I’m in the process of finishing up my last post in the Editing and apps series - just working through installing and trying some of the apps.
In the mean time, why not check out Cyndy Green’s advice on How to choose a camera - new or used.

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In part one of this series of posts I listed a few of the basic things to look for in an editor and then the three big players (as I see them) in the editing software stakes - Avid, Apple and Adobe with Premier. That doesn’t mean there aren’t other options out there.
So if Avid, [...]

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The newspaper video group threw up an interesting issue this week as a member asked if there was something in between the simplicity of i-movie/movie-maker and the complexity and cost of Avid and Final-Cut-Pro. The answer, in this instance, was Final Cut Express. It’s a ‘cut down version’ of FCP with all the basics [...]

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I have had a bit of a techie/worky week this week, hence the slightly lighter and more ‘kit’ oriented posts.One of the things I have been doing is trying to get round the issue of spam and sploggs.
Splogs are blogs made from other people’s posts, harvested by computer programmes, to provide a wrap around for [...]

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Two great posts from Robin Good
Visual Communication And Online Image Editing Tools - The Best From Sharewood
Today, if you want to communicate effectively, whichever is your medium of choice, you must understand and leverage the power of visual communication.
The more you understand the logic and principles that direct effective communication the more you can leverage [...]

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A great post from Jake Ludington’s MediaBlab on creating FLV files using a free mac/win app called FFMpegx
If you want to host Flash movies on your own server, you need to convert them on your Mac and upload them yourself. FFMPEGX recently added support for converting most movie formats to FLV files.
The following is a [...]

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A great reflection by Mark Hamilton on the “reason why the internet is so much more disruptive to newspapers than previous changes in the mediascape”
He puts his finger on why all of the ‘we survived TV, we will survive the web’ ostriches in newspapers are missing the point of the webs disruptive power:
Like the internet, [...]

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Two apps from Adobe Labs that look interesting

kuler is the first web-hosted application from Adobe Labs designed both to stand alone and to complement Adobe® Creative Suite® 2 components. Built using Macromedia® Flash® and ActionScript 3.0, kuler is all about color: color for exploration, inspiration, experimentation and sharing.

Try Adobe® Soundbooth™. Soundbooth is a brand [...]

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