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FCP X: Avoid Lion Slowdowns
William Hohauser contributes an article solving sluggish FCP X performance in Lion.
Reader Mail: Archive to LTO
Sal Guarnisco contributes a personal story on how he configured an LTO-5 tape drive to work with his Mac Pro for media archiving.
A Morality Tale
Always check to see if Final Cut supports your camera before you buy it.
Creating Custom Easy Setups in FCP
A reader wanted to know how to display video on the monitor using an AJA card. So he contacted AJA, who responded with this.
Hardware Review: AJA KiPro Mini
A few weeks ago, AJA sent me a new KiPro Mini to take a look at.
Hot News: New Thunderbolt Technology From Apple (and Intel)
For people pushing pixels (or waveforms) Thunderbolt is a high-speed, data storage birthday present.
Working With Blu-Ray Discs on a Mac Pro
If Blu-ray Discs are in your future as a Mac Pro user, you need to read this report from Michael Powles on installing a Blu-ray burner in a Mac.
A Quick Note on Archiving
I am advocating LTO-5 tape drives for archive and backup of our Final Cut Pro media. However, I still have not gotten this unit to work on my MacPro.
Editing H.264 Video Natively
Ben Balser writes on editing H.264 video natively in Final Cut Pro.
Faster Compression Using Clusters?
I’m not a fan of QuickClusters because, personally, I’ve found them problematic and unreliable. However, if you can get them to work, then by all means use them.
Sizing Still Images in DVD Studio Pro
When placing still images in DVD Studio Pro, a PNG will be autosized to fit, while a TIFF won’t. This article explains more.
Accelerating Manual Advance in DVD Slideshows
Here is an easy trick from Loren Miller to accelerate the manual advance of slideshows in DVD Studio Pro by resetting the duration of all slides.
