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Product Review: By John Virata

Speeding Premiere Pro CS4's H.264 Encoding with NVIDIA QuadroFX and Elemental Accelerator
Offloading video encoding tasks to the host GPU

High definition video editing and HD video encoding are two of the hardware intensive tasks that can be done with a computer. It takes a lot of power to complete these types of jobs, oftentimes rendering your computer limited in functionality while it encodes video. NVIDIA's Quadro line of graphics cards can help to speed up H.264/AVC encoding in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 with an assist from Elemental Technologies' Elemental Accelerator. Read More

In this clip, Lynda.com host Antony Bolante discusses how to watch the tape and log the shots you want before you capture them. He details how to log the tape using the playback controls and the controls in the logging area of the capture panel, which enables you to specify if you want to capture the video and the audio or just the video or audio. Read More

Video-Based Tutorial: By Antony Bolante

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Essential Training: Viewing

The first step in the editing process is to watch the clips so you can start making editing decisions. In this clip, Lynda.com host Antony Bolante shows how to view clips for organizational reasons, view the clips in the source monitor, controls to play it back, specify the edit points and specify some other editing options. Read More

Product Review: By John Virata

First Look: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

While Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 has been out for several months now, I thought I'd take a look at it from a Premiere Elements user perspective while still looking at some of the new features. The application is for professional video editors, but there is an upgrade path for Premiere Elements users. Both applications edit video, and both offer a wealth of transitions and effects, but Premiere Pro offers more professional features that aren't found in consumer level video editing applications. Read More

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60+ Free Adobe Premiere Tutorials

Here are over 60 Adobe Premiere training clips, advanced Adobe Premiere techniques, and loads of Adobe Premiere tutorials and tips. And all free! Read More

Product Review: By John Virata

G-Technology's G-Drive mini SSD 120GB

When I first reviewed an 8MB flash based USB thumb drive from M-Systems and IBM back in 2001, I was astounded at its durability. I dropped the device, went surf fishing with it and got it wet, and basically abused it until the plastic casing came off and all that was left was the memory module and the USB arm. It still works today, but at 8MB, it has since been replaced by several drives at varying capacities. Read More

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