Michael Kunkes Editors Guild Magazine Online

A Production Premium: Adobe Creative Suite 4

Avid has “New Thinking,” Final Cut Pro has “Editing Unleashed.” Now, with the major release September 23 of its Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, Adobe’s watchword is “Product Intelligence.” But is it change we can believe in? The short answer is a resounding (though early) yes…

Harry B. Miller ACE Tech Web Blog

Multiple Source Monitors

I’ve tested this just a little, but it seems to be a pretty interesting and crazy Avid editing capability. 
Option+double click (Mac, or Alt+double PC) a clip in a bin opens that clip in a pop-up monitor. What is interesting is when this window is active, it works as a source monitor…

Burning to DVD on a PC

Outputting a sequence and burning it to DVD on a Mac is easy. Export a Quicktime reference from the Media Composer, drop the created .mov file on to Toast, hit Burn. Toast will encode the entire movie, and burn it as a playable DVD. And it works in the background, as you continue to work on other things on your computer.