Avid, Final Cut Pro, and Streaming Training CoursesFinal Cut Pro, Motion, DVD Studio Pro and Avid training resources (866-566-1881)Adobe Encore and DVD Planning- August 22, 2007 The first task of authoring a DVD is planning. This planning can be as minimal as deciding to use a template to organize your family's vacation photos and video, or as robust as using project management software to coordinate a production team creating an interactive kiosk. Whatever the scope of planning, you should understand what the project will contain and how you want to present it. By the end of the planning stage, you should have a good understanding of the following parameters:http://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/adobe_encore_and_dvd_planning.php Sending media from Final Cut Pro to Motion- August 22, 2007 Final Cut Studio 2.0 provides for excellent integration of Apple Motion. The key is to learn when it's appropriate to use Apple Motion instead of doing the same task within Final Cut Pro. 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On2 Technologies Announces H.264 support in Flix- August 17, 2007 On2 Technologies Inc., a leader in video compression software and solutions, announced today an upgrade to its flagship Flix Engine encoding software with the addition of support for H.264 video compression standard. The Flix Engine line currently supports transcoding to H.263 and On2 TrueMotion VP6 compression schemes for the popular FLV format used by Adobe Flash Player 8 and 9, and H.263 3GPP format used in the mobile video industry. On2 will further expand H.264 support in its Flix...http://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/on2_technologies_announces_h264_support_in_flix.ph... Envivio Introduces Multiplatform IP Video Encoding Architecture- August 16, 2007 Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of IP video convergence solutions from mobile to HD, introduced the world's first reconfigurable multichannel and multiplatform IP video encoding architecture for IPTV, Internet TV and mobile TV services. 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The integration of NativTelestream's video solution, including..http://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/telestream_and_nativ_power_video_management_for_ge... Avid Xpress Pro - Media Composer to YouTube- August 15, 2007 Avid has a great new plug in that speeds up the process of getting your sequences straight into YouTube. You will have the ability to easily create a Send To template that will export a QuickTime movie and launch the YouTube upload web-page simultaneously. This is very useful and a great way to get your sequences from your Avid timeline to YouTube. Check out the full details and the step-by-step instructions and do not forget to download the .bat file at the bottom of the tutorial. Also our...http://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/avid_xpress_pro_media_composer_to_youtube.php |