producer who is always learning, always mentoring
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Posted 23 May 2012
In the final installment of the NAB Interviews with Shawn Lam, Shawn talks with Adobe's Al Mooney about key new features in Premiere Pro CS6 and Adobe Media Encoder.
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Posted 17 May 2012
A new feature in Adobe Photoshop CS6 allows editing and rendering for streaming, and includes keyframeable effects and clip-layering.
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Posted 16 May 2012
Adobe Creative Suite gets cloud treatment, giving producers options for licensing Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash Pro and other CS6 applications on a month-by-month subscription basis, rather than paying for boxed product with perpetual licenses.
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Posted 08 May 2012
The new mixer layout in Sony Vegas Pro 11 makes editing audio for video in Vegas feel like you're using a pro hardware mixer. Vegas instructor David McKnight explains how it's done.
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Posted 07 May 2012
Highlights of Grass Valley's forthcoming 6.5 upgrade to the EDIUS NLE (coming in June) for pro event and corporate video producers include improved a native stabilization utility, Alpha channel support, 10-bit effects and filters, and several enhancements to the Layouter including a drop shadow function and new options for selecting a scaler.
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Posted 07 May 2012
Shawn Lam interviews Boston-area DP Tom Guilmette on Vinten's new Blue5 DSLR and 12-28 lb. camcorder-ready fluid-head and tripod system.
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Posted 01 May 2012
Shawn Lam interviews Blackmagic Design president Dan May on UltraStudio Express, Blackmagic's new Thunderbolt-powered SDI/HDMI capture and playback solution.
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Posted 01 May 2012
Litepanels recently shipped the MicroPro Hybrid, a dimmable, on-camera Hybrid LED that can refresh itself much faster than most any strobe light can. Thus it may pack a powerful 1-2 punch for DSLR producers who need to capture both video and still images. But how well does it handle both tasks? In this article Anthony Burokas reviews the new light and compares it to an LED light that's one-fifth the cost to see how these two lights measure up.
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Posted 01 May 2012
For scopes and DVR functionality, Divergent's ScopeBox 3.0 outdoes Adobe's late, lamented OnLocation, particularly because it works with a range of cameras, not just those with FireWire outputs. If you've been wondering what you were going to do for DVR/scope functionality on the Mac now that Adobe has exited the market, you should definitely give ScopeBox a try.
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Posted 01 May 2012
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