For those of you using Adobe Premier, After Effects, and Media Encoder (Version CS5.5), Adobe has a new importer that supports the higher resolution and HDR capabilities of the new EPIC system.  Download the update here.

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Blackmagic Design will be hosting a series of free workshops to attendees of the Final Cut Pro User Group’s annual SuperMeet in San Francisco on January  28th, 2011.  Here’s your chance to learn DaVinci Resolve for Mac, and bolster your knowledge of color grading for motion pictures.

5DtoRGB is a standalone tool that converts footage shot with Canon EOS series cameras (5DMkII, 7D) to Apple’s ProRes or to high-quality DPX sequences for use in special effects.  RareVision, the tool’s maker, claims that this conversion is better than Canon’s Final Cut Pro plugin called “E1″.  The tool is in beta right now, and there’s no indication about how much the tool will cost once it leaves beta.  I’m interested to see how it will compare with the E1 plugin after the new version is released in mid-September.

According to CNET, “Adobe issued a release candidate for Lightroom 3.2 on Tuesday that fixes dozens of bugs, lets users publish photos to Facebook, adds automated optical corrections for dozens of lenses, and supports Pentax’s new medium-format digital camera among other models.”