PVC Hands on with GoPro Hero3

The Pro Video Coalition has a hands on with the impressive new GoPro Hero3. Sounds like an impressive replacement to the Hero2 (which I currently have). And this is only part 1 of the article, so more is to come.

PetaPixel on new SmartDeblur technology

PetaPixel has info on new SmartDeblur technology, which can literally take out of focus images and sharpen them. Now it isn't print quality, but the sharpening is amazing. Look at the image of the out of focus text. That is unbelievable!There is a free tech preview for windows. Pretty impressive.

Sony teases a 4K camera

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Engadget HD has the info on this tease of a new Sony 4K camera, being announced on the 30th.It will be 4K, with broadcast quality 50Mbps data rate and a 4:2:2 color space and high frame rates and likely in the CineAlta PMW-F3 range. And that is an amazing camera, so this will likely be too, though that is still some serious compression for 4K.

PC World on Windows 8 Improvements

PC World has a good article on improvements in Windows 8 over Windows 7. This is needed, as mostly I am hearing complaints about windows 8 and it's Metro style, which is great for touch screens, but awful for desktops (I mean getting rid of the Start menu, WTF Microsoft).And it is great that Microsoft has looked at Apple and brought down the price of Windows 8, but I think I will stick with 7 in my Parallels Virtual Machine for the time being.

New Canon EOS Mark III Firmware will have uncompressed HDMI out!

Planet 5D has the news on this new firmware update, which will skip the terrible h.264 compression we have all gotten used to with DSLR's and have uncompressed HDMI out. I know it will never happen for my 60D (unless someone reverse engineers it), but this is certainly exciting.The update also includes upgraded autofocus. It will work better with extension tubes and at a distance, which will be great for sports and nature photographers.

Was having a slow finder on my MacPro

Managed to fix it though. I carbon copy cloned my main hard drive to make a new, then did a clean install of Mountain Lion. This took a download of Mountain Lion from the app store and Lion Diskmaker 2, which installed a full version onto a USB stick. I then did a clean install. This is of course after de-activating Adobe CS6, Final Draft and AVID Media Composer.Just to try it, I had it import my User and Applications from my carbon copy cloner version (thinking this would bring over the problems, whatever they were), but after the import I had a system that was working fine, with all of my applications installed. Sure I had re-install a few, but overall everything worked just fine and my computer is back to speed!I am glad there is still a way to do a clean system install, since Apple removed the Archive and Install option a while back. Still it should be easier than it is (IE the option given from Apple). Glad it is working though.Now just really need a bigger hard drive so I can get my Time Machine going again (had to do a bunch of moving of files to get an extra drive for the Clone procedure).

GoPro has announced the upgraded Hero3

GoPro has announced it's new high end Hero3 for $399. It is 25% Lighter and 30% smaller, with built in Wifi and included Wifi remote (and so it works with iPhone or iPad out of the box) and 2x faster video performance, including 2.7k 24fps and 4kp-12fps Protune Video Modes, improved sharpness with a better lens, and a rededigned audio system.Very very cool! There have been great alternatives to GoPro out, but GoPro has raised it's game once again!

After Effects Updated to 11.0.2

Todd Kopriva has the announcement at his blog. Looks like Ray Tracing fixes, and Kepler updates. Wonder if those would translate to a Mac with a Kepler card in it? Anything with CUDA updates is good in my opinion.Actually reminds me that I need to replace my Quadro 4800 with my GeForce GTX 285, which the recent NVIDIA update should have helped with the crashing issue I was having.

StudioDaily on using Premiere Pro CS6 on SNL

StudioDaily has an awesome article on how they are using Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 on SNL. They were in Final Cut Pro and decided to move to Premiere Pro, especially because of the workflow with After Effects.Still I am surprised it is all Mac, but they obviously had Macs for Final Cut. So far I am impressed with CS6, but there have been some stability issues for me, especially with CUDA, though hopefully that last NVIDIA update fixed that. I would think PC's would be faster and more stable, though I do still love my Mac. They had just better make a really kick ass MacPro really damn soon!

Surgery Update, “Brain Fog”

So I want to talk more about the post surgery brain fog. I talked to my friend who is a surgeon about it, and he said that yes it should wear off in a year, and that they thing it may even be mico strokes (very scary).I found an entry on it in Wikipedia, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction. And I for sure have it.Strangely it doesn't seem to affect my ability to edit at all, as long as I take notes (as it seems to be more of a memory thing), I edit just as quickly. And that is a very good thing. In fact it seems to clear up while I have editing to concentrate on!The worst is the end of the day. When I get home from work, and if I want to get anything personal and creative done, I don't have the brain power. And overall my memory recall seems a bit slow. Even on the weekends trying to write or do art, or even play video games seems a mostly futile effort.The other thing I have noticed lately is sweating.I have always been a person who sweats my whole life (likely tied to the hypertrophic I would assume), but lately I have been noticing something interesting, if annoying. While I do sweat while exercising, not super excessively, but as soon as stop my body starts sweating incredibly for a little while, and really have to stop and cool down. This isn't so bad when I am working out, as I can stop and sit in front of a fan to cool down quickly, but right now I am taking the subway for part of my trip to work, which means a walk and lots of stairs, and standing in a very hot subway for 10-15 minutes, and basically by the time I get to work I am drenched in sweat and it takes me a bit to cool down. So I have to bring an extra shirt and a towel to clean up as soon as I get to work. This is annoying, and I hope I not bothering the people I work with! Lots of deodorant is being used, and hopefully helps.As for the soreness, I am still really sore, but it is getting better, or not bothering me as much. I still feel it, especially at the end of the day, but it is improving. And I think it helps that I have been doing some light Kettle bell exercises at least a few times a week (using a 10 pound Kettle bell) after my morning walk.My back is still out, and I can see another trip to the chiropractor soon, though I wish I could get a full adjustment instead of using just the activator.