So far Apple have re-introduced FCP Studio as a result of this petition. So now you can buy old and out dated software that’s got zero support. Yay.

Sign the petition here.

I have no title for this from Jeffery Harrell on Vimeo.

The reason this brilliant video was removed was because it contained audio clips from recordings of Steve Jobs. That’s how bad our world has become.

But I’ll repeat the content of it.

FCP X:
No EDL (the only format that will survive the death of current electronics)
No XML
No R3D
No multicam
Only one timeline
A timeline designed by a person who is quite obviously retarded

No, Apple. Your fooling no one trying to sell iMovie 10 as the new FCP.

Kaltura: Open Source Video Platform.

Interview with the guy that wrote one of the most important books in years.

What’s really underneath the hood of the wonderful little piece of technology that is the Sony Nex-5? A really cool camera.

Sony Nex hacker Wiki.

It surprises me that nearly all firmwares on this planet is running on Linux. It’s really a testament to how well Linux handles coding and decoding of video. And yet there is nothing out there for the Linux desktop that edits the same stream of data. It’s a bit rediculous. 

IBM ad from 2003. And since the Linux desktop is maturing in a phenomenal speed in 2011 this ad is worth repeating. Look out for Muhammed Ali.

http://blogs.adobe.com/digitalpublishing/2011/02/android-honeycomb.html

Content viewer for Android.

Since I’ve been running Ubuntu 10.10 dual boot on my Vaio F11 for the past couple of month I’m goint to try to give you a short review from a day-to-day user stand point. Here it goes.

Windows 7 is bloated. Huge install. But I also have to say that Ubuntu starts to get a bit bloated. Probably since both operating systems are focusing on the major crowd compared to distros like Fedora that tends to be more lean and mean .

Windows 7 takes forever to load if you don’t strip it from many of the helpful functionalities that some startup programs give you. Ubuntu takes a surprising amount of time to load considering how few processes actually loads.

Windows 7 is snappy. Ubuntu is not. To me – as an old Mac user – Ubuntu have that same Mac feeling. You click on a folder or a menu and…pause…boom – it opens. Windows 7 just opens things the micro second you click it (provided you have loaded all those bloated start up programs). That’s a feature that’s really hard to not have once you’ve gotten used to Windows for a while.

Sleep and hibernate functionality is still a bit crude on Windows 7. It’s even cruder on Ubuntu.

Types and GUI are crisp on Windows 7. I’m a big fan of the Linux platform but the look of Gnome and KDE feels so dated. And I’m not talking the graphical design of the GUI but rather how the GUI draws on screen. Everything is sharp and clear on Windows 7 and a bit out of focus or pixelated on Ubuntu.

Windows 7 is proprietary. Ubuntu is open. As a non super user it means absolutely nothing to be on a completely open OS. A super user knows how to replace kernels and things like it to optimize a machine for certain tasks. A non super user is actually better off in the hands of a huge company like Microsoft that provides hoitfixes and fast solutions to issues that may occur. That being said; it’s fun to tinker. And the bounds for tinkering with Linux is limitless.

Windows 7 have every piece of software you need available. Ubuntu does not. And if you work with video that’s very important.

3D workflow and the stabilization feature (proDAD plugin) rocks. Vegas Pro is currently the best option on the market for editing stereoscopic projects.

GPU acceleration of playback is so far behind Adobes Mercury Engine. Playing back and skipping around the timeline is just slow and laggy in Vegas Pro and needs some serious work. There is some optimization of playback of h264 typically found in HDSLR cameras. A totally useless feature since people who choose to edit h264 without converting to a production intermediate have no clue of what they are doing. …but the developers (Adobe, Apple, Sony) continues to cater to the clueless demands of cool features.

http://www.blendernation.com/2010/11/16/real-time-3d-scanning-with-the-kinect-controller/

The Kinect truly opens up some really interesting options for the experimentalist.