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Video Production Product Review

Adobe CS5.5 Max Render Quality & NVIDIA GPU acceleration

November 10, 2011

Key Lesson:   GPU acceleration gives the same level of render quality as Maximum Render Quality, even if you don’t check the Maximum Render Quality box.  But instead of a performance hit, you gain a 6-7x performance boost. Let me start-off by saying that Jan Ozer is my favourite video technology writer and speaker. I [...]

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Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 review by Shawn Lam

April 11, 2011

Monday April 11, 2011 – Las Vegas, NV Today Adobe announced a updates to much of their Creative Suite, including Production Premium, with CS5.5. So while many news sites are simply listing off the highlights from Adobe’s Press Release, I just published the first comprehensive review of Production Premium CS5.5, including Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, [...]

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Sony NEX-FS100 Super 35mm NXCAM video camera

March 24, 2011

I’ve been waiting for this camera ever since I first heard of DSLRs being used to produce professional video. Well, now it’s here – or at least a couple of working prototypes, along with specs to pour over in anticipation of this next generation of video cameras. So until I get my hands on a [...]

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LED Video light review in EventDV Magazine

December 1, 2010

LED lights that mount on videos cameras have been around for only a few years but are catching-on fast for event videographers. One of the reasons is that the old lights usually required heavy lead-acid batteries and a cord connecting the battery (worn on a belt around the waist) to the light. LED lights require [...]

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EventDV live – 2nd edition

July 20, 2010

The 2nd edition of EventDV Live was released today. Here is the link to EventDV Magazine’s “Live” e-mag edition, which, as the name implies, targets the live video production market. EventDV Live is a quarterly trade publication. In this edition, I wrote a feature article and a review. The feature is Part 2 of 4 [...]

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The NAB show with Shawn Lam, on EventDV

April 19, 2010

Last week I was in Las Vegas covering NAB 2010 for EventDV.  I had the opportunity to attend several video industry evening events in addition to working the trade show floor, gathering interviews for my show.  This isn’t the first time I’ve been hired as a roving reporter for EventDV – the first was at [...]

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Battery Charger Meltdown Part 4

January 22, 2010

February 10, 2010 Update: LaCrosse announced it has identified the problem behind the rash of battery charger meltdowns and is voluntarily replacing the affected A/C adapter, which is outputting too much voltage. If you have a LaCross BC-9009 purchased between October 1st 2009 and January 15, 2010 and your A/C adapter has the roman numeral [...]

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