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Adobe and Apple still getting along in the editing world, at least

06.1.10 @ 8:42AM Tags : adobe, apple, cs5, editing, fcp, nle

Most of us use both Adobe and Apple products — most commonly Adobe Photoshop and Apple Final Cut, I’m guessing. With the ongoing feud between the two companies reaching a joke T-shirt-spawning level, however, it’s nice to know that their respective NLE programs still talk to each other (thanks to standards-based XML files). Since CS4, Premiere Pro has been able to open and export Final Cut XML files (which is handy for getting FCP sequences into After Effects, an action that used to require a $500 plugin). CS5 tutorial after the jump: More »

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Why filmmakers might switch from Macs to PCs in 2010

02.10.10 @ 12:00PM Tags : adobe, cs5, diy, editing, fcp, finalcut, gpu, nle

This isn’t for anyone who works at a huge corporation or has a lot of money, but for the rest of us, I think the best guerilla solution for filmmaking in 2010 will be a PC. I’ve been a Mac guy for the past four years but I suspect things are about to change; here’s why. More »