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Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST

The new effects in version 6 include a broad set of text and image-styling filters, including Extruded Text, Type-On Text, Extruded Spline, Layer Deformer, Extruded EPS, DV Fixer, Smooth Tone, Cartoon Look, Charcoal Sketch, Pencil Sketch, Water Color, Pixel Fixer, Lightning, Tile Mosaic, and Swish Pan. The first new filter I tried out was the "pixel fixer,” a handy tool that aims to fix every camera owner's nightmare, dead pixels....

Smartsound Sonicfire Pro 5

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

Hands-on with the Lectrosonics D4 Wireless System

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Last month, Lectrosonics began shipping the D4 – an all digital wireless audio transmitter/receiver system capable of 4 channels of wireless audio, with the following breakthrough features:...

Plantec’s POV – 3ds Max 2010, In-Depth

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Since I’m one of these guys who hate reading software reviews, I’m going to cut to the chase and just go to the final conclusions. This look at 3ds Max 2010 is the first installment of a series of honest, no-hype reviews....

LTO4 Tape Archiving on the Mac

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Just about every new camera system has ditched the tired, old idea of recording to tape. I thank my personal god for that, but not all tape needs to go the way of the Dodo. It turns out that a particular tape format called LTO4 is still the best option for backing up and archiving the footage you’ve shot on your tapeless camera...