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NAB Handouts are Live for Download

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Quick Audio Controls on a Mac

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Need to quickly change your audio options on your Mac? There's a great shortcut to quickly access both Input and Output devices as well as Sound Preferences.

Simply Option+click on the volume button and it will change to your relevant audio controls.

Thanks to Jeff Greenberg for teaching me a great tip.

Three New iPad Apps Ship on iWork

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Would you like to learn how to create stunning new presentations, documents and spreadsheets on your iPad or iPad 2, using Apple’s iWork productivity applications? If so, we have you covered with Apple-certified video training on Keynote, Pages and Numbers for iPad. Our iWork for iPad training is now available as native iPad apps! The training runs in full-screen with clear video and indexed chapters. You can view comprehensive help even without an Internet connection.

The best news? A special introductory price of only $4.99 per app!

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Apple Video Training:Numbers for iPad
Learn to customize existing templates or create documents from scratch, take control of tables and style charts. It's easy to find exactly the information you want, whether it's help with the basics, such as learning the touchscreen controls, or more advanced tasks like working with formulas and calculations.

Apple Video Training: Keynote for iPad
It's easy to find exactly the information you want, whether it's help with the basics, such as learning touchscreen controls, or more advanced techniques like creating tables and charts, or bringing your presentations to life with animated graphics and transitions.

Apple Video Training: Pages for iPad
Whether it's help with the basics, like touchscreen controls, or more advanced tasks like inserting graphics with wraparound text, you'll learn all you need to know to create dynamic personal and professional projects.

A Useful Article on Final Cut Pro X

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Over at Macworld.com, industry veteran (and personal friend) Gary Adcock has a detailed overview of the new Final Cut Pro X. The software was shown at NAB as a sneak peak.

"As a professional user, I was excited by a lot of what I saw Tuesday night—particularly magnetic tracks that keep audio and video from losing sync, auditioning that will more easily separate good takes from bad ones, and non-destructive color correction and filtering. All will be fantastic additions to my workflow. Additionally, metadata will now be harvested on import, allowing for better online/offline workflows, while the application's new content aware environment keeps everything in line for easy alternate versioning (similar to Photoshop's history palette).

As intriguing as the brief demonstration was, we weren't shown enough for me to make a critical judgement on whether this will be a home run for professional users, as Apple's presentation certainly implied, or something less spectacular."

Be sure to read the whole article here – http://www.macworld.com/article/159202/2011/04/final_cut_pro_x_blog.html

I'm reserving my own judgement until I get my hands on the software and try it out fully.

iPad Screen Rotation Lock Returns

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I always like when Apple listens to customer feedback. With the launch of OS 4.1, the switch on the side of the iPad went from a lock switch to a volume switch. This really came into play when showing photos and passing an iPad or trying to read a book while laying down in bed. Sure you could access the switch through the voodoo magic of double tapping buttons, swiping, and finding an icon (Street Fighter II was easier). But now, the switch works again as expected... just go to preferences and change its behavior.



Customize the switch on the side of your iPad to lock the screen rotation or mute the volume. Just configure the side switch in Settings.

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Apple Updates Aperture to 3.12

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Apple just released a small update to Aperture that addresses many small (but important) issues.

Here are the highlights:

iPhoto Compatibility

▪ Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when importing large iPhoto libraries.
▪ Aperture now correctly handles albums contained in folders when importing iPhoto 9.1.1 libraries.
▪ Improves reliability when importing iPhoto 9 libraries that include slideshows containing text slides.
▪ RAW images imported from iPhoto 9 libraries no longer show the Reprocess brick in Adjustments.

Import

▪ Addresses an issue that could cause Aperture to stop responding when attempting to process damaged images.
▪ Olympus E-5 images with a 3:4 aspect ratio now import with the correct rotation.

Library

▪ Addresses an issue that could prevent referenced images from being reconnected.
▪ Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when switching libraries.

Adjustments

▪ Resolves an issue that could cause your Mac to become unresponsive when using brushes.
▪ Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when using Retouch.
▪ Addresses an issue that could cause the white balance value for certain RAW images to be displayed incorrectly.

Other

▪ Fixes an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when panning a zoomed image.
▪ Addresses compatibility of exported XMP Sidecar files with third-party applications.
▪ Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when using Align to Beats in a slideshow.

Slide Decks from RHED Pixel Open House

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Useful Videos About Documentary Editing

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A colleague of mine, Steve Audette has posted some useful videos about the art and theory of documentary editing. Steve is a lead editor for WGBH public television and a very talented editor. Be sure to check some of these options out.

Here's one on After Effects:

Here are three more:

"Thoughts on Documentary Editing part one"
http://vimeo.com/13853751

"Thoughts on Documentary Editing part two"
http://vimeo.com/14002312

An Overview of After Effects for Documentary Editors
http://vimeo.com/18281019

Avid ScriptSync for Documentary Editors
http://vimeo.com/17502817

Boost your productivity with your new iPad 2!

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Would you like to learn how to create stunning new presentations, documents and spreadsheets on your iPad or iPad 2, using Apple’s iWork productivity applications? If so, we have you covered with Apple-certified video training on Keynote, Pages and Numbers for iPad. If purchased separately at list price, these videos would cost $44.97.

Save over 50% – get all 3 iPad training videos for just $19.99 – by using coupon code IPADVIDEO at checkout.

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Apple Video Training:Numbers for iPad
Learn to customize existing templates or create documents from scratch, take control of tables and style charts. It's easy to find exactly the information you want, whether it's help with the basics, such as learning the touchscreen controls, or more advanced tasks like working with formulas and calculations.

Apple Video Training: Keynote for iPad
It's easy to find exactly the information you want, whether it's help with the basics, such as learning touchscreen controls, or more advanced techniques like creating tables and charts, or bringing your presentations to life with animated graphics and transitions.

Apple Video Training: Pages for iPad
Whether it's help with the basics, like touchscreen controls, or more advanced tasks like inserting graphics with wraparound text, you'll learn all you need to know to create dynamic personal and professional projects.