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AJA Video Announces KONA Support for New Apple Final Cut Studio

August 3, 2009 No comments yet

“AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, has released a new software version for its popular KONA line of video playback and capture cards:
KONA LSe, LHe, LHi and the top-of-the-line KONA 3. The KONA family is AJA’s line of 10-bit uncompressed capture and playback cards for video and audio input and output on the Mac platform. The version 6.5 software provides support for the new Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Pro 7 as well as Apple’s new ProRes 422 (LT), ProRes 422 (Proxy), and ProRes 4444 formats, and is available for download free of charge to current KONA users.” If I’m not mistaken, they said “free of charge.” Source

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New Final Cut Studio

July 23, 2009 No comments yet

Apple has released a new Final Cut Studio Thursday, complete with over a hundred new features including some serious updates for Final Cut 7. A notable addition to the software is the increase in Apple’s ProRes codec family which allows for high quality footage to be manipulated
at SD file sizes. Another interesting advance in the Final Cut update is the ability to conduct reviews in real time via iChat video conferencing. Users can watch video edits together over a normal
internet connection while making changes on the fly with instant preview. That creates a significant increase in one’s workflow when collaborating with people remotely by taking out the need for any
rendering or web posting. Read about more of the new features within the updated Final Cut Studio here on Apples website.

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