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An Interview with early digital pioneer Steve Cohen, A.C.E.

Steve Cohen, A.C.E, one of the Hollywood pioneers in ushering in the digital age, talks to Hollywood Reinvented about the evolution of non-linear editing. 

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Final Cut King Tutorial on Appearing Text Effect in Motion

Final Cut King show us the way to some text wizardry in Motion. 

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Will FCP & other NLEs be killed off by Open Source Lightworks?

Well it is not a completely idiotic thought. If you can remember back to editing in the early nineties, there were only two NLEs on the block, Lightworks and Avid. Everybody knows the Avid story, but could Lightworks be coming back to change the market again? Links, opinion and a video tour of the GUI after the break.

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Cut Notes for the iPad

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Digital Rebellion have come out with a super cool iPad app. Can't wait to try this one out with FCP!

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New budget range of FCP dedicated keyboards released. Special offer

In a wistful promotion aimed at that lovelorn Valentine's Day market, EditorsKeys are trying to make us fall in love with editing again. Some spec and other keyboards after the break.

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Canon post official workflows for using DSLR and XF300 footage in Final Cut Pro

There are many ways to use Canon DSLR footage in FCP ranging from native file editing, transcoding with Compressor to plugins. In fact there are people out there selling tutorials on how to do it! Download the official workflow white papers from Canon to get it right and maybe save some time and money.

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Time lapse of a Television Editor - shame it is Avid!

Have you ever wondered what it takes to edit a one-hour episode of television? Here is a short time lapse video of the editing process for episode 416 of the NBC series "Chuck.

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Marquis release 'bridging' a sequence converter for Avid and FCP editors

As FCP gets more & more of a hold in the post-production industry, the requirement for 'interoperability' with other editing systems (OK Avid) is bound to grow. Marquis have launched a box that will help bridge the gap.

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Final Cut Pro verses Avid

Watch this video do the the tour of Twitter and Facebook posts. It made us laugh this morning. Video after the break as the poster frame has been set to black.

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Pre-NAB buzz on the future of FCP from the guys who broke the SuperMeet rumour

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Check this out if you want to get the latest buzz on the new FCP and what's going to be what in NLE in the near future. The March 2011 Editors' Lounge was the 8th year of their annual NAB discussion panel and featured an influential panel of guest speakers: Steve Cohen, Terence Curren, Mark Raudonis, Michael Bravin and Lucas Wilson. The second part of the discussion after the break.

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Editshare's Energy Series Storage - Industry leading real-time project sharing

Editshare ups the ante as it introduces 'Energy', its new high-performance mid-range shared storage solution at NAB 2011. The beauty of ‘Energy’ is that it offers advanced project sharing with sequence and bin locking for Avid, Apple FCP, and Lightworks. If you want more than one FCP editor working on a project then this might be the answer.

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Whatever happens on Tuesday, this guy has touchscreen Final Cut Pro editing now!

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We all want this and we completely agree with Jason Rose when it comes to editing and keyboards. However demoing FCP7 with a touchscreen seems slightly odd with the new version less than 48 hours away.

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The cheekiest move of NAB 2011 so far - Avid offer FCP users 60% off to move to Media Composer

We saw this yesterday and thought it was a bit cheeky. Then again they got booted off the Supermeet stage by Apple so this is a good return to Cupertino's serve. 

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Cinedeck Extreme v2.0 to showcase at NAB

The war between portable LCD recorders broke out a few weeks ago. Cinedeck have joined the fight with their new model which offers Avid DNxHD, CineForm and Apple ProRes recording as well as 3D options. Find out all the tech spec for EXTREME after the break and where you can find it at NAB.

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Whoosh - Every professional Final Cut Pro editor has been in this nightmare!

It's old, the editor is working an Avid but it still makes us laugh. If you've ever been stuck with a client late at night then there are moments in the video that will seem uncomfortably familiar. It will brighten your day though.

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An interview with editor Agustín Rexach. Good advice on working with clients and managing edit sessions

So you can work the kit, but can you work with clients? Having many years of facility editing under our belts, we would say they are both just as important. Many editors can do the former, not everyone can do the latter.

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This Thursday in London 5 editors talk about their hopes, concerns and preparing for FCPX

Editing is a lonely business, us editors rarely mix so that's why we spend so much time on the internet! Want to hear five top editors talk about their hope for the new version, their concerns, and how they are preparing for the impending change in editing technology?

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Win a copy of the new iPhone app Editmote. Control FCP, Avid, Premiere or QuickTime from the couch!

***Updated with winners***

You are probably familiar with Digital Rebellion's other products such as the excellent FCS Maintenance Pack and Cut Notes for the iPad. Their latest product is Editmote, a remote controller for FCP, Avid, Premiere or the QuickTime player for Mac. They've also given us two copies to give away.

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Win a copy of Digital Rebellion's new Pro Maintenance Tools worth $139

***Winners announced***

Digital Rebellion have upgraded and renamed their very successful FCS Maintenance Pack to Pro Maintenance Tools. More supported apps, more features, Lion compatible and we have two copies to give away.

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Apple hit back with FCPX v Avid v Adobe Premiere videos

If you've looked at the Final Cut Pro X section of the Apple website today, you might have seen four new videos added. Apple have come out of their corner fighting.

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