TOKYO (MacHouse) – Microsoft Corporation has released information on the next version of Microsoft Office for Mac. The company will offer three different editions of Microsoft Office 2008. Microsoft Office 2008 is scheduled for release in January, 2008. It will run on both PowerPC (G4 or G5) Macs and Intel Macs. Continue reading
TOKYO (MacHouse) – Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) has announced that those Mac users who purchase Microsoft Office 2004 now will get an upgrade ticket to Office 2008 for US$10 plus taxes (CAN$15 for Canadians). Only those who live in the U.S., Canada or other U.S. territories including Puerto Rico are currently eligible for this promotion. Continue reading
TOKYO (MacHouse) – We have posted a new article to comprehensively answer some of common questions concerning QuickTime and video compression. Most of the questions come from Apple Discussions > QuickTime.
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Final Cut Pro 6 Basics Video Tutorial 04: Master Template
This new video tutorial series is prepared for new Final Cut Pro users. It gives basic training for Final Cut Pro 6 through use of a particular effect or template.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to use Final Cut Pro’s Master Templates. The template that we use is Seasons Winter-Open.NTSC, which can be found under Master Templates > Seasons > Seasons Winter-Open.NTSC. The photo images used in this tutorial come from Webshots
Keywords: Effects, Master Templates, Seasons, NTSC, Resolution, 29.97 fps Continue reading
Final Cut Pro 6 Basics Video Tutorial 03: Two Color Ray
This new video tutorial series is prepared for new Final Cut Pro users. It gives basic training for Final Cut Pro 6 through use of a particular effect or template.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to use Final Cut Pro’s video generator Two Color Ray. Two Color Ray can be found under Video Generators > Render > Two Color Ray. In this Final Cut Pro tutorial, we learn how to use different composite modes.
Keywords: Effects, Video Generators, Render, Two Color Ray, Composite Mode, Screen, Multiply, Darken, Lighten, Keyframe, Motion, Rotation, Divisions Continue reading