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Apple just released the new iMac's and they are incredible. For the first time you can get into a Quad core Final Cut system for under $3000. That's right the iMac line now has a quad core machine. If that's not enough the top end iMac now has a 27 inch screen with 2560 by 1440 resolution, and a 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card.

At GeniusDV we use iMac's in our classroom for our Final Cut Studio training. Aside from some limitations to what you can hook up to an iMac in terms of peripherals, the iMac's make for great Final Cut systems. I have personally edited  numerous jobs on an iMac, and find them to be quite satisfactory.

I always tell students that unless you need to have MacPro for whatever reason, consider getting both a MacBook Pro, and an iMac. I find that you can get so much accomplished having two systems. Personally I can't imagine not having a MacBook Pro, because I travel so much, and do plenty of editing at 30,000 feet. With this new iMac I can now have a powerful desktop system as the primary Final Cut Studio editing system, and the MacBook Pro system too, for thousands less than a high end MacPro system.

Final Cut Pro has it's own de-interlace filter.  The following tutorial will walk you through the steps of de-interlacing video in Final Cut Pro.  Alternatively, you can also download free de-interlacing software that runs as a third party program.

Usually you don't notice interlacing during video playback; until the motion is paused, or you want to use a particular frame to freeze.  Interlacing causes the still frame to "flicker" or a jittering to the image, also caused by poor video quality, or lack of a steady hand while filming.  Here's where the De-Interlacing Filter in Final Cut Pro comes in handy.  The De-Interlacing Filter works by simply removing either the upper (odd) or lower (even) field of information from any interlaced video.  It removes half the lines and interpolates the missing lines by using the remaining lines to create a whole image, with a little softening of the image as a result.

You can click on each image to see the difference.

During NAB 2009 GeniusDV will be providing private video post production training in Las Vegas from April 19th to April 22nd. During these four days you will have the opportunity to schedule a two hour customized one on one training.

We will have certified instructors on hand to create customized work flows for your specific needs. The Final Cut Studio, Adobe Creative Suite, as well as the Avid line are all applications we will be providing training. We will also be providing work flow consultation. We can assess your workflow, and make valuable recommendations that will save you both money and time.

Previous GeniusDV students will be receiving the first opportunity to schedule training. Now until March 27th we will be scheduling for those who have already recieved training from GeniusDV. On March 28th we will begin open enrolement. Click here to arrange for a training session, or to request a time slot upon open enrollment.

Just one of the advantages of upgrading your iLife application today, is Apple's newest feature in iPhoto; Faces

I'm all about organization when it comes to my pictures.  Do you ever have a problem of trying to find all of the pictures you have of Mom or Dad or best friend?  Well now you can with Faces.  iPhoto uses face detection to identify faces of people in your photos and face recognition to match faces that look like the same person.  Then you can add names to your photos and be able to find the people you're looking for. 

Once you've put a name to a face in just a few photos, iPhoto will sort them by matching photos to names.  iPhoto then creates a Corkboard with all of your faces.  Click on a face, and iPhoto will show you all of the suggested matches of that person.  You can also flip over the picture to add other information or even their Facebook ID

Apple announced that this year is the last year the company will exhibit at Macworld Expo. Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening keynote for this year's Macworld Conference & Expo, and it will be Apple's last keynote at the show. The keynote address will be held at Moscone West on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Macworld will be held at San Francisco's Moscone Center January 5-9, 2009.

Apple today announced that Mark Papermaster is joining the Company as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Papermaster, who comes to Apple from IBM, will lead Apple's iPod and iPhone hardware engineering teams. Papermaster has 25 years of product and technology experience, and was previously a vice president at IBM.

Apple announced it sold its one millionth iPhone 3G on Sunday, just three days after its launch on Friday, July 11. iPhone 3G is now available in 21 countries—Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US—and will go on sale in France on July 17.

"iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.

It was announced yesterday that Toshiba dropped out of the High Definition DVD war. Toshiba bowed to business reality and announced it would end its HD DVD product line and cede the field to Sony's Blu-ray disc technology. "We concluded that a swift decision would be best," Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida told reporters Tuesday at his company's Tokyo offices.The battle for supremacy in next-generation DVD technology had been fought for several years. 

But Nishida said Warner Bros. Entertainment's decision to only release movies in the Blue-ray format made Toshiba's decision inevitable. "That had tremendous impact," he said. "If we had continued, that would have created problems for consumers, and we simply had no chance to win." But even with the format war over, a competitor has already started to emerge. Apple is now in the movie downloading business in the United States -- and it offers titles in HD, Abel said, adding it will soon be coming to Canada. Microsoft -- which had supported the HD DVD format -- is also in the movie distribution business through its Xbox gaming and home entertainment console. Abel said the Toshibas and Sonys would prefer movies to be distributed on a physical disc because they see more profit potential, but as with music, the world is changing. "It may not be developed to the point where it's viable to the average consumer, but early adopters and home theatre buffs are starting to take a look at it," he said.

Apple announced in January it has already sold seven million movies through I-tunes.

Apple announced today that it is pulling out of the 2008 NAB show.  This comes on the heels of Apple's main competitor Avid Technology, who also has dropped out of the NAB show. This is a big hit to the NAB which is the nations largest industry trade show related to video production.  For years Apple and Avid Technology have been a tremendous force in terms of video production workflow.  It will be interesting if you plan on attending NAB this year without Apple or Avid attending.