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Craft / Product Review

A Look at the GoPro Hero 2 HD Camera from NYC Production & Post News on Vimeo.

A Look at the GoPro Hero 2
HD Camera

08/16
2012

While the GoPro Hero 2 makes a widely useable camera for capturing extreme sports, the coming Technicolor firmware upgrade will make it useful for pros too.

Week in Review – Top Tools Upgraded at Siggraph, Avid DS 11 Does Times Square

Week in Review – Top Tools Upgraded at Siggraph, Avid DS 11 Does Times Square

08/8
2012

Our pick of three great Siggraph-timed upgrades, with a pass at what makes Avid DS 11 useful.

Tech / Articles
CINEMA 4D R14 from MAXON Announced on Eve of SIGGRAPH

CINEMA 4D R14 from MAXON Announced on Eve of SIGGRAPH

08/3
2012

When I reviewed the prior version of CINEMA 4D Studio, I called it one of the most full-featured 3D applications around. Well, it gets even better in the latest version, R14.

Media Biz / Events
City Supports Media Exec Know How, Specialized Skills for Post

City Supports Media Exec Know How, Specialized Skills for Post

08/1
2012

Do you run or work in a post house and know that the only way to grow is by sharpening your skills? If so, you've got a friend in the Mayor's Office...

Week in Review / Media Biz
Week in Review: Adobe TV, Cute Canon, Cloudy Future

Week in Review: Adobe TV, Cute Canon, Cloudy Future

07/30
2012

In this installment of our weekly look at what's happening, we write about Adobe Primetime, the new Canon EOS M mirrorless camera, interesting developments in the cloud and new roles at Manhattan Edit Workshop.

Our 2nd In-Person Event Was </br>a Success!

Our 2nd In-Person Event Was
a Success!

07/26
2012

Attendees at Tuesday’s July NYCPPNEWS In-Person Event got the low down on Autodesk’s Smoke 2013 in a casual but entertaining evening presentation at Showbiz Software Café...

Week in Review: HP’s Double Dare, $700 Camera Wins Big, </br>and More

Week in Review: HP’s Double Dare, $700 Camera Wins Big,
and More

07/20
2012

In our regular take on the news of the prior week, we look at editing dangerous tricks quickly, a $700 camera winner, easier 3D for AE, and more.

Talks / NYCPPNEWS In-Person
Learn All about Autodesk Smoke at our next In-Person Event!

Learn All about Autodesk Smoke at our next In-Person Event!

07/18
2012

Industry evangelist and CTO of @radical.media, Evan Schechtman calls Autodesk Smoke 2012 professional video editing and finishing software the “super app” the postproduction industry has been waiting for. Come to our Tuesday, July 24th In-Person Event to learn all the reasons why this new version of Smoke—in the works for over 18 months—is gaining as [...]

Craft / Product Review
Joe Herman Reviews Maya 2013

Joe Herman Reviews Maya 2013

07/18
2012

In its regular upgrades to their Entertainment Creation Suite family of products, Autodesk has offered various new tools and updates that continue to make the company’s media and entertainment industry products among the leading apps in the market. The animation apps in the suite, Maya, 3ds Max and Softimage, are already proven, workaday 3D toolsets. [...]

Media Biz / Article
Avid DS? Or Do You Want a Smoke?

Avid DS? Or Do You Want a Smoke?

07/17
2012

Avid has just released Avid DS 11, the latest version of the company’s do-it-all finishing app. But as many of you may know, Autodesk is taking direct aim at DS with a redesigned Smoke some 18 months in the making.