Casablanca Expert Blog

I have begun an online journal about all things Casablanca - this is the Casablanca Expert Blog. The blog's most recent contents will be displayed on this web page, but you can also visit the home page of the Casablanca Expert Blog here (you can search the archives, etc. from the home page)

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Online Journal

Great workshop in Davenport, Iowa!: I had a great time today, with day one of the 2-day Hands On Intermediate Casablanca Workshop here in Davenport, Iowa! What a great group of folks - the class is split between folks editing on the Smart Edit OS and folks on the Bogart OS. Today we worked through the newer features and functions in Smart Edit 8/Bogart 2 and built some really cool looking title menus... first using Candy Factory, then Magic Lights and then we spent some time with the TItle Box functions (there is a lot you can do there but I find many folks are...
Importing HD footage from the Canon 7D into Casablanca!: Thanks to Syl Renaud of Reno Video Productions for this short video that details his successful method to import HD footage from the Canon 7D DSLR into the Casablanca. This requires a Bogart OS editor, using the Media Manager. Syl, had assistance from Lou Bruno (both members of CasablancaExpert.com) and together they devised this process. As you will learn in the video, you must connect the flash drive from the Canon 7D rather than the camera itself to the editor for the import process: Thanks again Syl for allowing us all to benefit from the process you learned! Now other...
What was the first Casablanca OS you could work in 16:9?: I received a question today, asking when was the first OS (Operating System) for the Casablanca digital video editor that you could work in the wide-screen format? (also known as 16:9 aspect ratio). The answer actually depends on which color standard you work with - or which continent you live/work on. Smart Edit Version 2 (SE2) was the first Casablanca OS that allowed for 16:9 video, butonly for those using the PAL standard. This capability came to NTSC customers with the release of Smart Edit 3 (SE3). I should also point out that this capability required the activation of AVIO...
MacroSystem US Hires Philip Bice as Vice President of Sales: The following Press Release was made public by MacroSystem US today: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Seasoned Sales Executive to lead North and South American Sales and Marketing Boulder, CO, Feb 19, 2010 — MacroSystem US (http://www.macrosystem.us), distributor of the world’s premier video editing appliance, announces the hire of Philip Bice to the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing on January 1st 2010, helping to ensure MacroSystem’s profitable growth in...