Apple loan FCP.co a top of the range iMac to test. Part 2 Living with it!

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A part two to our article on Apple's new 27" iMac that was very kindly loaned to us. We sum up our thoughts on the machine and come to the conclusion that there is one big problem with the iMac.

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Matrox announce the Monarch HD video streaming and recording unit

In the last of our videos recorded at NAB 2013, we take a look at the Monarch HD video streaming and recording unit from Matrox. It won a lot of awards at the show, so what is it all about?

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The official Blackmagic Design Press Conference video at NAB 2013

Blackmagic Design were filming on two cinema cameras at the Press Conference on the Monday of NAB 2013. They have just sent us the official video of the event. Grant Petty explains Ultra HD, 6G SDI and of course he takes us through the new products and product updates. A good 24 minute watch with a lot of good background info.

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Motu display the HDX-SDI with Thunderbolt at NAB 2013

We first saw the HDX-SDI on the Motu stand last year at NAB. The uncompressed I/O box is close to shipping so we thought that we would take another look.

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A tour of the new products from AJA Video Systems at NAB2013

We reported on AJA's new products earlier from the Press Breakfast. We caught up with Bryce Button for a one on one demo of what's new.

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New Bulletproof application from Red Giant demonstrated at NAB 2013

Red Giant formally announced Bulletproof on April the 1st. There weren't many details on the website, so we decided to track down Simon Walker to take us through the application.

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Lightworks beta demonstrated at NAB 2013 running on Mac OSX

Yes were are a site about Final Cut Pro, but we have been following the story of Lightworks since it was acquired by EditShare. They promised support for OSX back at IBC 2012 and that's exactly what they've are showing.

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Budget shared storage from Small Tree Communications at NAB 2013

After a request on Twitter for budget shared storage and a lot of good words from Walter Biscardi, we went to check out Small Tree Communications. Steve Modica took us on a tour of their models.  

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Ripple Training publish Creative Looks for DaVinci Resolve

BlackMagic Resolve Ripple

Following on from their successful Core Training for Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve, Ripple Training have released a 90 minute tutorial focused on building popular looks and grades.

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Cut Notes from Digital Rebellion gets upgraded with more features and cloud integration

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Digital Rebellion have updated their iPad note taking application Cut Notes to version 2. A new look GUI, more features and the ability to sync everything in the cloud.

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Red Giant will unveil the BulletProof application at NAB 2013

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As was mentioned on our Forum, April the first is probably not the best day to announce a new product! Red Giant aren't fooling with BulletProof, a new app that aims to bridge 'the gap between camera and editor.'

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Apple loan FCP.co a top of the range iMac to test. Part 1 Unboxing and first thoughts.

imac test loan

When Apple offered us the opportunity to borrow a fully specced out iMac to test, how could we refuse? We begin with a quick look at the machine, specifications, design and first observations. 

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An in depth look a Cantemo Portal and how it works with Final Cut Pro X

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Our taster article about Cantemo Portal (DAM) and FCPX proved to be very popular. So we are very pleased to publish a superb in depth article by Jonathan Eric Tyrrell called 'Working with Cantemo Portal.'  He's also published a new workflow video showing how Cantemo and Final Cut Pro X work together.

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