Premiere Pro CS4 4.0.1 imports Final Cut Pro content

Adobe has posted a v4.0.1 update for the CS4 version of Premiere Pro, its high-end video-editing suite. The patch introduces the ability to import projects from Apple's editing suite, Final Cut Pro, without any necessary conversions or re-rendering; most effects and transitions should be preserved. Users can also import and export in the Advandced Authoring Format (AAF), and export to an OMF fil...

Apple updates Final Cut Pro 6.03, Compressor 3.03

Ahead of next week's NAB conference, Apple on Thursday released its updates to its professional video editing applications with Pro Applications Update 2008-01. The company said that the update, which includes the Apple HDV Codec v1.4 for 4:2:2 support in Final Cut Pro, improves reliability for Apple's professional applications; it is recommended f...

Final Cut Server Now Shipping

CUPERTINO, California—April 8, 2008—Apple

Apple ships Final Cut Server

After temporarily closing its online store, Apple announced the immediate availability of Final Cut Server. read more

Final Cut Server and Burning Blu-ray disks at lafcpug, April 30

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, April 30, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM - at the Gallery Theater in East Hollywood, California. Apple's Luke Tristram will debut the recently released Final Cut Server. Adobe will show how to create and burn a Blu-ray DVD using Encore. Philip Hodgetts will debut The Assistant Editor. Plus, Stump The Gurus, Show and Tell and more.

Video-editing software gets put to the test (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Many cameras record video in a format that has become the new high-def standard, AVCHD, but it's not yet compatible with popular video-editing programs such as Adobe Premiere Elements, Windows Movie Maker or Roxio's Easy Media Creator 10. You probably can't even get the clips to play on your computer because Windows Media Player and QuickTime Player can't handle it, either. What to do?