http://www.finalcutuser.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:19:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Studiodaily has this post this morning, but don't get too excited its old news. It's called a Hybrid Disc, and it's been a possibility since High Definition Players were available. At one point playback was only supported on a G5, but then as HD DVD players began supporting ... http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/07/03/high-def-dvd-on-a-standard-disc/ Read about it here at Variety. Lots of good insight son the SAG/AFTRA Balance http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/07/03/sag-situation-at-a-stand-still/   Matthew Bennett(Matthew's site) posted some amazing tests with a DVX and Andromeda kit to achieve 1000fps.Check the vid here. 1000fps Andromeda Hack.Matthew is a editor/motion graphics designer in Toronto who has been shooting tests with the DVX Andromeda mod ,  EX1 and RED One . The test looks super smooth and man makes you want ... http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/07/02/1000-fps-andromeda-hack/ An Overview video of REDCine is available to view on Studio Daily.  Check it out!  Also, a list of RED Video resources. and a Final Cut Workflow Overview http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/07/01/redcine-video-on-studio-daily/ The Screen Actors Guild has released the following press release in regards to the current contract negotiations. At the current time actors are continuing to work beyond the expiration of the current SAG contract. With any luck this course will hold until an agreement is met, another large ... http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/07/01/gutterballing/ Apple has released the 10.5.4 update for Leopard with a bunch of updates and fixes under the hood. As always if your mid project or do not need a current fix wait for the poor souls eager enough to jump on the new updates. If you have a test machine ... http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/06/30/mac-osx-1054-is-in-the-open/ Awesome new term listings are up at FXPHD.com for the July 08 term and man what a stellar listing of training you can take. Some of the highlights for me are the Stop motion /Miniatures , Afx 301 with Mark Coleran/Mark Christensen on screen UI , Tim Clapham back with C4D/AE goodness,RED ... http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/06/30/july-08-term-listing-up-at-fxphdcom/  Renowned providers of online training for VFX professionals - Fxphd – have teamed up with The Foundry to bring you ‘The Compositor’s Guide To Nuke’. fxphd.com professor, Sean Devereaux, takes you through the core elements of this powerful compositing application. Section 1 - Interface and NodesSection 2 - Images and ChannelsSection 3 - Mattes ... http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/06/28/fxphds-compositors-guide-to-nuke-now-online/ I have been waiting a few months for this to come out while keeping tabs on the development stages of this customizable playback software.Tweak Software is releasing RV, the company’s first commercially available software package, announced Seth Rosenthal, founder and president. RV is a highly customizable cross-platform image and sequence viewer that ... http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/06/26/tweak-software-launches-rv-playback-software-for-images-and-film-sequences/ This is about 10 months old but man every time I find the link in my bookmarks I just have to laugh and cry at the same time. Here is to the saviors of long VFX nights and even shorter deadlines. The life of a Digital Grunt so sad but so true.  http://www.finalcutuser.com/2008/06/26/digital-grunt/