CNET has a great little article on Adobe’s recent demonstration of it’s online version of Photoshop called Photoshop Express.
This new product is scheduled for release within the next 3 to 6 months and is intended to compete with other free image editing tools. Naturally this product is aimed at the consumer market. Professionals will find Photoshop Express to be quite slim in features and comparable to Photoshop Elements.
AppleInsider is really on the ball with their unboxing pics. They have posted some high quality pictures of the new iPod classic being carefully removed from it’s cardboard home.
Apple announced it’s new lineup of iPods this week. Yes they’ve got a model with the amazing multi-touch interface introduced with the iPhone. This is going to revolutionize the whole iPod industry all over again!
The iPod touch is the new top of the line iPod. It looks very much like the iPhone and features a 3.5-inch widescreen display, WI-FI browsing using Safari and of course the gorgeous multi-touch interface that makes flipping through your music library a breeze. You’ll also be able to watch YouTube videos on the iPod touch through its built in WI-FI connection. Apple has also launched the iTunes WI-FI Music Store so you can check out what’s hot and download the latest songs wirelessly directly to your iPod. The iPod touch comes in two flavors. The 8GB model is priced at $329 CAN ($299 USD) and the 16GB model at $449 CAN ($399 USD).
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Apple is about to release it’s new iPod nano over the weekend and the staff at AppleInsider have already posted some great unboxing pictures. It’s being called the Fatboy, AKA Tubby, because of it’s new wider and shorter size.
Of course this new size is to accommodate a widescreen display capable of video playback.
More details on the new nanos are expected over the weekend as they become available.
In a motion to prevent U.S. film productions from shooting in Canada, the Film and Television Action Committee (FTAC), a Hollywood organization, has filed a petition against Canada with the U.S. Trade Representatives. The FTAC says Canadian subsidies are unfairly luring productions away from the U.S.
Enter ACTRA, The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists. “We will fight this attack on Canada’s film industry and insist on the right to provide support to our industry” stated Richard Hardacre, ACTRA National President.
The article points out that the FTAC’s complaint is unwarranted and will definitely not be approved under any trade agreement.
The full article directly from ACTRA.
By popular demand here is a list of the more useful keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro. These shortcuts will help you increase your editing speed and get more work done in less time. These tips are brought to you by HDvision Studio.
Even if you’re an expert with FCP this will be a good read for you because there are always one or two shortcuts we forget about over the years.
There are four main windows in FCP. The Browser, Viewer, Canvas and Timeline. We’ll take a look at the keyboard shortcuts for each window.
Remember that by using the keyboard shortcut layout, you can change these commands to something that better suits your needs or workflow.
Browser
Close Bins â†
Close Tab CTRL+W
Find CMD+F
Find Next F3
Import File CMD+I
Item Properties CMD+9
Logging Columns OPTION+B
New Bin CMD+B
New Project SHIFT+CMD+N
New Sequence CMD+N
Open Bins →
Open Bin in New Tab OPTION+ENTER
Select Next Item ↓
Select Previous Item ↑
Sequence Settings CMD+0
Show Browser CMD+4
Show Effects CMD+5
Show Favorites CMD+6
Standard Columns SHIFT+B
Toggle Browser View SHIFT+H
View Item in Editor OPTION+RETURN
View Item in New Window SHIFT+RETURN
The long wait is over! As of last Friday, the first 25 Red One cameras have been shipped off to their lucky owners. Some users reported back over the weekend with their hands on experiences and some even posted unboxing pictures.
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Here’s a very interesting read that I came across on Digg.com.
PopuPlace has just put up a list of the very first 100 registered internet domain names!
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Call Box, the makers of DVD training series for users of Digital Production equipment have just released a new DVD on Apple’s color grading application, Color.
This training DVD is entitled “Digital Color Correction - The Final Cut Studio Workflow with Apple’s Color” and is for sale on their website for the price of $75 USD.
The training DVD features two of the guys from Call Box. Noah Kadner, famous for being an admin on Creative Cow and 2-pop, and Stuart Ferreyra, an award-winning colorist.
No matter what film Christopher Walken is in, he always makes me laugh! Even when he’s trying to be serious. Maybe that’s not good! Sure it is!
Thanks to This Savage Art for pointing out that Esquire has a video retrospective of our beloved schizophrenic actor.
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