Blog Posts For 2010



 On the Road Again…Getting There With Gear

  By James Mathers

Hollywood has long been considered “The Entertainment Capitol of the World,” but with international economics and financial incentives to Producers, much of the production that was once done in my hometown of Los Angeles has moved to off shore locations, and more recently to other US states.

 
 

 Working with Tools and Audio Meters In Final Cut Pro For Avid Users

  By Diana Weynand

You select Avid tools by using the keyboard, pressing command buttons, or selecting an option from the Fast menu. Final Cut Pro follows the design of certain desktop graphics programs (such as Adobe Photoshop) by placing editing tools in a Tool palette.

 
 

 DSLR Filmmaking Post Workflows Webinar Extra Questions Answered

  By Scott Simmons

Scott Simmons answer many more questions that were not answered during our DSLR Filmmaking Post Workflows webinar. He gets very detailed and in-depth. A must read for any DSLR filmmaker.

 
 

 Final Cut Pro…What’s on the Menu?

  By Diana Weynand

With over 840 FCP commands, it’s not always easy finding the one you want. But if you knew a little more about how each of these menus was organized – maybe get a ‘top down’ view of the bigger picture for each menu.

 
 

 Magic Bullet Grinder Grinds Your DSLR Footage Into A More Editable Format

  By Scott Simmons

Red Giant Software has just dropped a new tool into the family of Magic Bullet products and it might be of great interest to the DSLR shooter. Magic Bullet Grinder.

 
 

 DSLRs For Filmmakers – One DPs Perspective

  By James Mathers

So what are some of the pros and cons of using DSLRs for Cinematography? For the purposes of comparison, I will consider the Canon 5D Mark II, the model which has so far gotten the most traction for motion photography.

 
 

 Save, Revert, Restore in Final Cut Pro – Oh My!

  By Diana Weynand

In the Final Cut Pro File menu, there are 5 different options you can use to either save your changes in open projects or bring a project back to life. Let’s take a closer look at these options.

 
 

 Minimum Specs To Successfully Run Autodesk Smoke on Mac OSX

  By Barry Goch

Event though Autodesk lists some heavy specs required for Smoke on Mac there are ways to run Smoke on Mac with a much less powerful machine.

 
 

 Using X264 Plugin In Compressor

  By Andy Beach

I admit it, I’ve had a love hate relationship with Compressor pretty much since day one. I love the convenience of having an app tied directly to the timeline for encoding, but have always felt a little disappointed by the options and quality of what was offered for encoding that it offered.

 
 

 The World Goes 3D

  By Steve Wright

One of the most stunning trends I observed at the April NAB in Las Vegas is how rapidly the whole world has gone 3D. Everywhere you looked – editing systems, compositing programs, color timing systems, display systems – the 3D production workflow was being supported.

 
 
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