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Project X27: Export Final Cut Pro X Projects to FCP 7

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It looks like the folks over at Intelligent Assistance have figured out a way to translate FCP X projects into FCP 7 timelines.  Project X?7 is a $50 XML translator that takes your FCP X XML file and translates it into something that FCP 7 can understand.  Once in FCP 7, you can then take your project to a number of different applications, including Premiere Pro, which is the gateway to Dynamic Link with After Effects and other Adobe apps.

Project X?7 looks like a pretty solid plugin that appears to do what is asked of it.  Check out the screenshots below for a comparison of FCP X to FCP 7 projects. [Read more…]

 

Canon Hollywood Professional Technology and Support Center Opens

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Canon Hollywood Announcement

If there was any doubt as to what kind of product Canon is launching on November 3, it should be gone now.  Canon just announced that it has opened a pro technology and support center in Hollywood “to better serve its film and television production clients.”

The new support center is located on the Sunset Gower Studio lot at 6060 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Check out the full details in the press release below. [Read more…]

The Great Camera Shootout 2011

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Zacuto Great Camera Shootout 2011

Zacuto’s 3-part documentary, The Great Camera Shootout 2011, is now out with all 3 parts online.

The camera lineup includes the 35mm Kodak 5213 & 5219 Film, Arri Alexa, RED ONE M-X, Weisscam HS-2, Phantom Flex, Sony F-35, Sony F3, Panasonic AG-AF100, Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 7D and Nikon D7000.

Part I ‘The Tipping Point’ tests dynamic range, under-exposure and over-exposure: [Read more…]

Canon Bringing Back Lens Aperture Rings for HDSLR Video

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Canon Lens Aperture Ring

Anyone who has shot video with a Canon DSLR recognizes that smooth iris pulls are impossible while recording with Canon’s EF lenses.  In one of the more interesting patent applications of late, Canon revealed that it is working on new lenses with aperture rings for adjusting aperture settings during video capture. [Read more…]