tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44261038113667926122011-11-27T19:05:22.238-06:00Apple Macintosh& Video Production blog, with an Urban slant.Urban Mac Userhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13849185717950283552noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426103811366792612.post-70986099110453056432011-10-08T08:55:00.000-05:002011-10-08T08:55:21.563-05:00

Though I never met the man, Steve Jobs to me represented opportunity. R.I.P. Steve Jobs When in 1991, after floundering in the field I had chosen to pursue, and a failed marriage, I decided to take a step back and try and figure out what it was I wanted to do with my life. I knew that I wanted to make money, sure...I wanted to make a decent living that used all of my talents and not just a

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Today, I can say it. Almost one year to the date I purchased my  new ( to me) Late 2009 iMac 27inch i7 Quad Core, to replace my long aging ( and problematic) G4 Dual 1ghz Mirror Door Power Mac, and I can say I'm really, really glad I did it. I've always been a Mac Tower kind of guy, liking to replace and update my own components as necessary, getting under the hood and tweaking,  or learning,

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So today marks officially that Apple's newest version of OS X, 10.7 Lion, has been on the market for five days ( not counting Sunday). And I'm still not going to buy it just yet. Apple's newest version of the OS looks like a real stunner, and I'll admit I'm intrigued by several things in the new OS ( among them Full Screen Apps, Mission Control, and Resume. Launchpad just makes it look too

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I'm uploading two apps, one I still use constantly, the other I hardly use any more, but both are some of the best Mac apps around. First up is VCD Builder 1.0. It was the first Mac authoring app I ever used, and although it is a PPC app, I just also opened it today on an Intel mac, and it worked just fine. If you are still into VCDs (Video CDs) and  / or want to make an attempt at being even

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Another of my favorite apps that seem to no longer be available: BitRate Calc. With this app, you can calculate the average encoding bitrate needed to squeeze your video onto a DVD. You can select from Standard DVD or Dual Layer DVD, and you can set the audio bitrate and video runtime (length). Then, push the "Calculate" button and presto, it does the math for you and figures out what your target

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So while looking for some of my favorite apps on the web, I found that several of them are no longer to be found. One of these such apps I use quite often is R-Name, a wonderful free batch renaming utility. In the interest of keeping it alive and found on the web, I am making an available archive of it here for others to download. Click the link here to get it. If you've ever had to rename more

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Great article by Christopher Breen over at Macworld.com. I'm bookmarking it here, as I get asked this at least once a day....

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With temperatures outside reaching 82 degrees today, I'm headed outside and away from the editing bay and online world for a few days. Getting outside and away from the editing bay office and from the Computer can be richly therapeutic. I suggest if you can, do the same. Oh, and Happy St. Patrick's Day today to one and all!

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I saw this on MacWorld and Tuaw.com this morning. Seems like Roxio is trying to keep it Revelation, and in the face of Apple shying away from installing blu-ray optical drives in their machines (opting to follow M$ into "the cloud"), they are bundling more software with the PRO version to try and get it to sell. On the surface: I would like to see the new engine in action on building DVDs,

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Great Article by Lawrence Jordan on how to get ahead in these tough economic times. Read about it here. Applies not only to "creative types' but to anyone in general who wants to find the balance between making more money ( in a depression) and finding what is most important with the time you have. Very Insightful.

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Apple's Greatest Cinematic Achievements from The Awl on Vimeo. A very nice trip down memory lane on Apple Product Placement.

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Very Interesting article on Director DJ Caruso using an iPad, for, well things other than the iPad was originally envisioned for. Read more about it here.

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This was sent to me by email from a fellow co-worker, who knows I'm a mac guy and a video enthusiast: "I have a non-work related question for you when you  have time.   My niece has a Mac at home and is trying to the get videos off of her Sony video camera.   It came with Windows software but not Mac software.   She wants to be able to get the videos off the camera onto her Mac and then

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So as the year 2010 draws to a close, I know that many people will start compiling their "best of" and "worst of" lists for various things. I'm no exception it seems, as I'm sitting here thinking of some of the apps on I use regularly in my day job as as a Certified Mac Systems Administrator, a video enthusiast, or just a guy who loves to have fun on his Mac, iPod or iPhone. So, today, I'm

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If you have never seen a video tutorial by the great Larry Jordan, who manages the great Final Cut blog of his, larryjordan.biz, well now here's your chance! This is one of his short tutorials on getting up to speed faster in Final Cut Pro. It's been a great help to me, so I'd thought  I'd share with all of you.

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So today is Thursday, 10-21. And it is the day after Apple announced the release the upcoming iLife '11, its digital productivity suite of apps. For most Apple users, iLife has been, for the last few years, well the gateway drug if you will, to it's more enticing Pro Apps, and before that, it was the coolest thing about owning a Macintosh. When Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1999, he

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In the interests of keeping this blog alive, I've decided that I will start cross posting my answers I post to the othe site I frequently contribute to, the wonderful videohelp.com. Hopefully, this will keep my posting ratio up, and energize me to write a bit a more. here is my latest entry where I help a poster with a question on how to get PDF Data onto an authored DVD he made in DVD Studio

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So today for the third time this week, I'm frustratedby my Mac. Today, it's a new annoying thing:  It is dogslow, acting more like a 10/100 base T connectedmachine than the Gigabit ethernet  equipped machine Iknow it to be. Monday, it was the fact that it produced a KP due tothe fact that I tried to push it to do more than itwas capable of it seems:  Burning a DVD in Toast, while converting a

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I had high hopes when Steve Jobs said "We listened to our customers." I should have known then that the snake oil was being opened to spread over my eyes. Apple announced yesterday at their September 1st event many new things : a new version of iTunes, a preview of IOS 4.1 and 4.2 for the iPhone. But there were only two things I wanted to see: New iPods and ( hopefully) an Apple TV

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On occasion, I need to boot my Mac into Windows XP, via Apple's wonderful Boot Camp, for some minor task. But today, I needed to also update XP to handle that particular minor task, which of course means that BootCamp has to be updated first. After several hours of trying to get BootCamp 2.0 to update to 2.1 ( and then 2.3) so i could get XP SP3 applied, which it would NOT do because the

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Maybe it's a bit like trainspotting, but overtime I see a fellow brown (or other shade than white) face next to an Apple product, I get a little jump in my heart, and a bit excited. Apple may not say much about it, but more and more, it becomes apparent: From The President of the U.S. to everyday folk, more and more minorities are using ( and by that I mean buying and using) Apple

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Late at night, while editing video, sometimes you need something to break the silence. Well, maybe not silence because I tend to keep my speakers up when editing Video (and Audio), but to break the silence of thought as you process how a particular edit is going to be cut. So while waiting on this latest project to render, I decided to look for some music rom one of my favorite Rap Groups, 2nd

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How to get your Camcorder video into Toast to burn Archive DVDs, or to use directly as a media browser to get your footage onto your mac. Toast Titanium Tutorial: Importing video from your Camcorder. it's a pretty quick and dirty way to get your video off the camcorder, and quickly to a DVD to view on the TV, among other things.

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Monday's Song of the Day Song of the day:"Shut it Down" by Pitbull and Akon: Amazon.com WidgetsGet it here from Amazon.com

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As the 2009 Holiday shopping season approaches, I'd thought I'd justshare some of my top 5 favorite things to buy for accessoriesfor a Mac User. These items are the type of items which,you may not necessarily think of first hand ( certainly notover say a shiny new iPod or a new iMac), but your MacUsing friend/S.O./partner will appreciate the thoughtfulnessthe same:1. Sonnet's FW 400 to FW 800

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Song of the day:"Fast Car" by Queen Latifah featuring Missy Elliot.Get it here from Amazon.com Amazon.com Widgets

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Here are some random questions that I have recently answered, thatmay help you out in your endeavors:1. "I have a movie on IMOVIE and I want to export it to something I can upload as a torrent but I have a million different choices to export. What is the best way to do this?"You would first save it out as a Quicktime file from iMovie. Then use an app that supports DIVX/XVID encoding, such as

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Baby Bash ft. Pitbull: Outta Control Amazon.com Widgets

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Mr. 305, aka Pitbull from Miami, and his hit song "Calle Ocho". Get it from Amazon.com, by clicking the preview link below. Amazon.com Widgets

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All choked up, can't say much more.Rest in Peace, King of Pop.

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I've been mad swamped as of late, and thus unable to devote as much as I'd like to this blog and website. I promise that though, is going to change. July 2009 brings a lot to the table, and besides the celebration of 40 years on this earth, and 15 years as a Mac Video hobbyist, it also brings about change, and new ways of doing the same old thing. So hang tight, 'cause come July 2009,

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So yesterday's blog posting was on MKV (Mastroka) Video files, and using my friend emmgunn's MKV Toolsto create a usable format (.avi or .mp4)file that used less system resources,so that you could easily edit in MpegStreamclip, (avi) or just dragand drop to your iPod or Apple Tv.(.mp4)But this assumes that the video can betranscoded, and isn't using a properitarycodec ( audio or video) that

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MKV, or Mastroka Video, is a pain for Mac users.Although the adoption of it has merit : open-source, ability to contain within itHD (High Definition) Video and Audio, as well as subtitles, it is often a piece of work to get it into a usuable format if you want to use part of itin an Final Cut Pro or iMovie sequence. Tried and true converters such as MpegStreamclipand Quicktime Player often choke

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At one point, some one will ask you:"Can you get the footage off of this VHS tape?"VHS, being the long dead dinosaur it is in today'smodern world, is still used by many producers ofvideo: it's cheap, it's easy to record to ( insert tape,record) and it can be stored easily. The most often used product to bridge the gap between this tried and true format of yesteryearand today's digital format is

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Another round of girls to help get you through the work week!These ladies are courtesy of my friend Vincent Gordon!Mash up Manips, courtesy of yours truly.

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Apple Events often are REALLY, REALLY boring things.You'd expect some great magical Steve Jobs-ian typeof moment where, you get introduced to something reallyreally cool, that would help you with your productivity,or at the very least, help you get through a projectin iMovie or Garageband that your stuck on.Instead you are often given 6 hours of butt to the chair,non stop PR talk about how great

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Once again, it's that time again.A little boost to get us throughthe work week. Enjoy!

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The Day : Wednesday.The Mission: Getting through it to make it to the weekend.Here are some photo manipulationsfrom my new favorite site, FotoTrix.com.Try it out yourself...

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Occasionally, you get a video file, either via your own creation through say iMovie or FCP, or you acquire it fromthe web, and you want it to end up on DVD, so insteadof watching it on your computer, you can watch iton DVD, and have it also preserved for posterity.I do this on a semi regular basis with stuff that will play on my Mac, say in either Safari or Firefox, but for some reason hoses

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How do you like the new Wednesday Logo Girl above?(courtesy of www.fototrix.com)I think she's a keeper.....No new Mac Centric ( or non Mac Centric, for that matter) videos today,so to help you get over the hump,of the work week, here are a few Mac Related Girls with iPods, which will be filling in for our regular feature today. Hopefully by next week I'll get offmy can and round up a few funny

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Since this has come up alot in the last few weeks,I've decided to devote this Tech Tip Tuesday(and by default, as I didn't post a Mac App Monday yesterday) on a helpful app that is being highlyrecommended by yours truly of late, the BitRate Calculator by Maury McCown.More often than not, people have a few of their favorite videosfrom the internet (where they get them I shall not name)and they

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It's Wednesday, and I'm thinking of taking a different track.Rather than do Hump Day Wednesday, I'm going to insteadfocus Wednesday as Fun Day Wednesday, which just meansthat rather than find always random mac goodness tohelp get through the work week, I'll instead findrandom goodness, sometimes apple-centric, toliven up the middle of the work week.Why, you ask?Because there just isn't enough

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Apple announced FINALLY a new Mac Pro modeltoday, one I have been waiting on for a longtime! ( my current mac, a Powermac G4 MDD dual 1 ghz,is long in the tooth.)This new Powermac takes advantage of a redesignedcase that allows for easier methods ofexpansion of all things PCI, Ram and Hard Drives!I am so stoked about this new machine.Of course, Apple still charges a premium on it'sPro Desktop

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Another Wednesday, Another Chance to Get it Right:below is some Mac Goodness to help you get throughthe work week, until Friday.I personally can't wait for this weekend,lots, and lots to look forward to.

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It's Wednesday, and time for another bit of Mac Centric Goodness to help you getthrough the work week.

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As reported on tuaw.com this morning,Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, is one of the 8 contestants on Dancing with the Stars.While I don't hold much hope for Woz's two step or cha-cha, I'd settle for him finding love with one of the Dancing stars, so he can stay faraway from that annoying Kathy Griffith. For my vote, Cheryl would get a 10 from me!

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Back again with another bit of Mac and Apple goodness to help get through the work week.

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Today, January 24th, marks the25th Anniversary of the Macintosh:Above, Steve Jobs demos the Macintosh at Macworld.Below, the first Macinitosh Computer Ad:These take me back, I remember the Apple Macintosh commercial when it first aired in my childhood.I was just entering my first computer classes inhigh school, and remember wishing we had onein my Gifted and Talented class, as we were stuckwith

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Today, Barack H. Obama officially took the Presidential Oath and was sworn inas our nation's 44th President.Never have I personally been filled with excitement over an elected President,or any elected official for that matter.And what this Mac using President hasdone not only for Politics, not only forrace relations, but for all Americans,will be written for years to come.I had to admit:

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As announced around the Internet, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc.,is taking a leave of absence from the company untilthe end of June,citing “a hormone imbalance”.While I wish Steve the best and a speedy recovery, Apple Inc.is in solid hands with COO Tim Cook running the show,as he has been with Jobs, for the last several years.So before anyone wonders if the magic is gone from Apple,rest assured

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Another middle of the work week, and another day to recognize Random Mac Goodness. Check it out below:And I’m always on the lookout for Mac or Apple lovin’ Ladies to post on the Hump Day Wednesday page! If you think you qualify, send me your pics (tasteful, please) to me via email. You’ll receive full credit & a link back to your website or blog or whatever.

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I’m sure by now I’m not the only one who feels that exact same way. At Macworld, Apple really didn’t have much to show off, really didn’t have much to deliver, so they gave us a few things to say it was worth the price of admission. A Unibody 17inch Mac Book Pro that is at the fastest a laptop can be (2.93ghz Intel Core 2 Duo), but that has hands down the worst idea of Battery replacement ever(ie

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Today Roxio, makers of the long stalwart app for the Mac,Toast Titanium, announced a new version that would incorporate Blu-Ray Authoring Capabilities; Streaming Video Capture(think burning your favorite Youtube clips to a Highlight DVD);A new interface that includes an NLE that looks like an older version of iMovie; the ability to capture Streaming Audio to burn to CDS; and four new “Pro “

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Tomorrow begins the controversy that is MacWorld 2009.And whether you spent the last couple of weeks looking over the rumor mill daily, or you worried if Steve was going to showup anyway, or how this would affect Apple’s current stock prices,I believe that without a doubt, tomorrow at 12 noon CST,( that’s my time here in Midwest USA), I along with the millions of you, will be tuned in just to see

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The New Year has arrived, and with it renewed hope in all things.With scant days away from MacWorld 2009, as well as the beginning first Quarter for many businesses including Apple, and a new President Elect coming into office shortly, Mac users have much to be excited for and thankful for! What is the one thing your are hopeful for or excited about coming in 2009? Tell me in the comments below.

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Apple announced that they are no longer participating inMacWorld Expo, the largest Apple -centric gathering of vendors and consumers in North America.And yet this should be no surprise: Apple started announcing years ago that they were pulling out of trade shows, citing thatsince they were investing in opening Apple stores and thattheir website was reaching millions of people a day, there was no

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Showcasing another Urban Mac User and how they use Macs to get the job done. As we know, Mac Computers are often central to Music and Video Production, ESPECIALLY Music Production.Ask any aspiring rap artist how important Logic and ProTools are to their creativity, and sit back and prepared to be bombarded to death ad nausea.Musician T-Pain talks about how Macs and Garageband help in his

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Here’s another spot of Mac goodness to get you through the work week! Only 15 days left of Christmas shopping! woo-Hoo!

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Today, I’d like to spotlight a fellow Urban Mac User who you mayor may not know is using Macs or Apple Products to make his livingand get the job done.So without further ado, here I’m spotlighting Derreck Wayne Jackson, a true renaissance man, who is using Macs in his Independent Filmmaking production.His first movie, RIVAL, is an independent short filmthat benefits from the free tools

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As we all try and make through the middle of the week, some random Macrelated mac goodness for you to keep you goingto the goal that is the weekend. Enjoy fam!

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