We don't see trade-in offers in the hi tech products sector very often but NVIDIA and Matek Business Media are currently offering owners of any professional NVIDIA graphics card the offer to get cash back on their old, used card when they upgrade top a new Quadro 4000 and 5000 card. 

The Quadro 4000 and 5000 cards offer dramatic increases in speed on both Avid editing solutions and Adobe CS Suite, so for most video professionals the card is a cost effective upgrade increasing the productivity substantially.

The cash back amount you can get is equivalent to if you sold your old card on ebay! so is a pretty good deal as trade-ins go so don't miss out! - you can get a full run down of the offer from the Matek website: NVIDIA Graphics Cards Special

Apple have announced thier latest version of thier editing and post production software; Final Cut X.

Final Cut X is a new landmark release. The popular video editing software has been rebuilt from the ground up and according to Apple "breaks free from the restrictions of old fashioned timeline tracks"




The new software boasts a host of new features and improvements for video editors including:

• Improved performance
• New timeline including 'clip connections' magnetic timeline' compound clips and a host of features that improve the workflow of video editors
• dynamic media organisation that helps editors find thier video clips

The Guild of Television Cameramen business skills 'roadshow' is soon to be in the North West. The 'How to Survive as a Freelance' event will be staged in Manchester on Saturday 25 September. the roadshow has already visited Uxbridge and Birmingham and have had excellent responses from those who attended. 

The event includes guidance and information on how to market yourself as a freelancer, vital information on tax and insurance, and advice on how to finance camera and video kit purchases.

Topics and activities covered:

• Survival Skills for Freelances
• Paying for Your Gear
• Keeping the Books Straight
• The Risk Business, Simon Shaw
• Vision + Media, 
• Big Shed, a tour of the facilities and studios
• All this plus a free lunch and refreshments!

See the feedback from earlier days on our Wish you were there? section.

These workshops are free to Guild of Television Cameramen members. Non-members are welcome, space permitting, but will be subject to an entrance fee. Further details can be found on the Guilds website