Feature: By David Hague

Editing 4K Video on Surface Pro with Sony Vegas

Can you?

A few weeks ago I showed that a Microsoft Surface 3 could successfully run a full on non-linear video editor using Sony Vegas 13 Pro as the host program. But I wanted to see how the 'experience' of using the Surface Pro was, that is in use, how it would fare and was it actually usable as against simply capable? To start with, I really threw a challenge at it, loading up some 4K footage shot from Panasonic's HC-X1000 pro camera. The footage was ingested with no fuss and throwing it on the timeline caused no protests from either Vegas or the Surface. Read More

As more project managers start to move to working with remote teams (even just across town), it's up to them to find the best way to review the work that each team member has completed. In our line of work, animation & video needs to get approved asap so final renders can start their long render process. Kollaborate offers a cloud solution for review and approval of audio and video projects. Read More

White Paper:

IP Routing -

At $12Bn a year the IP switch market is approximately 40 times bigger than the SDI router market. This scale drives an investment in R&D - with consequent rapid development and reduced costs - that is simply impossible in the broadcast business. Broadcasters can benefit from this economy of scale and high velocity development but only if they stay with mainstream equipment. Building specialist IP switches for broadcast is a bad idea - it cuts us off from the IT future. Read More

Product Review: By Ko Maruyama

StuffIt Deluxe 16

While you might think that there isn't a whole lot that you can say about compressing your files, there are a bunch of us old macheads that remember our first, Stuffit. Smith Micro recently brought out StuffIt Deluxe 16, which is long overdue, but still a welcome addition to your Mac toolkit, and yes, it does '.zip' formats as well. Read More

Feature: By Ko Maruyama

EnvoyPro EX drives from OWC

This year's International CES is complete with everything from toothbrushes to car parts, but we're interested in what might help us in professional production. Other World Computing is introducing yet another sexy new new drive. 1TB portable SSD USB 3.0 powered with 436MB/s read time. Read More

Feature: By Ko Maruyama

Viper Pro drives from OWC

This year's International CES is complete with everything from toothbrushes to car parts, but we're interested in what might help us in professional production. Other World Computing is introducing a new drive with up to 8TB capacity with an SSD RAID configuration that should help you in your evolving 4K production pipeline. Read More

Feature: By Ko Maruyama

Drives for Doing: GTech's Rugged Drives

This year's International CES is complete with everything from toothbrushes to car parts, but we're interested in what might help us in professional production. G-Technology is introducing a new rugged drive that is small enough to bring to the to remote locations, but strong enough to withstand being out of the studio. Read More

Video: By Clip Syndicate

Hands on With Sling TV, Dish's Streaming Service With ESPN

Internet TV took a step forward this week when Dish Network announced Sling TV at CES 2015 . The service, launching in early 2015, will offer about 20 channels of live TV over the Internet, including ESPN — a first for a legit over-the-top service. To get Sling TV, users will need to fork over $20 a month and use a compatible device. Dish built Sling TV to support plenty of hardware: Mac, PC, Android, iOS, streaming devices like Amazon Fire TV and Roku boxes, the Xbox One, and many smart TVs.   Read More

Feature: By Jaimy Ford for America's Backbone Weekly

Train Employees on a Budget

Use online technology to easily and affordably develop employees' skills. Read More

Interview: By Ian Hamilton | Chief Technology Officer

Q&A with Ian Hamilton, CTO of Signiant

We can't just brush off successful attacks as someone else's bad security practices. We all need to be smarter about security, which means learning from what happened and letting go of outdated thinking. It's no longer about thinking you can completely defend against every possible cyber attack, but also about monitoring and adjusting practices as quickly as the attackers do. Read More

Case Study:

Documentary Express

Plenty of people move to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actor or filmmaker. In order to find regular work and make a successful career out of it, it really helps to learn the ropes from someone who has experienced it firsthand. It certainly takes a lot of hard work to be successful, as Michael Buffo knows. After all, not only has he found success as an actor and filmmaker, but he also began two production companies and a school to share his knowledge with the next generation of young actors and filmmakers. The MCOE site features a Digital Media Lab with computers and state of the art editing software, a black box theater, a high definition television studio with professional control rooms and a radio station designed for broadcast as well as podcast production. Read More

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