StudioDaily has a great compilation of some of the facts regarding Final Cut Pro X, covering everything they can find online, on Apple’s website, and via personal experience.
It does feel like, at least at this early stage, FCPX is a love it or hate tool. It is an extreme departure from how Final Cut Pro 7 operates on almost every front. It is indeed more like iMovie than FCP7. No matter what you read, the truth is that it will take some time to really shake it out. I was bewildered at first but see some real good lurking within it. I’m currently testing how a music video edit might work and see some nice features that will help me. I also see some silly omissions. Here’s my down-and-dirty attempt to bullet point only the basics you need to know if you’re contemplating FCPX.
Another selection of video gaming related infographics, starting with the recent look at Social Gaming, by Single Grain. Then, JeuxJeuxJeux and designer Danielle Gay shows some of the problems concerning video game addiction, and, finally, a couple of infographics about one of the top entertaining games in the U.S. , Fantasy Football, by Inside View and Credit Score.
Well it’s finally hear. Point your mac at the Mac App Store and you can get Final Cut Pro X for $299, Compressor for $50, and Motion 5 for $50. What used to cost over $1000 comes in at just shy of $400. Of course, Apple is touting this as a huge improvement all around:
“I’m blown away by what Apple has done with Final Cut Pro,” said Angus Wall, Academy Award-winning film editor. “Final Cut Pro X is incredibly modern and fast, but most importantly it lets you focus on telling your story in the most creative way, while it actively manages all of the technical details.”
Secondly, Apple seems to have removed stuff, moved stuff, and hidden other stuff from a well-established pro tool. moving/hiding/removing stuff in a pro tool is something that a software maker does at its own risk (look at the mess that Adobe has allowed a tool like Photoshop to become), so in many ways Apple’s committed a cardinal sin by messing around with Final Cut Pro too much.
I freely admit I am not a Final Cut Pro user. From those of you out there, what are your opinions?
Luxology has just announced the newest version of the Studio Environment lighting pack that gives you some beautiful new lighting environments complete with ground planes, all for a mere $69.
“With SES 2, I spend a lot less time agonizing over my lighting setups. The ability to render an animation and see all 50 environments with zero setup time takes all of the guess work out of studio lighting,” said Branden Coker, Creative Multimedia Specialist at Analytical Graphics Inc. “The variety of environments in this set is stellar. It makes studio lighting so easy, it’s almost an afterthought.”
EVGA has just released a new non-reference GeForce GTX570 card that doubles the onboard memory to an impressive 2560MB, but maintaining most of the other specs.
In addition,the graphics card features 2560MB GDDR5 memory,core/Shader/memory clock of 732MHz/1464MHz/950MHz(data rate of 3800MHz),provides dual-DVI,a HDMI and a DisplayPort connectors.
No doubt that data is all around us these days, from ubiquitous sensors to social networks to government visibility. But, finding something useful in all this data can be tough, and it’s frankly beyond the capabilities of many individuals or small companies. Jake Porway saw this problem came up with an interesting volunteer-centric approach.
To bridge this gap between the people with data and the people who know what to do with it, I’m proposing a sort of Data Without Borders program (or something snappier sounding / less trademarked. Suggestions welcome.). The plan is to round up data folk who want to do something meaningful with some of their spare time and match them up with non-profits / small companies who need data services.
Sounds interesting, but I’m not sure how many DataVis people would be willing to do this uncompensated. It’s a clever idea though, I can’t wait to see how it shapes up.
If you’re one of the many disgruntled Final Cut Pro users lamenting the new design, then check out this video of the original Final Cut 1.0 dug up by StudioDaily.
This video promo for Final Cut’s very first version, in all its blurry, pixelated glory, reminds us just how far FCP technology, and tech promos in general, have come. Back in 1999, after Apple purchased Final Cut from Macromedia, the video landscape included peaks dotted by Avid and Media 100, DV was a hot term, and white-and-teal G3 towers and bulbous Macs were just part of the scenery.
Continuing our series of posts about Video Games, today we kick off with a look at what drives MMO players crazy, made by MMORPGdish. The folks at Travel Insurance give us the rebirth of the home console’s infographic, and then three posts about handheld gaming and controllers, also by Travel Insurance , Gameranx and CX Partners.
Sensio, a company from Montreal Canada, is planning for a “resurgence” in 3D television sales this next year based on their response to some consumer feedback about the current problems: lack of content and a poor user experience. How do they plan do bring consumers back? Easy, by making 3D TV’s that can “un-do” 3D with the click of a button.
To help for a better experience, Sensio introduced auto-detection, which senses the type of program coming into the set and automatically selects the right viewing mode. It also developed the S2D Switch, a feature that enables spatially compressed 3-D video streams to be displayed in 2-D when large groups want to view programming together. The company also developed Sensio Hi-Fi 3D, a unique frame-compatible technology (also known as “qunicunx” format decoding) for high-fidelity stereoscopic signal processing that can be easily integrated into a variety of products.
I find it hilarious that the next big feature in televisions will be 2D conversion.
If you like viewing stereoscopic photos but haven’t found a good display method, then consider this new app for the iPad that offers 3D display output along with some clever on-pad viewing options.
For stereoscopic images, LuxFolio creates a standard side-by-side video signal, which most 3D televisions and video glasses are able to display in 3D stereo.
To display your 3D images right on the iPad, LuxFolio can convert them to red / cyan anaglyphs that can be viewed using standard red/cyan 3D glasses. There’s also a “wobble” mode to give the impression of depth to stereoscopic photos without any glasses.
The app is available in iTunes for only $2.99, and accepts MPO images from the Fuji W1 and W3 cameras as well as regular JPEG left/right pairs.
StudioDaily has a great compilation of some of the facts regarding Final Cut Pro X, covering everything they can find online, on Apple’s website, and via personal experience.
Another selection of video gaming related infographics, starting with the recent look at Social Gaming, by 
Well it’s finally hear. Point your mac at the Mac App Store and you can get 
Luxology has just announced the newest version of the Studio Environment lighting pack that gives you some beautiful new lighting environments complete with ground planes, all for a mere $69.
EVGA has just released a new non-reference GeForce GTX570 card that doubles the onboard memory to an impressive 2560MB, but maintaining most of the other specs.
No doubt that data is all around us these days, from ubiquitous sensors to social networks to government visibility. But, finding something useful in all this data can be tough, and it’s frankly beyond the capabilities of many individuals or small companies. Jake Porway saw this problem came up with an interesting volunteer-centric approach.
If you’re one of the many disgruntled Final Cut Pro users lamenting the new design, then check out this video of the original Final Cut 1.0 dug up by StudioDaily.
Continuing our series of posts about Video Games, today we kick off with a look at what drives MMO players crazy, made by 
Sensio, a company from Montreal Canada, is planning for a “resurgence” in 3D television sales this next year based on their response to some consumer feedback about the current problems: lack of content and a poor user experience. How do they plan do bring consumers back? Easy, by making 3D TV’s that can “un-do” 3D with the click of a button.
VizWorld.com 
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