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New Adobe Creative Cloud Enhancements Arrive

Adobe rolls out new updates to Adobe Premiere Pro CC, SpeedGrade CC,Prelude CC, and Adobe Media Encoder CC.

Digital Juice Debuts Toxic Toolkit Singles Animated Graphics for Apple Motion, Sony Vegas, and Adobe Premiere Pro

These matching elements include customizable text and video project segments, animated backgrounds, animated lower thirds and animated wipes (with sound effects) in full HD. Each set also includes a matching high-resolution layered photoshop file

proDAD Unleashes ReSpeedr High-Quality Super-Slo-Mo and TimeLapse Tool

ReSpeedr employs Motion-flow analysis and can automatically determine to use Optical-flow or Dynamic Frame-blending technology to achieve ideal results with slow-motion sequences to bring out eye-popping details

Matrox Announces Grass Valley EDIUS 7.21 NLE Support for MX02 LE and MXO2 Mini I/O Devices

EDIUS is a proven solution for editors working on fast-turn-around production in broadcast news, newsmagazine, and studio program content, as well as professional video editors working on organizational, documentary, and theatrical productions

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                Review: Canon XA20/25, Part 1
            
            by Anthony Burokas | An in-depth discussion on the features and usability, image quality, and capabilities of the Canon XA20/25, along with comparisons to the predecessor XA10 and next-higher models XF100 and XF300 featuring the author and Andrew Jones of Dallas's The Movie Institute.
        
                Streaming Conference Video with the Canon XA25 and Livestream Broadcaster
            
            by Steve Nathans-Kelly | How the Canon XA25 and Livestream Broadcaster proved a straightforward and effective no muss, no fuss solution for live streaming of a series of trade conference will little ramp-up time or gear-up budget.
        
                Tutorial: Telestream Wirecast 5
            
            by Jan Ozer | With Wirecast 5, Telestream has significantly improved usability with a redesigned interface, beneficially expanded the product's input capabilities, and upgraded the product's plumbing with features like x.264 encoding and HD-SDI output via Blackmagic Design Intensity or DeckLink cards. Learn more in this video tutorial that guides you through the new release.
        
                HD Webcast Production: Choosing Video Scalers and Converters
            
            by Shawn Lam | In this ongoing Streaming Media Producer series on webcast video production, Shawn Lam covers the video format converters he uses in his own HD webcast workflows, and one new converter that just might be the video converter, scaler, and distribution amplifier to rule them all.
        
                Tutorial: Applying Looks and Matching Shots in Adobe CC
            
            by Paul Schmutzler | Recent upgrades to Adobe CC make it easy to apply graded looks in Adobe Premiere Pro CC and match shots with different color temperatures via seamless roundtripping between Premiere Pro CC and SpeedGrade CC.
        
                Streaming Fencing with Matrox VS4 and Telestream Wirecast
            
            How KABCOM captured and streamed the entire 2013 competitive fencing season--including the International Challenge in Paris and the world championshops in Budapest--leveraging the Matrox VS4 quad capture and ISO recording card and Telestream Wirecast streaming software.
        
                Adorama Flashpoint 7-inch LCD Monitor
            
            by Shawn Lam | All of the items Adorama's Flashpoint product line are priced in the $200-$400 range, but quality-wise they're very good. They're not the most refined and precision instruments available, but they get the job done, and this 7-inch, 1280x800-resolution LCD monitor, which lists for $400, is no exception.
        
                Review: Adorama Flashpoint DV DSLR Matte Box Pro Complete Bundle 3
            
            by Shawn Lam | In this review we're going to look at the Adorama Flashpoint line of Cinema DSLR Gear. We're going to start off with a broadly compatible and modular system including the Mattebox, the Shoulder Rig, and the Follow Focus, and finish off (in a separate review) with Adorama's 7-inch LCD monitor.
        
                Review: Matrox Monarch HD
            
            by Jan Ozer | The dual-stream use case--one for streaming, one for archive or other production--is very common in live production, and Matrox Monarch HD, a $995 compact standalone streaming/recording unit, appears to be the lowest-cost solution--and a highly competent one at that.
        
                Review: HP Z1 All-in-One Workstation
            
            by Tim Siglin | How does the all-in-one that's won over the workstation crowd stack up against laptop form-factor workstations for speed, power, and upgradability for streaming media producers?
        
                Review: Blackmagic Design Teranex 2D Media Processor
            
            by Tim Siglin | Blackmagic Design's rackmount format converter and Thunderbolt recording/playback interface is a tightly packed workflow genie of (almost) unlimited options.
        
                RIP, Adobe Encore; and How to Install and Use Encore CS6 with Adobe Premiere Pro CC
            
            by Jan Ozer | Adobe has end-of-lifed Adobe Encore, which is bad news if you need to burn DVDs or Blu-ray Discs or build Flash DVDs. This article will discuss how to install Encore if you're a CC subscriber and don't have Encore CS6 already installed on your computer; the terms and implications of Encore's end-of-life status; and how to work around the lack of Dynamic Link transfers from Premiere Pro CC to Encore CS6.
        
                Meet the SMPLive Presenter: Anthony Burokas of IEBA Communications
            
            by Anthony Burokas | IEBA Communications' Anthony Burokas offers a sneak preview of his two Streaming Media Producer Live sessions, "Choosing Lenses for Online Video Production" and "Choosing a Video Switcher."
        
                Tutorial: Inspecting the Inspector in Final Cut Pro X, Pt. 2
            
            by Glen Elliott | This tutorial on Apple Final Cut Pro X takes a closer look at color correction in the Inspector, exploring the Balance Color, Match Color, and Color Mask and Shape Mask features.
        
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