I Heart Dealmac.com
Last week I had the opportunity to test out a Power Mac G5 system that included two (yes, two) Apple 30-inch Cinema HD displays. You can see a picture of them flanking my PowerBook here. It was an astounding array of over 8 million pixels, which I wrote about in my Seattle Times column. Since ...
Sony HDR-HC1 consumer HDV camcorder
Sony introduced a new, smaller, consumer version HDV camcorder last week, the HDR-HC1: Sony shrinks HD camcorder’s size and price. For $1,700, this camera is smaller and cheaper than the HDR-FX1, though it’s not clear how the image quality will be, since it uses a single CMOS image sensor instead of three CCD sensors. Expect ...
Apple Intermediate Codec 1.0.1 Improves Performance
[Busy week, so I apologize if this is old news to some.] Last week, Apple posted an update to one of its core video-editing components, Apple Intermediate Codec 1.0.1. If you use iMovie HD or Final Cut Express HD, work with HDV-formatted footage, and are using QuickTime 7, this update is highy recommended. Both applications ...
iMovie HD VQS to Peachpit!
The sprint from Macworld Expo to now is finally over, now that iMovie HD and iDVD 5 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide has been sent to Peachpit, and by now is on the hallowed servers of the book’s printer. Looking at Amazon, the book is currently priced 32% off, or $13.59. You can ...
Tiger, Articles, and Sleep
Last week was a mix of all-out working and some rare relaxation, which is why I’m a week late in posting this: Glenn Fleishman and I reviewed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for The Seattle Times, which includes a goofy picture of me (and, again, has only Glenn’s name on the byline for the online ...
This Tiger Purrs
Last week was a mix of all-out working and some rare relaxation, which is why I’m a week late in posting this: Glenn Fleishman and I reviewed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger for The Seattle Times, which includes a goofy picture of me (and, again, has only Glenn’s name on the byline for the online ...
QuickTime 7 HD Gallery
So, you’ve installed Tiger or QuickTime 7, and want to sample some juicy HD video content? Apple has posted a QuickTime 7 HD Gallery, with movies, music videos, and trailers in H.264 format.
New Power Mac G5s with Dual-Layer SuperDrives
Apple announced new Power Mac G5 models today, speed bumping the processors and lowering prices. In addition to more power, all models except the low-end single 1.8 GHz configuration include dual-layer SuperDrives, which can burn up to 8.5 GB of data (or three hours of MPEG-2 video). According to Apple’s Power Mac G5 page, iDVD ...
Hotwire Coffee
I’ve been working all hours lately to finish iMovie HD & iDVD 5 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, but there’s only so much time I can spend at my regular office or in my home office. So a few nights ago, Kim and I ventured out to a coffeehouse I’ve been wanting to ...
Pricing Deal on iMovie HD/iDVD 5 QuickProject
It’s funny, but Amazon has offered discounted books for so long that I just assumed that discounts automatically apply. But when I last looked at the Amazon page for Making a Movie in iMovie HD and iDVD 5: Visual QuickProject Guide, it has no discount. (Of course, the book is ridiculously low-priced at $12.99, but ...
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