From Creative Cow-

The big stories in part 2: ProRes for HDV, with a splash of Color. We’ve also got the latest tech notes from Apple, documentation you might have missed, and updates on the latest supported mice.

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A very in-depth review, from Creative Cow-

Apple’s ProRes 422 is the most talked-about feature in any application for quite some time. As users finally start getting their hands on Apple Final Cut Studio 2 and working with ProRes, a number of questions have popped up. Part 1 of this article compiles some of the answers to questions including capture, performance, resolution and workflow basics from across The COW.

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From Creative Cow-

One of the features that snuck into the new edition of Final Cut Studio is that you can now capture HDV directly to ProRes over FireWire! There are a couple of issues you’ll want to consider, but Chris Poisson, a Cow member since 2001, takes you step by step through a process that can make a big difference to the way you edit HDV in Final Cut Pro from now on.

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There are tons of codecs out there, and it can be really confusing to know how to use each. Some are stronger for editing, some are stronger for shooting, some are stronger for delivery. How can you keep them all straight? Philip Hodgets has a great overview of the options on KenStone.net, and gives some good tips on workflow.

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