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New ! Reconciling Frame Rates Between Final Cut Pro, After Effects
Matching frame rates between Final Cut Pro and After Effects can be tricky, especially when you are working at 24 fps; because there's 24 fps and "24 fps". This article details the differences and explains what you need to know to prevent problems. (Published: Jul. 2008 ; Final Cut Pro v. 5.0x, 5.1x, 6)

New ! EXPORTING TO FLV
One of the current limitations of Final Cut Studio is that it does not natively support creating Flash video output from a Final Cut Pro sequence. However, all is not lost. This article describes three different ways you can get what you want. (Published: Jul. 2008 ; Final Cut Pro v. 5.0x, 5.1x, 6)

New ! Working with Tapeless Media
As our industry moves quickly to tapeless media and acquisition, properly archiving your footage can make the difference between happiness and heart-ache. In this article, I outline what you need to know about archive formats.  (Published: Jul. 2008 ; Studio Suite)

New ! Working with 16:9 Material in DVD Studio Pro
There are four ways inside DVD Studio Pro to control how 16:9 video plays back on a 4:3 monitor. This article describes what you need to know and provides suggestions on which one is best to use. (Published: Jul. 2008 ; DVD Studio Pro)

Making Compressor Multi-processor Aware
One of the new features in Compressor 3 is its ability to harness all the processors in your computer to speed video compression. But, you have to turn this feature on before you can use it. Here's how. (Published: Jun. 2008 ; Compressor)

Updated ! What I've Learned about HDV
Trying to get up to speed on HDV quickly. This article gives you a primer on the current status of HDV - what's good, what's bad, and what you need to know.  (Published: Apr. 2006 - Updated: Jun. 2008 ; Final Cut Pro v. 5.0x)

Updated ! In Search of a Backup Strategy
With the camera industry's head-long rush into tapeless image acquisition, having a soild backup and archiving strategy is critical because video tape masters no longer exist. In this commentary, I discuss the sad state of today's options and provide suggestions to keep you out of trouble.  (Published: Jul. 2006 - Updated: Jun. 2008 ; Color)

Notes on Blu-Ray DVD Costs and Competition
With Blu-ray winning the DVD format war, attention has now turned to the costs of creating a Blu-ray DVD. This article explains that the cost of replicating one of these new format discs isn't cheap. (Published: May 2008 ; DVD Studio Pro)

Importing Subtitles to DVD SP
Adding subtitles is something DVD Studio Pro is very good at. But sometimes, importing a subtitle file doesn't work. This explains why and how to fix it. (Published: May 2008 ; DVD Studio Pro)

Scaling in Compressor
Down-converting HD to SD using Compressor provides better image quality than using Final Cut Pro. This article shows you why. (Published: Mar. 2008 ; Compressor)