Events

Apple post the Worldwide Developers Conference keynote speech online - Checkout the retina screen MacBook Pro

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If like us you didn't make WWC this year, you can watch the whole of the keynote presentation from Moscone West last Monday morning right here. You still won't see any new MacPros though!

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An update to FCPX for new retina screen MacBook Pros but the Mac Pro just gets a quiet update on the Mac Store

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A mix of excitement and disappointment after this year's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco this year. The new MacBook Pro with a retina display running an updated Final Cut Pro looks gorgeous, but same form factor MacPros without Thunderbolt are a bit of a letdown.

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Standby for the biggest day in video editing since Apple launched Final Cut Pro X

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We're not really the site for rumours, but we can't not mention that this Monday at the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco everybody is expecting new hardware. And yes that means new Mac Pros. (Hopefully!)

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The 9th annual Pre-Nab Discussion Panel

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As Mark Raudonis said, "What a difference a year makes" This time last year the chat was all FCPX, now the panel of leading industry speakers major on life post FCP7, what's happening to the MacPro and what does the Cloud mean to us editors.

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Larry Jordan talks FCPX and other speakers present from the BVE Expo

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Larry Jordan gave a couple of talks at the recent BVE Expo in London. In one, he summed up the not too successful Final Cut Pro X launch quite well. We've also included some other great speakers from the show too who talk about tapeless production, 3D, SANs, media in the cloud and much much more...

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Larry Jordan runs us through the new 10.0.3 features in Final Cut Pro X

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40 minutes of update news from FCPX guru Larry Jordan when he presented at the recent meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group.

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Four feature, episodic and commercial editors tell us 'Why we make that edit'

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What did you think you were going to do over the next hour and a half? This excellent discussion from the Editors Lounge concentrates on the craft of editing. Not to be missed.

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Organising and editing your footage with Final Cut Pro X

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We held this back for a slow news day, which just happens to be today! Rick Young takes a look at organising and editing your footage within FCPX.

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Watch the entire night's presentation from the Boston SuperMeet

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By kind permission of the the guys who run the SuperMeets, we present the entire presentation lineup from the recent Boston event. DaVinci Resolve, Canon EOS, Autodesk Smoke, Avid Media Composer 6 and the editor of Black Swan are all on the billing.

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Canon launch the $16,000 EOS C300, does it live up to the hype?

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The second round of news, this being the first camera announcement. Building on the strength of the 5DmkII, Canon have launched the EOS C300. Price now looks to be up around $20,000 for the PL mount version. Pictures coutesy of Engadget.

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November 3rd - A big day for announcements

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***Updated with link to Canon & Red liveblogs***

What a news day today is going to be! Three huge announcements from three large companies, Canon, Red and Avid all have special events planned.

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Walter Murch "This may have been the last time I use Final Cut on a film"

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***Updated with 'bootleg' video***

Wow, what a statement to wake up to this morning. It's pretty obvious from some comments last night at the SuperMeet in Boston that Walter's not too keen on FCPX.

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What will Walter Murch think of FCPX? Final agenda announced for thursday's Boston SuperMeet

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If you're anywhere near Boston this coming Thursday the 27th of October, then this is a must. The SuperMeet sets down camp in Massachusetts for the night with a pretty impressive presenter line up. What will Walter Murch think of Final Cut Pro X?

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MacVideo Expo Tuesday 18th October London

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Two reasons for posting this article. The first is to publicise the upcoming MacVideo Expo next week in London on the 18th. The second is to remind you that you can get a free listing for your event in our community section, it will even appear on our front page!

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