Apple Annouces New Final Cut Studio 2.5 With Native AVC Intra Support

AVC INTRA NATIVE SUPPORT NOW INCLUDED . GREAT FOR PANASONIC AG-HMC40 and Panasonic AG-HMC150

Apple announces a significant update to Final Cut Studio, with more than 100 new features and new versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color and Compressor. The industry's leading video post-production suite, Final Cut Studio features Final Cut Pro 7 with new versions of ProRes to support virtually any workflow, Easy Export for one-step delivery, and iChat Theater integration for real-time editing collaboration from anywhere in the world. Motion 4 includes enhanced text and 3D tools that make it easy to create everything from basic titles to stunning motion graphics, and Soundtrack Pro 3 features voice-level match and dozens of new multitrack editing tools to streamline audio post-production. Color 1.5 includes wider format support and improved integration with Final Cut Pro, and Compressor 3.5 adds new features designed to simplify and speed up digital delivery.

Order Your Upgrade for 269.00 Here


Order The Full Version Here 969.00

AValive Has Financing Available for Pro AV and Video Customers

We have all heard how hard it has been to get financing these days. AValive has financing available for their customers including start ups. Lease and Loan amounts to 5 million can be financed today as we recently just has a 1.5 million dollar Digidesign Pro Tools and Panasonic Camera system approval for a broadcast start up.

Good credit is still valued today and with low interest rates and a favorable tax and depreciation schedule moving into 2010 it may make sense to consider lease financing for your next Pro AV or Broadcast installation.

Call us at 877-387-5464 or click on this link for an easy 1 page application good for loan amounts up to $25,000.

Panasonic-AValive to begin Shipping AG-HMC150 Camera in Sept 08

Pre order the Panasonic AG-HMC150 Here

Every once in a while, a product appears that completely re-defines its market segment, offering entirely new features and price performance levels. The critically acclaimed DVX100 was such a product and is still selling well almost 6 years later! Your customers were successful with it and so were you.

HD aspirations revisited in the spirit of the DVX100

The cooler than cool AG-HMC150 drew big crowds at the NAB Show. Why? Simply because it offers an unheard of Bang for the Buck, in a 1/3” three-chip hand held tapeless HD camcorder, while retaining the core versatility of the DVX100B. The HMC150 sports a 28mm lens right out of the box and a new PH Record mode (21 Mbps) which offers higher resolution with a host of recording formats including 24p. Add to that,amazing low light performance, long record & battery time and professional Audio capabilities at a price that will make it an instant hit with a wide range of AV Shooters, Indie Creators and Event Video professionals.

The AG-HMC150 represents a major step forward in the introduction of a next generation solid state HD camera that extends the six year successful track record of the popular DVX100 plus a lot more. The HMC150’s lightweight (lightest 1/3” 3CCD available), well-balanced professional design features a high performance wide-angle Leica 13X zoom lens, 24 and 30 frame progressive capture, both in 720 and 1080 formats, making it perfect for even high level projects. Designed from a clean sheet of paper with much customer input to our product development engineers, the HMC150 sports a Die Cast Alloy chassis and a Three year warranty (upon end user registration) that further endorses its reliability.

Full range of HD formats
1080/60i, 1080/30p, 1080/24p (Native); 720/60p, 720/30p, 720/24p (Native)
Higher bit-rate recording than consumer models (21 Mbps PH Mode)
Three latest design 1/3” CCD Progressive Imagers
13X Wide angle 28 mm lens out of the box (35mm equiv.), MOD .6 M, 72mm Ø
(Shoot in confined spaces with no need to buy an accessory lens)
Time Date Stamp for Legal Depositions or surveillance
Waveform Monitor, Vectorscope plus two Focus displays for accurate, quick focus
Professional XLR audio input connections
Time code (DF, NDF, REC RUN, FREE RUN) and USER BIT
HDMI out, Component Out (mini D terminal), Composite Video Out and RCA Audio Out jacks
External Time Code Link (Slave & Master Preset) uses the Composite Video Out terminal
USB 2.0 for file transfer (no need for a VTR)
3.5-inch LCD monitor displays thumbnails for quick non-linear access to clips
Remote control connection for Zoom, Focus, Iris, and start/stop functions
14 bit A to D converter and 19 bit Image processing
Cinelike Gamma & DRS Dynamic Range Stretch (Filmaker requested features)
Three Neutral Density Filters 1/4, 1/16, 1/64
Pre-Record (3 Seconds), Digital Zoom 2X / 5X / 10X (in 1080/60i & 720/60p only)
Three User Set Buttons with 11 choices for customizing Camera to Shooter
AG-HMC150