Just over a week ago I enjoyed sitting in on another episode of That Post Show where we had a calm and rational (mostly) discussion of Avid Media Composer 6 and Apple Final Cut Pro X. While it might seem these two NLEs are rather far apart in their perception and target market they are […]
In the latest episode of “The Terence & Philip Show,” Philip and I start by discussing an article, “Hollywood & the Job Crisis” that leads to questions about constantly the changing business model of post. Right now the model seems to be “how low can you go” which is ultimately self defeating. Where do you […]
Shortly after the launch of the Canon C300 I interviewed one of Canon's technical staff about the camera. At the time he mentioned to me that on top of the announced 3 EOS Cine prime lenses there were also two more in development. One wider and one longer. I now have a photo of these […]
Tuesday night in Los Angeles, Autodesk, Inc., presented a screening of Steven Spielberg’s latest 3D film, “The Adventures of Tintin,” followed by a question and answer (Q&A) session with Joe Letteri, senior visual effects (VFX) supervisor at Weta Digital who discussed the virtual production aspects of the new movie. A podcast of the Q&A is […]
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The 50mm f/1.8, 30mm f/3.5 macro, and 24mm f/1.8 lenses, with hoods. Sony has three E-Mount primes coming out right about now, and I had a chance to play with prototypes of them attached to an NEX-FS100 LSS camcorder. Here are my impressions, and a short test. Prototype lenses come in hand-labeled boxes! E-Mount is […]
This past November, PVC writers David Torno, Terrence Curren, Adam Wilt, Art Adams,Kendal Miller, and Chris Meyer (from left to right) assembled at the Createasphere Entertainment Technology Expo in Burbank to discuss what developments had affected their work in 2011 and what they were preparing for in 2012. What broke out was not only a […]
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While Apple has announced that a full multi-cam feature will be available for Final Cut Pro X in “early 2012”, in this episode of MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows me how you can easily do a multi-cam edit of two camera angles, synchronized to dual-system audio, in Final Cut Pro X right […]
In this MacBreak Studio Episode, Steve Martin explains the difference between keyword collections and smart collections, and when it makes sense to use each for organizing your media in Final Cut Pro X […]
Boinx Software, a multi-award winning software developer for Mac® platform and iOS devices, is pleased to announce the availability of iStopMotion for iPad , a new addition to the widely popular iStopMotion family of products. Debuting at a special price point of 4.99 USD, iStopMotion for iPad sports camera overlay for visually orchestrating one exciting […]
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Sure, Todd Kopriva said “This update is not available through the automatic update mechanism” in his notice on the After Effects CS5.5.1 update. For at least a few of us though, this update fell through the cracks, as we assumed that automatic update would happen eventually through Adobe Application Manager. It doesn’t. If you didn’t get […]
