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Apple has been granted a patent for a head-mounted display, which could be used to make a Google Project Glass rival.
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Editing
News > Avid sells consumer business: video to Corel, audio to inMusic
Avid is to concentrate on the professional products it's best known for
Avid is to concentrate on the professional products it's best known for.
Reviews > Mac Pro (Mid 2012) review
Meet the new Mac Pro, about the same as the old Mac Pro
If you were looking for a bright side to Apple’s underwhelming updates to its Mac Pro line of tower computers, it would have to be that Apple hasn’t forgotten that it makes such a product
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News > Autodesk Maya 2012: in-depth
New tools include full-screen effects, editable motion trails, Substances, new camera rigs, better physics and more.
New tools include full-screen effects, editable motion trails, Substances, new camera rigs, better physics and more.
Duncan Evans spends time with the popular modeller, now reinvented as a full CG suite
Duncan Evans spends time with the popular modeller, now reinvented as a full CG suite
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News > Apple granted head-mounted display patent
Is Apple planning to launch a Google Project Glass rival?
Apple has been granted a patent for a head-mounted display, which could be used to make a Google Project Glass rival.
Reviews > Step into Blu-ray - for less than £200
Affordable Blu-ray provides storage solution on the Mac
None of the modern Macs ship with Blu-ray writers which is incredibly frustrating for video editors/camera people, especially those shooting to tapeless formats. What we need is a reliable and affordable way to archive our media. In this report we take a Blu-ray writer, specified to work with Windows XP or Vista, and plug it into a Mac to see what happens. The results are not only surprising but inspiring. We now have that archiving solution we have been looking for.
Encoding
News > Blu-ray tech advance integrates iPhone, iPod touch
Use your iPhone or iPod touch as a remote control and automatically transfer digital copies
The iPod touch and iPhone seem set to enter a special relationship with Blu-ray discs and players, with the imminent launch of new software that networks Apple's devices with Blu-ray technology.
Thunderbolt-powered broadcast interface for super-fast portable video and audio editing
AJA’s Io XT is a small and sturdy black plastic box that offers a portable interface for working with 10-bit uncompressed broadcast video and stereoscopic 3D workflows
Camera Technology
News > RED Experience Days at Prokit
Learn about and use the RED ONE Digital Cinema Camera
Demonstrations and hand-on workshops with the RED ONE Digital Cinema Camera covering: introduction to Red One Camera, run-through of the camera's functions, hands-on assessment of the camera, controls, and menus, workflow of RED and Final Cut Pro, experience shooting with the RED ONE camera.
Reviews > GoPro HD Hero 2 review
We put the GoPro HD Hero 2 through its paces to find out if this is the best wearable action video camera around.
We put the GoPro HD Hero 2 through its paces to find out if this is the best wearable action video camera around.
