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16 February 2010 ~ Comments

Final Cut 7 Makes Adding Closed Captions Easy and Economical

Adding closed captioning to your TV show in the edit suite just became a little easier. Thanks to new methods using Final Cut Pro and a supported AJA video card, there has been a revolution in the way captions are encoded.
The benefits are huge!
HD Workflow
In an HD environment, the captions can be added to the [...]

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25 January 2010 ~ Comments

The Future of Tape

For generations, tape and video have worked hand in hand.  Since the very first video picture was seen on a black and white monitor, we’ve needed a way to record and store the images we create. Live shots are great, but when we developed the ability to play them back later, we opened the door [...]

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20 January 2010 ~ Comments

Closed-Captioning on YouTube

There has been much public outcry about the need to offer and even require closed-captions to internet videos, just like on television.  And truly, there is a need in this area.  But unlike television broadcasts, which are largely paid for by corporations and large advertising budgets, most of the videos on the internet are submitted [...]

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19 January 2010 ~ Comments

Ask Your Tax Man

It’s been said that “only two things are certain in life — death and taxes”.  Although this is a funny little saying, it also seems very true, doesn’t it?
Well, here’s a little tip that may save your small business some money.  If you have closed captioned programming, you may be eligible to receive a tax [...]

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