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Posts from ‘September, 2010’

Adobe’s US$99 Premiere Elements for Mac: a first look from a pro video perspective

Sep 28th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
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Adobe’s US$99 Premiere Elements for Mac is marketed for amateurs, but may have pro applications too.

Last week, I attended Experience Adobe CS5 Production on a Mac here in Miami. Interestingly, the seminar was organized by a local reseller called Enhanced View Services, although promoted via Apple Events, and the actual presenters were from Adobe and Apple. Even though there was a presentation from Apple before and after the Adobe presentation, I estimate that 75% was about Adobe’s CS5. ManyProVideo Coalition readers know that I have written several articles about Final Cut Pro workflow, and more recently, I’ve published several about Premiere Pro CS5, and I will continue to do so. In addition to saying hello to the people from Apple and Adobe and hearing even more about CS5, I really wanted to see whether there would be any mention of the new US$99 Premiere Elements for Mac, which had been announced earlier in the week… and if not, I wanted to ask questions about it. In this article, you’ll find out more about what happened at this event, and the surprisingly positive answers I got about Premiere Elements for Mac. Read the rest here.

TecnoTur 5 (English): interviews with SingularSoftware (PluralEyes + more) and OWC (iMac w/eSATA)

Sep 28th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
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Blackberry podcast consumption app, Covert Affairs’ Venezuelan episode, conversations with Bruce Sharpe of Singular Software and Larry O’Connor of Other World Computing

TecnoTur episode 5 (English) is now available. In episode 5, Carla Sánchez and Allan Tépper discuss RIM/Blackberry’s new podcast consumption application. Next comes Larry O’Connor of OWC (Other World Computing), creator of the infamous eSATA modification for certain Apple iMac computers, as well as SSDs (Solid State Drives) and other products. Finally, we converse with Bruce Sharpe of Singular Software about 3D/stereo editing workflow, PluralEyes, DualEyes and their latest application, Presto.

Associated links are available in the show notes at EnglishPodcast.TecnoTur.us.

Immediate playback

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To subscribe to the TecnoTur’s English channel free of charge via iTunes, click here, or search forTecnoTur in iTunes.

In upcoming TecnoTur episodes

In upcoming episodes, you will find:

  • Cliff Ravenscraft of GSPN and Allan Tépper discuss Cliff’s projects and views about podcasting (English channel only.)
  • The Castilian version of the conversation with Jorge Dighero and Ralph Messana of NewTek, regarding their TriCaster TCXD300. [The English version of this conversation appeared in TecnoTur’s (English) episode 1, and is still available.]
  • A conversation with ExWex/Monogram, regarding their BCC/BroadCast Case. (English channel only.)
  • A conversation with award-winning editor Norman Smith (Castilian channel only).
  • More of Rafael Andreu and Ramm Productions (Castilian channel only).
  • A conversation with Victoria Mesas García of Escuchalibros, regarding audiobooks. (Castilian channel only).
  • A conversation with Peter Olle of MacLatino.com (Castilian channel only).
  • The Castilian conversation with Tamara Benavente of Ellanvannin Multimedia regarding her short film Lost & Found [The English version of this conversation appeared in TecnoTur’s (English) episode 3, and is still available.]
  • The Castilian conversation with Adobe regarding Premiere CS5. [The English version of this conversation appeared in TecnoTur’s (English) episode 3, and is still available.]
  • A conversation with Blackmagic Design regarding NAB 2010 (both languages booked).
  • More tech info from Allan Tépper, Carla Sánchez, Rubén Abruña, Vanessa Brown, Tanya Castañeda, and Liliana Marín.

Alternate subscriptions & information

To see other RSS subscription options or reach the cast and crew, visit EnglishPodcast.TecnoTur.us.

Castilian channel

To find out about TecnoTur’s original channel in Castilian, and its cast and crew, click here.

An open letter to Apple’s iTunes Podcasting Team

Sep 5th, 2010
by Allan Tépper.
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Allan Tépper requests three improvements in iTunes’ podcast handling, plus one more thing

Dear Apple’s iTunes Podcasting Team:
We love podcasting, and we love the fact that Apple’s iTunes has helped to facilitate the growth of this relatively new medium since 2005 with iTunes 4.9. Congratulations on releasing iTunes 10 now, in 2010. This letter is to point out three key areas where you need to improve the user experience of podcast subscription and commenting, especially with regard to podcasting in worldwide markets and with its use with mobile devices, and in some cases where some of your competitors (i.e. Google/Android and RIM/Blackberry) already offer podcast subscription apps which are much more user-friendly than the current iTunes podcasting experience. Oh, and of course, there will be one more thing! Read the rest here.