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General Stuff Related to FCP

Probably the best tech Blog out there for post geekery

http://provideocoalition.com/

Great solutions for FCP

http://www.digital-heaven.co.uk/

Great address for Motion templates also a great BLOG

http://www.motionvfx.com/

Dont forget the holy grail for Final Cut Studio Heads

http://www.lafcpug.org/

Specific Software : Video

Kicking off with stop motion software

http://www.boinx.com/istopmotion/overview/

Converting stuff one of the best freewares  out there

http://www.squared5.com/

Simple Alternative to photoshop

http://www.pixelmator.com/

And last but by no means least FCS

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/

Specific Software : Web

for simple static site

http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/

web tools

http://www.rapidweavercentral.net/software/software.php

interesting community software

http://elgg.org/

http://www.joomla.org/

Geeky web stuff

for more complex deployment and development

http://versionsapp.com/

might just need

http://developer.apple.com/technology/

and for good measure

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Specific Software : Plan

Mind mapping bliss with Omni graffle

http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/

Omni Graffle link heaven

http://katewalser.com/omnigraffle/

Omni Plan

http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniplan/

Hardware

Hardware laptops now with Matt!

http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MC118LL/A?mco=MTM3NDcyODk

AJA turning heads with the Ki Pro

http://www.aja.com/products/acquire/

profesional drives save tears

http://www.promax.com/

http://www.g-technology.com/

http://www.sonnettech.com/index.html

Color Corection Controler price break through

http://www.euphonix.com/artist/products/mc_color/

Some thing completly different….;-)

Avid

http://the_basics_of_avid_media_composer_for_a_final_cut_pro_editor/

Ever wanted to give “that Linux thing” a try…?

The brand new version of openArtist, based on the latest Ubuntu (KarmicKoala), is out now and here is you chance to get everything that’s hot in the open-source world (plus some non-free test versions of a couple of apps) all in one package, including documentation/links and all ready to be used!

From the openArtist website:

“openArtist features a streamlined interface (gnomebased), with integrated mousegestures, custom menus, reorganized and extended system configuration tools, terminal-on-desktop integration (guake, ctrl+esc), dropbox for collaboration between artists, extended tooltips for the program launchers, documentation for (nearly) every program, ordered by appearance in the menu structure (just look at the homepage, it IS the documentation, too)”

This latest version of openArtist now includes my own Blender title/video editing presets (previously mentioned here on this blog), but there are of course many other open-source video editing/post production tools available in openArtist, see the “Vid” menu (top left) for all the alternatives.

For the full list of included 2D, 3D, Audio, Video, VJ etc. software see the openArtist website.

Download is 3.47 GB, you will need about 12 GB of hard disc space. Mac users note that openArtist is for i386 (currently only 32-bit). See the online documentation for “how to make a persistent (=writeable) live USB stick”. More online help for Mac users will be coming soon I’ve heard.

Download directly:

MKL Graz
openMaterials
groundhog media

Or download the torrent here.

Of course don’t forget to make back-ups before testing new software and make sure to read the readme before/after installation files that are on the openArtist desktop!