PVC Review of After Effects CS6

Chris and Tish Meyer have an After Effects CS6 Review.•Ray-Traced 3D Rendering Engine sounds great, but very also limited at this point. And it only works with CUDA cards not the few AMD Laptop cards approved for Premiere Pro.•3D Camera Tracker is covered. It sounds pretty automated, but I am very excited to have Shadow Catcher layers, a white solid which only receives shadows. It basically sounds very good, but not as good as the Foundry’s excellent CameraTracker which has more options.•Track in Mocha is a new feature that allows you to send files to Mocha instead of having to import files yourself. A feature that will make Mocha a more integrated tracker.•Rolling Shutter Repair that removes Jello Cam from CMOS DSLR.•Variable Mask Feathering is a feature I have been missing since Shake, and I am glad as hell to see it in After Effects. To do it you just Option drag on a mask point.•Global Performance Cache where RAM Previews are retained in memory to save re-renders. •Persistent Disk Cache all RAM Cache’s are saved to disk with projects, and you can Cache work area in background.•Faster Graphics Pipeline is an update to how OpenGL is handled (which is how some AMD cards are supported). And NVIDIA cards are 150-250% faster and possibly 16 times faster, but mostly under windows.Also•Automatic Duck Pro Import After Effects is included•CycloreFX HD is now bundled•Drop Shadow, Spill Supressor, Timewarp, Transform, Set Matte, Photo Filter, Fill and Linear, Iris, Radial Wipe Transitions have been updated for 32 Bit.•Apply Color LUT supports CineSpace,, Irrisad and Speedgrade files.•Arriraw can be imported•MXF OPIa video codecs can be exported•Render only machines don’t need serial numbers•Many Scripting additions have been added.Things that were removed.•Photoshop Live 3D layers are no longer supported.•FreeForm AE is no longer bundled.•Custom Pixel Bender effects are no longer supported•CS6 can only save to CS5.5 no but CS5More changes can be seen at Todd Kopriva’s blog.

Top 5 Premiere Pro CS6 Features from PVC

PVC has an article by Scott Simmons on his top 5 Premiere Pro CS6 Features.1) Better Broadcast Monitoring2) Hover Scrub over clips3) Trimming4) Cleaner Interface5) Effects Improvements: Adjustment Layers and Warp StabilzerI so can’t wait to get my hands on this!

Canon Announced EOS-1D C 4K DSLR

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Electonista has this story, about the new 4K DSLR from Canon. It shoots 4K 4096x2160 video at 24 FPS 8 bit 4:2:2 video. It has an 18.1 Megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor with a maximum ISO of 25,600 and 12FPS continuos shooting like the EOS 1D X it is based on.With video it shoots 4K with the full sensor, but 1080 can either be the full sensor for full sharpness and 35MM equivelency, or it can use a middle portion which allows for 60P frame rates.The LCS can remain on even with external HDMI attached, and it has a headphone jack as well.It will be released in 2012, but has not been given a price yet.Sure no PL mount, but very exciting. If only they would move some of this tech to lower end cameras as well.

How Apple took the Pro out of FCP

Jan Ozer over at OnlineVideo.net has a great blog on Apple taking the Pro out of Final Cut Pro with Final Cut Pro X.I totally agree with the conclusions and think it was one of the stupidest moves Apple has ever made, but it looks like Adobe and AVID are ready to take the slack.

AVID Symphony Upgrade from FCP for $999

Videoguys no have a crossgrade from FCP 7 to AVID Symphony for $999! Yes not Media Composer but Symphony! And it is also $999 to upgrade from Media Composer!Symphony adds Advanced Color Correction and Universal Mastering, which allows you to play out a timeline to any frame rate or size!

Intel Shipping new Thunderbolt Controllers

MacRumors has the story of Intel’s newly shipping Thunderbolt controllers.The high end DSL3510 can even interface with a discreet and integrated graphics chip, so would great for Apple iMac’s and Laptops, and hopefully a new MacPro if that ever comes to pass.

Pebble E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android Kickstarter Program

The Pebble e-paper watch is a very cool accessory for your Smartphone that is currently having a kickstarter campaign, and these people have already made a product for Blackberries.The only downside it is uses the old Bluetooth 2.1 tech instead of the new lowpowered bluetooth that the iPhone 4S has, so it will drain battery life.Still a very cool idea, and a product that will have a future.