News posts from 2002

Geoff Zimmerman · November 30th, 2002, 05:09 PM

Steve Martin, Apple FCP3 Wiz Kid visits Ojai DV Camp

(For Immediate Release) The Ojai DV Camp brings Hollywood professionals to their upcoming DV MOVIEMAKING workshop with a special visit from Apple certified instructor Steve Martin. Steve has taught workshops at Macworld, AFI, NAB as well as creating The DV Guys, web radio show. He has authored two renowned CD Roms entitled Secrets of Final Cut Pro, PowerStart and the soon to be released Color Corrections for Final Cut Pro. In 2002 Steve launched Ripple Training and continues to provide timely, practical, and most of all, useful tutorials and resources so you can go about doing your job more efficiently while having more fun. Steve can be reached at www.rippletraining.com

The Camp is slated for December 14th and 15th 9am to 5pm and is being held at the Oak Grove School 220 West Lomita Street Ojai, California. The course fee is $325.
Sunday is devoted to post-production. Steve begins with a complete overview of Final Cut Pro 3. You will learn valuable tips and tricks as well as see the program’s advanced feature set of effects and editing tools. In the afternoon, you will see theory put into action as noted Hollywood Director Robert Grasmere joins Martin and they begin to editorially shape a sequence of scenes that were shot the previous day. Students will see the raw footage emerge into a dramatic scene. Finally you’ll learn how to prepare content for multi-media release using the innovative Sorenson Squeeze compression software.
For more information call (805) 640-7122 or visit www.ojaiDVcamp.com

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Joe Carney · November 30th, 2002, 09:38 PM

Based on their press releases, several foveon pixels can be configured to represent a single video pixel. AKA variable pixel video. If you think about it, that means their 10 million pixel chip can record 1080p with not problem. With oversampling and subpixel rendering to boot.

Wait and see. Hype by any other name is still hype.

Jeff Donald · December 3rd, 2002, 08:23 AM

Sorenson announced its support for MPEG 4 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/...0202/223360096 More companies will be making similar announcements now that all the licensing issues surrounding MPEG 4 have been resolved.

Jeff

Jeff Donald · December 3rd, 2002, 10:16 AM

Media100 narrowly misses being delisted after its stock price fell below $1.00 http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/...3.media100.php

Jeff

Ken Tanaka · December 3rd, 2002, 11:00 AM

With only $14 mil in market capitalization and a 52 week trading range between 3.75 and 0.35 they appear to be more of a hobby than a business to the financial markets. They may be big joo-joo to post production houses but that's far too narrow and shallow of a business to raise public capital these days.

Steve Nunez · December 3rd, 2002, 08:00 PM

When they all go "real time everything" (hopefully in my lifetime in DV)- then we're really in for a good time............but by then our mini-DV "tape" cameras will be ole' tech and the new disk drive portable 24FPS HD cams will be all the rage- of course they wont have real-time HD editing, they'll need to render and it starts all over again......

...isn't technology grand?

FCP Version 16 maybe????
(hahaha- smile guys- you only live once)

Thomas McKay · December 3rd, 2002, 11:17 PM

Just tested our new VariZoom control for the Panasonic DVX 100.

Model# Stealth-DVX

The controller is very different internally then our other controllers. The zoom control allows for very smooth ramping up and down whether going wide or telephoto. The new control allows for Zoom, pause, record.

We will have it available at Dv Expo West in our booth #118 the product will be shipping in early January.

Tom McKay

VariZoom Lens Controls

Dennis Hull · December 4th, 2002, 07:33 PM

I can just see Sony announcing VX3000 the day after I buy the VX2000--if they were to announce such a thing is the L.A. DV Expo Dec. 9-12 or the NY Digital Video Show in January 2003 likely places to do so??

Rick Spilman · December 4th, 2002, 08:37 PM

No, no, no. Sony won't announce the VX3000 the day after you buy a VX2000.

They will probably cut the price by 30% though. That's what always happens to me.

Chris Hurd · December 4th, 2002, 09:11 PM

The TRV950 / PDX10 is still too new. My guess is NAB 2003.

Ken Tanaka · December 5th, 2002, 06:46 PM

The 3.0.4 update to Final Cut Pro 3 was released for download today. According to Apple's site:

Quote:

Final Cut Pro 3.0.4 addresses performance and reliability issues in Final Cut Pro 3. These fixes and enhancements include: effects are now represented correctly in exported EDLs, EDLs with clips containing speed changes are now imported correctly, clips from reels with timecode occurring during hour 23 now capture and import correctly, incorrect sync in Exported OMF files are eliminated, improved real-time performance on Power Macintosh G4/Dual 1.25 GHz computers and more.

You can learn more and download the update at:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/download/

Dennis Hull · December 5th, 2002, 07:52 PM

Rick and Chris, thanks for thoughts. I will be more than content with current generation VX2000 I am sure.

Chris Hurd · December 5th, 2002, 08:55 PM

Had my hands on this controller today for a brief test -- it works great. More to follow very soon.

Jean King · December 6th, 2002, 08:24 AM

Hello! I'd be interested in fing out what, if any DV cam trade shows might be on the horizon....
Thanks
Jean King

Mark Austin · December 6th, 2002, 11:03 AM

DVexpo West, LA convention center December 9-12 2002

http://www.dvexpo.com/west

DVexpo East, Jacob Javits Center NYC, July 7-11, 2003

http://www.dvexpo.com/east

use registration code CWP

Mark

November 30th, 2002, 05:09 PM	#241
Geoff Zimmerman New Boot Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ojai, CA Posts: 18	Steve Martin, Apple FCP3 Wiz Kid visits Ojai DV Camp Steve Martin, Apple FCP3 Wiz Kid visits Ojai DV Camp (For Immediate Release) The Ojai DV Camp brings Hollywood professionals to their upcoming DV MOVIEMAKING workshop with a special visit from Apple certified instructor Steve Martin. Steve has taught workshops at Macworld, AFI, NAB as well as creating The DV Guys, web radio show. He has authored two renowned CD Roms entitled Secrets of Final Cut Pro, PowerStart and the soon to be released Color Corrections for Final Cut Pro. In 2002 Steve launched Ripple Training and continues to provide timely, practical, and most of all, useful tutorials and resources so you can go about doing your job more efficiently while having more fun. Steve can be reached at www.rippletraining.com The Camp is slated for December 14th and 15th 9am to 5pm and is being held at the Oak Grove School 220 West Lomita Street Ojai, California. The course fee is $325. Sunday is devoted to post-production. Steve begins with a complete overview of Final Cut Pro 3. You will learn valuable tips and tricks as well as see the program’s advanced feature set of effects and editing tools. In the afternoon, you will see theory put into action as noted Hollywood Director Robert Grasmere joins Martin and they begin to editorially shape a sequence of scenes that were shot the previous day. Students will see the raw footage emerge into a dramatic scene. Finally you’ll learn how to prepare content for multi-media release using the innovative Sorenson Squeeze compression software. For more information call (805) 640-7122 or visit www.ojaiDVcamp.com ### __________________ zdvman

December 3rd, 2002, 08:23 AM	#243
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Sorenson Squeeze to support MPEG4 Sorenson announced its support for MPEG 4 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/...0202/223360096 More companies will be making similar announcements now that all the licensing issues surrounding MPEG 4 have been resolved. Jeff

December 3rd, 2002, 10:16 AM	#244
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Media100 almost Delisted by NASDAQ Media100 narrowly misses being delisted after its stock price fell below $1.00 http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/...3.media100.php Jeff

December 3rd, 2002, 11:00 AM	#245
Ken Tanaka Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,943	With only $14 mil in market capitalization and a 52 week trading range between 3.75 and 0.35 they appear to be more of a hobby than a business to the financial markets. They may be big joo-joo to post production houses but that's far too narrow and shallow of a business to raise public capital these days. __________________ Lady X Films: A lady with a boring wardrobe...and a global mission. Hey, you don't have enough stuff! Buy with confidence from our sponsors. Hand-picked as the best in the business...Really! See some of my work one frame at a time: www.KenTanaka.com

December 3rd, 2002, 08:00 PM	#246
Steve Nunez Trustee Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Pembroke Pines, Florida Posts: 1,418	When they all go "real time everything" (hopefully in my lifetime in DV)- then we're really in for a good time............but by then our mini-DV "tape" cameras will be ole' tech and the new disk drive portable 24FPS HD cams will be all the rage- of course they wont have real-time HD editing, they'll need to render and it starts all over again...... ...isn't technology grand? FCP Version 16 maybe???? (hahaha- smile guys- you only live once) __________________ Steve Nunez-New York City www.stevenunez.com

November 30th, 2002, 09:38 PM	#242
Joe Carney Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Centreville Va Posts: 1,828	Based on their press releases, several foveon pixels can be configured to represent a single video pixel. AKA variable pixel video. If you think about it, that means their 10 million pixel chip can record 1080p with not problem. With oversampling and subpixel rendering to boot. Wait and see. Hype by any other name is still hype.

December 3rd, 2002, 11:17 PM	#247
Thomas McKay Sponsor: VariZoom Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 58	VariZoom for Panasonic DVX100 Just tested our new VariZoom control for the Panasonic DVX 100. Model# Stealth-DVX The controller is very different internally then our other controllers. The zoom control allows for very smooth ramping up and down whether going wide or telephoto. The new control allows for Zoom, pause, record. We will have it available at Dv Expo West in our booth #118 the product will be shipping in early January. Tom McKay VariZoom Lens Controls

December 4th, 2002, 07:33 PM	#248
Dennis Hull Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St. Paul, MN USA Posts: 151	News At L.A. DV Expo and NY Digital Video Show I can just see Sony announcing VX3000 the day after I buy the VX2000--if they were to announce such a thing is the L.A. DV Expo Dec. 9-12 or the NY Digital Video Show in January 2003 likely places to do so??

December 4th, 2002, 08:37 PM	#249
Rick Spilman Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 366	No, no, no. Sony won't announce the VX3000 the day after you buy a VX2000. They will probably cut the price by 30% though. That's what always happens to me.

December 4th, 2002, 09:11 PM	#250
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	The TRV950 / PDX10 is still too new. My guess is NAB 2003. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

December 5th, 2002, 07:52 PM	#252
Dennis Hull Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St. Paul, MN USA Posts: 151	That's Life Rick and Chris, thanks for thoughts. I will be more than content with current generation VX2000 I am sure.

December 5th, 2002, 08:55 PM	#253
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Had my hands on this controller today for a brief test -- it works great. More to follow very soon. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

December 6th, 2002, 08:24 AM	#254
Jean King Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 45	Upcoming Trade Shows Hello! I'd be interested in fing out what, if any DV cam trade shows might be on the horizon.... Thanks Jean King

December 6th, 2002, 11:03 AM	#255
Mark Austin Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 188	Super short notice...and beyond DVexpo West, LA convention center December 9-12 2002 http://www.dvexpo.com/west DVexpo East, Jacob Javits Center NYC, July 7-11, 2003 http://www.dvexpo.com/east use registration code CWP Mark __________________ I'm humbled by the greatness that surrounds me.