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Reviews of PRACTICAL Color Correction
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Hollywood Industry - "At a mere $35, Practical Color Correction from Intelligent Assistance is a Must Buy for anyone doing color correction and needs guidance now and then. Great tips, informative advice, and real world examples, ranks this in the top three sources for color correction information." |
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Ken Stone - "Unlike a book or CD/DVD tutorial, Practical Color Correction installs on your Mac, it's always there, ready to be summoned up when needed. To get the most out of this tutorial I would suggest that you first watch the tutorial movies so that you get a basic understanding of color correcting. After that you can dig into the lessons that teach you how to use the tools available in FCP, not just for color correction or making video broadcast legal, but for creatively improving your color, using color to express the mood of your video to help tell your story." |
Reviews of KILLER Titles - Intelligent Assistance for LiveType and Calligraphy
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Digital Video Editing - "There is so much information contained in the Intelligent Assistant that the chances of you needing to contact a technical forum for help are going to be a rarity. " |
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Ken Stone - "The first Chapter, 'Tutorials' is a bit different than the other Chapters in that it presents the material in a linear fashion. From start to finish you learn how to create a special effect like 'Lower Third' with unique backgrounds or 'Filling Text with Textures'. The remaining Chapters are based on 'Techniques and Tasks' which provide instruction at your point of need. In addition, at the top of every window is a 'Ask' box, which allows you to type in a subject or question." |
Reviews of the Intelligent Assistant for Final Cut Pro - DV Companion
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CreativeCOW - "DV Companion for Final Cut Pro 3 is simply easy to use, very concise, beautifully illustrated, and on top of that, just plain nifty... In the thousands of posts I've read on the Internet about Final Cut pro and it's satellite third party products, I've never heard anything negative about Intelligent Assistant products, nor any negative remarks about the company after the sale for that matter. Lots of happy users though." |
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Ken Stone - "What is unique about this product is the way it works and the fact that it's always there ready to be called upon at any time. Other tutorials are formatted as lessons or exercises as is the case with Books, CDs or VHS tapes. DV Companion is different. It is very much like having someone sitting next to you to answer your questions for you." |
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2-pop - "This is a brilliant addition to FCP and at this point in my brief affair with the program, I can think of nothing it lacks. It is well thought out and obviously shows a great deal of time effort on the part of the team that built it." |
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AV Video Multimedia Producer - "DV Companion for Final Cut is the manual for Mac users who don't read manuals. This system should come with every copy of Final Cut Pro. It may not flatten the learning curve, but it goes a long way toward shortening it." |
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Creative Mac - "It's my great pleasure to discuss a product that is in the process of reshaping our world... The one downside of the DV Companion is that it will forever raise your expectations of teaching materials. After using it, books and videos, while still maintaining their charm and having their specific uses, will feel hopelessly clunky, if not downright archaic." |
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Desktop Video - "Are you overwhelmed by the complexity of Apple's Final Cut Pro, but you want to be able to access the power inherent in this exciting new video editing tool? Your own personal tutor awaits you." |
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LA Final Cut Pro User Group - "Conclusion: DV Companion is the only thing you need to be the consummate FCP editor. Well sure, you need a little talent too, but for those of you looking to get a fast start on FCP, answers to those seemingly unsolvable problems at 3:00AM, and techniques and tips to help you finish your project, well then, go get the DV Companion. It's like having an FCP guru sitting over your shoulder only you don't have to feed him. I give it four 'pugs'." |
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Videography - "If you are like most users, reading manuals is not what you want to do when you start using a new program. Most people read as little as possible to get started and then dive into an exploration of the interface. Also like most users, this probably gets you into trouble sometimes. At the very least, you are likely to miss some of the features that may be there, but which you may not just come across by chance." |
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ZDNet - "While we're on the subject of learning, there's a product made especially for Final Cut Pro, and we can't recommend it highly enough. It's called DV Companion... We feel it's the best friend you will have in learning the program. At about $150, it may also be the best bargain out there, and we don't know why people don't make a similar product for every major piece of software." |
Reviews of The Troubleshooter for Final Cut Pro
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Creative COW - "It’s everything you every wanted to know about troubleshooting Final Cut Pro systems in an interactive program that floats onscreen like a little mechanic, ready for repairs… and the little Sheriff logo pretty much says it all." |
Reviews of the Intelligent Assistant for Boris RED
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TV Technology (April 17, 2002) - "A real groundbreaking addition to the program's instructional and reference capability is the Intelligent Assistant. It goes way beyond any online help system I have ever seen and is a knockout to use." |
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VideoSystems (June 2002) - "What works much better than the manual is the help file that comes with Red 2.1. Other help files will shudder and hide when Red's walks by. This includes not only 600 pages of searchable text with hundreds of images, but also 2 1/2 hours of narrated video. The videos are as concise as the manual is verbose. You can pick a feature and a short QuickTime movie guides you right through how to do it, complete with audio narration. The help file window, called Intelligent Assistance, stays above your application in a separate window, always ready and willing to help." |
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Creative COW - "I am still in shock that this came free -- but hey, if they want to give it to us, I'm all for it. Congrats Philip, you and your staff did a nice job on this." |
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Boris Newsletter - "There really is an astonishing amount of detail in the Intelligent Assistant, not all of it best explored in the heat of production. I mentioned earlier that the Intelligent Assistant is installed when RED is installed, but a shortcut to it is also created for you at the same time. I highly recommend double-clicking it when you have a chance, and taking some time to poke around this amazing resource." |
Reviews of the Intelligent Assistant for Boris Graffiti
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L.A. Final Cut Pro User Group - "Graffiti 2 is a complex application with a steep learning curve. Having IA open on the screen as you work really facilitates learning this powerful application." |
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