If you’re on Mac OS X Snow Leopard and have Quicktime X as well as the regular free edition of Flip4Mac you might get the error “QuickTime Player Must Be Installed to run this application“.
If so, download and install the free beta version of Flip4Mac for Snow Leopard. That should fix the issue.
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Flip4Mac and Quicktime X Error on Snow Leopard – Solution
Published by September 5th, 2009 in Software Resources, Tips and Tricks and digital content creation. 0 CommentsOptimizing Windows 7 for Content Creation
Published by June 9th, 2009 in Because You Asked, Software Resources, Tips and Tricks and digital content creation. 0 CommentsAs I keep installing Windows 7 RC on several systems I remember that I wanted to quickly point out a few things you should do if you plan on using Windows 7 on your editing / content production systems.
1) After installing Windows 7 go ahead and disable automatic defragmentation, automatic download and installation of updates, [...]
Adobe CS4 Update: Premiere Pro 4.1.0, Media Encoder, AE
Published by June 1st, 2009 in Software Resources, Video Editing and Video Software. 0 CommentsFire up your favorite Adobe CS4 application and rejoice – the long anticipated update to Premiere Pro is here (4.1.0), along with updates to Adobe Media Encoder and After Effects.
Premiere Pro 4.1.0 has been expected to be released late May of this year so Adobe is pretty close. This update is important as is (supposedly) [...]
Looks like Mediafour’s MacDrive 8 will support Windows 7. The MacDrive8 beta is already available for you to download.
This is great news for video editors like myself who couldn’t wait and already migrated everything over the Windows 7. The only thing missing for me was MacDrive.
Click here to download the MacDrive 8 beta for Windows [...]
Update Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Wordpress At Once
Published by May 22nd, 2009 in Gadgets, Social Media and Software Resources. 0 CommentsTired of separately logging into all the different social network and blog sites you belong to? Sick of having to remember every username and password combination to all those accounts?
You don’t have to. Ping.fm has got you covered – Ping.fm allows you to update your Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Wordpress, Blogger, Imeem, LinkedIn, and Delicious [...]
Free Video Cutter and Splitter
Published by May 18th, 2009 in Editing with Kroy, Kroy Recommends, Software Resources, Tips and Tricks, Video Editing and Video Software. 0 CommentsSometimes you want to trim a video clip but don’t want to open up your NLE (Non-Linear Editor, like Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Avid, etc.) for that.
Boilsoft Video Splitter and Free Video Cutter
A simple task such as cutting a clip in two or more parts shouldn’t be so hard but the number of decent [...]
ALPS Touchpad Driver Windows 7
Published by May 18th, 2009 in Software Resources, Technology and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsIf your laptop’s touchpad doesn’t scroll properly on Windows 7 or Vista your driver needs to be updated.
Here is a driver provided by Dell for the ALPS touchpad. However, this driver may work on other touchpad brands as well so give it a try.
ALPS Touchpad Driver for Vista and Windows 7 32 bit
Other Windows 7 [...]
Intel Pro Wireless Adapter Driver on Windows 7
Published by May 17th, 2009 in How To, Software Resources and Tips and Tricks. 0 CommentsIf you are having problems getting online with your newly installed Windows 7 (or even Vista) on your laptop or notebook, you probably need the proper driver for your wireless adapter.
Here is how you install the proper driver in Windows 7, we’ll use the Intel Pro Wireless driver since that’s the one I’ve had to [...]
How To Move Thunderbird Profile Between Computers
Published by May 17th, 2009 in How To, Software Resources and Tips and Tricks. 0 CommentsMoving to a new machine? Maybe moving from Windows Vista or XP to Windows 7 and you want to take all your emails with you? You’ll want to move your Thunderbird account including passwords and emails, right? Sure you do.
Access Mac HFS on Windows 7 without MacDrive with HFS Explorer
Published by April 27th, 2009 in How To and Software Resources. 2 CommentsSince at the time of this writing Mediafour’s MacDrive still doesn’t work with Windows 7 I thought it’s a good idea to let you know that you can access Mac-formatted hard drives via a free utility called HFSExplorer.
It’s not as easy to use as MacDrive but it’s free and it gets the job done. You [...]
Market 7 Free Subscription
Published by April 6th, 2009 in Software Resources, Technology and Video Editing. 0 CommentsGood news for those who followed my Market7 review from a few weeks ago.
Today I received an email from Brian Baumley announcing several different subscription packages including – get this – a FREE one. He wrote:
(…) Market7 (www.market7.com) is introducing a variety of subscription packages (including free!) for its online video collaboration services to fit [...]
New Super Secret Revolutionary Video Production Tool
Published by February 8th, 2009 in Software Resources, Technology, Video Editing, Video Software and digital content creation. 0 CommentsWatch this space folks! I’ve been approached by a company that has a new tool for my fellow video and production folks that’ll downright revolutionize your workflow. I’ve had a mind blowing introduction to it from its creators and I’ve come away quite impressed.
This is a wonderful new tool for: video editors, production teams, animators, [...]
How to Join a Workgroup in Windows 7
Published by January 15th, 2009 in Because You Asked and Software Resources. 0 CommentsRunning through the current beta of Windows 7 to make sure my clients and myself will be properly prepared once Microsoft’s new OS officially launches (probably by the end of 2009), one thing Windows 7 needs improvement on is its Networking features.
Click here to read how you can join your home network…sorry, workgroup…in Windows 7.
Free Video Converter SUPER now does WMV9
Published by January 8th, 2009 in Codecs, Kroy Recommends, Software Resources, Video Software and digital content creation. 0 CommentsWell, kind of. I was all jazzed up when I downloaded my (not so secret ) weapon for some of my video and audio conversion jobs – SUPER – and saw that it now converts any video file into WMV9.
I’ve been using SUPER for years because it can do some amazing things and astoundingly it’s [...]
Last Minute Tax Writeoffs for the Creative Professional
Published by December 20th, 2008 in Animation, Audio Software, Because You Asked, Kroy Recommends, Software Resources, Video Editing and Video Software. 1 CommentNeed to upgrade your current creative workflow and get your last minute tax writeoffs in at the same time?
NOW is the time to splurge a little on new software and hardware – December 31st is coming soon so here are my recommendations. Just the best of the best, no filler shit that you don’t need. [...]