Aja Updates Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini

Videoguys has info on AJA’s updates to it’s Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini. This is a free upgrade via firmware. • Data Transfer via FireWire 800 - Ki Pro can now be configured for data transfer to FireWire 800-equipped Apple computers, for situations where the unit is not easily accessible for physical data removal. • Data Transfer via LAN connection – Allows transfer of files through standard Ethernet networking for Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini. • Super Out – Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini can now burn timecode and transport state into the video signal, providing at-a-glance status to users monitoring output, without having to check the device itself. It is also convenient for times when video is dubbed from Ki Pro/Ki Pro Mini to another source to track timecode throughout post. A user selectable Super Out (window burn) option for SDI has also been added to both Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini. • Playlist creation – A new feature for the web UI adds flexibility in selecting clip playback order for both Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini. • FireWire 400 (1394a) port enabled—Provides Ki Pro support for camera start/stop commands as well as timecode values; particularly useful for HDV cameras that may lack LTC to SDI timecode outputs. • HDMI timecode support in Ki Pro Mini for Sony NEX-FS100 and other Sony NXCAM cameras. • ExpressCard/34 Support – Ki Pro now supports ExpressCard/34 (34mm wide) memory cards (not ExpressCard/54). Check the AJA Ki Pro support page for recommended cards. • Additional RS-422 Functionality for Ki Pro to support use in post-production applications. • LANC Support – Ki Pro now supports LANC, enabling camera operators to control shooting via LANC-based controllers and LANC enabled cameras. • 1080 Variable Frame Rate Support for certain Canon camcorders, for Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini. • Presets can now be created, saved and recalled for easier interaction with device settings in Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini. • Continued Recording Option – v3.0 adds an option for continued recording upon video input loss. Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini will generate a status change video frame, then pick up recording automatically when a valid video signal is returned.

Next MacPro 16 Core and NVIDIA Graphics?

Macnn is reporting on the latest set of rumors on a new MacPro, and lets hope it is true, and Apple is staying committed to the pro market in at least it’s hardware.They would be powered by the new Ivy Bridge 22 nanometer Xeon processors which can have 8 cores and 20MB cache, making for 16 core machines, with 32 virtual machines. And even more exciting to me is the possibility of returning to NVIDIA and their soon to released Kelper hardware. This would mean CUDA acceleration in Adobe Premiere, and hopefully the next generation Quadros being released for the mac. This could mean that Jobs fued with NVIDIA is over. Wouldn’t that rock!

Ron Mart hands on with EOS 1D X

Ron Mart has an excellent must read hands on with the EOS 1D-X telling about it's new features and how well it fares with it's predecessors.Damn I would love to get my hands on one of these, but many of my lenses wouldn't work since I have an APS-C.

Canon has updated EOS Utility for Lion

Canon has updated it’s EOS Utility to 2.10.4 with Lion Support. You must have the original version from your CD installed to update (can’t Canon just leave the software for full install online, you have to have the cameras to use it anyway).

AVID releases AVID Studio for the iPad

FCP.co has an article on the newly released AVID Studio for the iPad. Here is the link to it in iTunes. It is currently $4.99, but will jump to 7.99 in 30 days. Looks pretty cool. Looks higher end than iMovie for the iPad. Looking forward to trying it out.Big-screen moviemaking comes to the touchscreen with Avid® Studio for iPad.We’ve distilled the world’s leading film-editing technology into an easy-to-use app that enables you to edit video, audio, and photos at the speed of your creativity.''Swiftly arrange your clips in the Storyboard, make precision edits using the Timeline, and add high-quality transitions, effects, and a soundtrack.Then share your movie directly to YouTube, Facebook, and more—or export your project to Avid Studio for the PC and continue editing with even more advanced tools.'Easily Access Your MediaWork with any media on your device—video, audio, and photosAccess media from external devices via an iPad Camera Connection Kit (sold separately)Capture video and photos from within the appSee your media organized by Albums, Events, Faces, and moreEditGet started quickly with how-to materialsEasily navigate your project with intuitive gesturesSwiftly arrange clips in the StoryboardMake precise edits and trim individual frames in the Precision TrimmerUse the Razor Blade tool to cut on the fly and delete or replace the second half of the clipEasily replace one clip with anotherEnhanceQuickly create multi-layer 3D animations, transitions, and titles with included Montage templatesEasily composite video tracks to create layered looksAdd high-quality fades and dissolves to help your story flowGenerate professional-looking motion titles and graphics with full control over text, font, color, size, position, and rotationCreate amazing Picture-in-Picture effects with full control over position, size, and rotationPan and zoom on your photos to create high-impact slideshowsEnjoy full-screen playbackCreate SoundtracksUse your own audio or choose from the included sound effectsTrim audio to any length, set levels, and fade audio in or outShareEasily share movies via YouTube, Facebook, email, and much moreExport projects to Avid Studio for the PCPro Technology, Pro ResultsCreated by Avid, the maker of the world’s leading film and music editing technologyEasy enough for the hobbyist, powerful enough for the pro

Intelligent Assistance’s Premiere Pro Tools

These utilities for Premiere Pro by Intelligent Assistance have been out for a while, but I haven’t talked about them and think they are pretty cool and worth checking out.Sequence Clip ExporterIt's tedious to spend days preparing shot lists and music cue sheets using EDLs. Instead, generate comprehensive reports in seconds direct to a fully formatted Excel spreadsheet for just $99 with Sequence Clip Reporter, saving hundreds of dollars of your timePrEditprEdit is a dramatically new way to deal with transcripts, story and the first edit. From transcript... to paper cut... to sequence for just $395.TranscriptizeAdobe's voice recognition technology has been locked to the Adobe CS4 and CS5 Production Premium tools. But with Transcriptize you can extract the transcription to text files, Excel spreadsheets, and place it in Markers in the Final Cut Pro clip. Now you can use the Adobe speech transcriptions in your workflow for just $149.I knew they made FCP 7 utilities, and now FCP X to FCP 7 utilities, but I didn’t know about their Premiere Pro utilities. Sequence Clip Exporter would pay for itself in about a job, and the others could be even more useful, depending on the job. These are apps to keep an eye on.

Apple Has Updated FCP X added Multicam, 3rd Party FCP 7 Project Import

Good old Larry Jordan has a great blog post on the update to FCP X 10 10.0.3, which is another free update.APPLE’S RELEASE NOTESAccording to the Release Notes from Apple, Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.3 adds the following features:Multicam editing with automatic sync and support for mixed formats, mixed frame rates, and up to 64 camera anglesMedia relink for manual reconnect of projects and Events to new mediaAbility to import and edit layered Photoshop graphicsAdvanced chroma keying with controls for color sampling, edge quality, and light wrapXML 1.1 with support for exporting basic primary color grades and both importing and exporting effect parameters and audio keyframesMultiple improvements to the Color Board, including new key commands, editable numeric fields, and adjustable parameters that act like infinite sliders when draggedAbility to reorder color corrections in the InspectorReveal in Event Browser shows clip range in the filmstrip while in List ViewBatch offset for clip date and timeAbility to search text added to Favorite and Reject rangesAutomatic restore of projects and Events in case of file corruptionBeta version of broadcast monitoring with third-party PCIe and Thunderbolt I/O devicesFinal Cut Pro X version 10.0.3 also improves overall stability and performance, and addresses the following issues:Improves performance when editing text in titlesImproves performance when applying an effect from the Effect BrowserImproves key-framing behavior in the Inspector, with keyframes automatically added when moving to a new point in time and adjusting a parameterModifies transition behavior so that all newly added transitions use available media and maintain project lengthFixes an issue which affected audio solo while skimmingResolves issues related to using Synchronize Clips with media containing a silent audio channelFixes an issue in which constant speed retiming was not properly applied when using the Paste Effects commandThe 3rd Party FCP XML transfer apps are created by Intelligent Assistance and include 7toX and Xto7. 7toX is available for $9.99 and Xto7 is $49.99 in the App Store, and both with XML much like Premiere Pro ability to open XML files from FCP 7.Looks like Apple is listening and has added back many of the features that are necessary for a Pro to Use this software, even Beta support for broadcast monitors, and multicam, and especially the ability to relink media to different clips. The biggest are the utilities from Intelligent Assistance, which should be free and integrated, but it is great that they are available at all.Compressor and Motion have also been updated.Now FCP X does become a viable editing app and successor to FCP 7, though we still don’t know for how much longer FCP 7 will run on the latest OS’s, so it is time to freeze a system to keep FCP 7 viable and be able to even export XML to be able to import into FCP X (Since it does not work with project files).And no matter what I still think that that the basic editing techniques of FCP X is broken. The inability to have numbered tracks just would not work with the…

PVC Reviews the GoPro Hero2

The Provideocoalition has an excellent review of the new GoPro Hero2 with some video. I actually just got one of these and can’t wait to put it through it’s paces. It is an awesome and tiny little camera, and can get shots you could not get any other way.

JVC Unveils Pro HD Portable Monitor Series

The Provideo Coalition has an article on a new JVC Portable display, that can display 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p at different frame rates. There are 3 models ranging from $595 to $1695, all pretty good prices.